Stuff by Steve

Synopsis: A remake of a 1977 comedy by the same name, Dick Harper (Jim Carrey) loses his VP job as a major corporation. Frustrated by his misfortune, he and his wife (Téa Leoni) turn to crime to “keep up with the Joneses.” The catch: they are not criminals, just misguided suburbanites.

Somewhat reminiscent of […]

I watched this one on DVD the other day. Actually, I watched it again the other day as well. The fact that I would watch a movie more than once is at least something of an indicator that the movie was worth watching, although rare exceptions can occur. In this case, the […]

This review contains comments that may spoil the film if you haven’t seen it; in this case, refrain from reading the italicised text (but it shouldn’t matter anyway).

In concept, this movie held a lot of promise (how many times have I said that?). Imagine your favourite childhood fairy tales told as if drawn […]

“A Lot Like Love” was a little bit like a modern “Romeo and Juliet” without the Shakespearean tragic ending (I won’t say exactly how it ended, but nobody lost their life - sorry if that upsets anyone). Here we experienced the agony of two people who were perfect for each other but were kept […]

The Wedding Date portrayed the escapades of a scorned woman who hired a gentleman escort to make her ex-fiancé feel jealous. On paper, a textbook chick flick. In practice, well… For starters, the movie tried to be both profound and funny, but failed miserably at both. It was clear that the […]

After two (some would say three) failed attempts at living up to the great stuff produced in the Michael Keaton/Jack Nicholson outing of Batman, Warner Bros. decided to clean the slate and start from the beginning. Alleged not to be a prequel but a “new beginning to a new franchise,” Batman Begins started things […]

Besides mediocre monster movies and disaster flicks, I’m also a sucker for a good sci-fi conspiracy film. If it involves breaking out of some genetically engineered stereotype or throwing off the shackles of an oppressive controlling force in a radical defiance of “the system,” even better (I don’t know why that topic consumes me […]

Tom Cruise controversy abounding, Steven Spielberg released War of the Worlds amid all sorts of fanfare. I have been a big fan of the original story and radio play (yes, this started out as a novel first published in 1898), so I was eagerly anticipating seeing this movie. It’s tough to say whether […]

These days it seems that movies are being made with the express purpose of breaking genre barriers. Probably because of a lack of original script material, movies are resorting to the tactic of appealing to the audience on multiple levels in order to continue their draw. Most that attempt this fail miserably. […]

Someone out there seems to think that we haven’t remade enough Burt Reynolds movies. I haven’t seen the original, but the 2005 version left a lot to be desired. At first glance this was a standard sports movie - in this case, the washed-up, disillusioned former football star makes a mess of his […]