James Wolcott
Movie and Music lover.
Articles by this Author
Enchanted again!
- By James Wolcott
- Published 01/10/2008
- Reviews
- Unrated
Disney films (well all kids’ films actually) changed forever in 1995. This was the year that Toy Story was released. This movie made it officially okay for kids’ films to not take themselves seriously. The old stereotypes are dead and gone.
Fred Claus
- By James Wolcott
- Published 01/11/2008
- Reviews
- Unrated
Vince Vaughn decides to take a brave step in the shoes of all the past greats. He follows in the “memorable” steps of Tim Allen, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and of course Chevy Chase, in making a little Christmas movie and it almost worked. Their movies may have crashed and burned, but he walks carefully between a cheesy holiday film and a good comedy using his standard charisma and great improvisations to make a decent film.
Ping Pong! Balls of Fury.
- By James Wolcott
- Published 01/15/2008
- Reviews
- Unrated
Do you want to make a hit film? Just take a weird sport, add an out of shape average Joe as the hero and then spice it up with some craziness. You now have a sport comedy.
The Kite Runner Reviewed
- By James Wolcott
- Published 01/20/2008
- Reviews
- Unrated
Khaled Hosseini's book The Kite Runner took the reading world by storm. Afghanistan had been in the news, so had the Taliban. Set against the Afghan backdrop, the story goes through a lifetime
Mad Money Reviewed
- By James Wolcott
- Published 01/23/2008
- Reviews
- Unrated
January is well known as the time for the movie makes to churn out piece after piece that is…let’s say…not…good. Mad Money, by director Calle Khouri, may be different than the rest though, even it is far from a masterpiece.
Charlie Wilson's War reviewed
- By James Wolcott
- Published 01/25/2008
- Reviews
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Rating:
The advertising campaign may have been bland and uninteresting but the movie itself certainly wasn't.
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
- By James Wolcott
- Published 01/27/2008
- Reviews
- Unrated
It is a hypnotizing, bloody mess that moves between amazing highs and terrible mistakes, but the whole piece looks so good that I really can’t wait to watch it again.