Parkland is the Dallas hospital where President John F. Kennedy was treated and ultimately died after being shot in 1963. It is also, by a cruel twist of fate, the same hospital where his assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald was taken one day later. “What a shitty place to die,” exclaims one of the President’s secret […] Read more »
The long awaited follow up to Lee Daniels’ Precious, The Paperboy is a sticky Southern Gothic crime drama, set in late-sixties Florida. Matthew McConaughey plays an investigative journalist, Ward Jansen, who returns to his hometown to investigate the trial of Hillary Van Wetter (John Cusack), accused of murdering a local police officer. Jansen’s father (Scott […] Read more »
As if starting the year with a thumping hangover and a list of resolutions destined for failure wasn’t enough, cinemagoers are also faced with enduring Garry Marshall’s risible New Year’s Eve. After the surprise success of Valentine’s Day, which renewed the age-old Hollywood trend of large ensemble comedies, the same creative team returns for a […] Read more »