It does for porn-dependence what Shame did for sex addiction by offering a surface-level look at the effects of its specific pathology on its lead male character.
There’s tremendous dramatic value to the aching and sometimes devastating scenes that home in on these kids’ private torments.
What’s immediately clear is the actress isn’t bound at all by genre.
Given the film’s early promise, it’s unfortunate how it turns into a largely reductive Freudian character piece in which the main character has to come to terms with his old man.
Film archivist Rick Prelinger puts a new spin on the word “interactive” with No More Road Trips?
Like it or not, Cheap Thrills does evince a consistent vision, however sophomoric.
The generous heaping of extras rightfully focus on the inventive comedic spirit of the film.
The Trouble with Bliss plays out, to put it most complimentary, like a dull, slower moving After Hours.
Like many almost-great comedies, 21 Jump Street is frontloaded with the best go-for-broke gags and lines.
Tanner Hall isn’t so much kaleidoscopic, episodic drama as underdeveloped, perfunctory multi-character mash-up.
The best thing about the show’s third season is the addition of Eddie Izzard as psychology professor Dr. Hattaras.
The film’s new DVD release will hopefully prove how long its legs are.
Too often, an episode’s script feels as if it’s been constructed around a good line rather than a good story.
The most goodhearted children’s film of 2006 barely made a blip at the box office, but you can save it now that it’s on DVD.
The film has a healthy message to impart about standing up to evildoers.
Sleepover will do for tween girls what Max Keeble’s Big Move did for prepubescent boys: get them beat up at school.