In the new science-fiction comedy The Watch Ben Stiller plays Evan, the fastidious manager of a Costco warehouse who loves to arrange things.  He doesn’t have what you can call real friends, just acquaintances; people he knows through the various clubs he continually organizes.  “I don’t have any black friends,” he states in an introductory […]

During the forties, the fifties and, to a lesser degree, the sixties, most films had a supporting feature – the ‘B’ movie.  These tended to be low budget with unknown actors starring in what was considered novelty films; UFO stories, monster movies, and corny super-heroes.  At the time, many kids who accompanied their parents to […]

“I got some money today,” states lead character, thirty-four year old Anders (Anders Danielsen Lie) talking to his friend.  “My first thought was to use it for heroin.”  He then adds, “It just instinctively popped into my head.” The title, Oslo, August 31st, is the location and the date upon which most of this remarkable […]

This really doesn’t work. As written and directed by Alexis Lloyd, 30 Beats is an independent ensemble project that follows ten people during one hot summer in New York.  All of the performers tend to be attractive, glossy magazine types who bare little resemblance to anyone real, not to mention that their sexual encounters are […]