"Scary Movie 4," billed as the "fourth and final film in the trilogy" is one sequel too many. Directed by David Zucker ("Airplane!" and "The Naked Gun"), the movie seems have potential, but the material is too thin and the humor too broad and tasteless for it to emerge as a parody classic like its original predecessor.
There is a clear problem with a movie that has to explain its allusions, especially when the movie tries to be smarter than the average flick. "Lucky Number Slevin" falls into this category - it is an intelligent movie painfully dumbed-down so that everyone is able to understand and follow along.
Running last week at the DPAC's Philbin Theater, "Matt and Ben" was a sweetly satiric one-act romp into the fictional private lives of its two famous protagonists when they happened upon "Good Will Hunting" - or rather, when "Will Hunting" happened upon them.
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. The two names go together like Laurel and Hardy or Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson. The two Hollywood mega stars have enjoyed fame and fortune in their brief movie careers ever since their breakout performances in "Good Will Hunting.
A couple of weeks ago I inadvertently gave "The Grapes of Wrath" half a star. Anyone who actually read the article knows that it was a mistake, that no, I don't think that "The Ring 2" is two stars better than "The Grapes of Wrath." Still, it got me to thinking - there's always that film.
The bane of beach towns everywhere, "Jaws" hit screens in 1975 and set a new paradigm for American cinema. People fled beaches in droves and packed into theaters to see this thriller from Steven Spielberg. As part of the "PAC 100", it will invade the DPAC Saturday.