Archive for March, 2008

New this week is a box set of films featuring the French megastar Alain Delon, captured at the height of his popularity in the 1960s and ’70s.

No matter how great the people are in this movie its hard not to find fault with Wong Kar-Wais bland script. Its a standard, pretentious, indie-film story rooted in New York and told with more genuine feeling than it probably deserves. The result is an uneven movie with amazing moments, and then all the excessive slow motion in between. IMy Blueberry NightsI has a cast that makes it better than it ought to be...

When a secret government agency lets out a deadly chemo virus causing the reanimation of the dead, the first place to get hit is Rhinos, a hot underground strip club. As one of the strippers gets the virus, she turns into a supernatural, flesh-eating zombie stripper, making her the hit of the club. Do the rest of the girls fight the temptation to be like the star stripper, even if there is no turning back? Also featuring Roxy Saint of the Goth band Roxy Saint and the Blackouts and Ultimate Fighting Champion Tito Ortiz, IZombie StrippersI is a sexy, bloody, hilarious good time!

An American teenager who is obsessed with Hong Kong cinema and kung-fu classics makes an extraordinary discovery in a Chinatown pawnshop: the legendary stick weapon of the Chinese sage and warrior, the Monkey King. With the lost relic in hand, the teenager unexpectedly finds himself traveling back to ancient China to join a crew of warriors from martial arts lore on a dangerous quest to free the imprisoned Monkey King.

Superhero Movie: Starring Drake Bell, Sara Paxton, Christopher McDonald, Leslie Nielsen, Marion Ross and Tracy Morgan. Written and directed by Craig Mazin. (PG-13. 85 minutes. At Bay Area theaters. For complete movie listings and show times, and to buy...

Theres really nothing I can say here that will make you decide whether you want to see ISuperhero Moviei or not. If you liked the IScary Moviei flicks than this is probably right up your alley, since Mazin is responsible for half of that franchise. Just know going in that this isnt some clever parody of the flood of superhero movies weve seen in the past few years. Its ISpider-Mani with dick and fart jokes.

i21i is an entertaining twist on the heist flick. Director Robert Luketic, whose previous efforts include iLegally Blondei and iWin A Date With Tad Hamiltoni, finally breaks loose from the romantic comedy chain gang and proves hes more than just the next Garry Marshall. Not that there would be anything wrong with that, but the world doesnt really need a second person cranking out iPrincess Diariesi.

RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE)Shelter: Romantic drama. Written and directed by Jonah Markowitz. Starring Trevor Wright, Brad Rowe. 97 minutes. (Rated R. At the Embarcadero and the Elmwood in Berkeley.) Sometimes a film that otherwise relies on stock storylines and...

RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE) Run Fatboy Run: Romantic comedy. Starring Simon Pegg, Thandie Newton, Hank Azaria and Dylan Moran. Directed by David Schwimmer. (PG-13. 100 minutes. At Bay Area theaters. For complete movie listings and show times, and to buy tickets...

Before the credits roll the screen flashes statistics about the governments use of the stop loss regulation. As I read I wanted to be startled into feeling sympathetic for these characters and their real-life counterparts, but I was too burnt to care. Peirce strips the story of its meaning with hammered-in, blatant Bush-bashing and it left me feeling as though Id just walked out of a fanatic-filled political rally.