Full Metal Jacket (1987)

The arrogance of the evil Disney empire as it colonizes the world, both in space and in time, on behalf of spoiled American pre-teens continues. Characteristically, it has chosen for its next property to be conquered and laid waste a peculiarly inappropriate vehicle in Tarzan. The story of Tarzan, that is, absolutely depends on the…

Yet another attempt by Hollywood to pass off kiddie kartoons as fun for all ages

David Spade may not be the most unfunny of the alumni of “Saturday Night Live” to have gone to Hollywood, but he gives Rob Schneider a run for his money.

The joke that gives As Good As It Gets its title is the best thing in the picture. Melvin Udall (Jack Nicholson), a successful novelist, suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder which manifests itself in an insane punctiliousness about rituals, not stepping on cracks in the sidewalk, excessive hand-washing and the like. When his routine is disrupted…

The arrogance of the evil Disney empire as it colonizes the world, both in space and in time, on behalf of spoiled American pre-teens continues. Characteristically, it has chosen for its next property to be conquered and laid waste a peculiarly inappropriate vehicle in Tarzan. The story of Tarzan, that is, absolutely depends on the…

Yet another attempt by Hollywood to pass off kiddie kartoons as fun for all ages

David Spade may not be the most unfunny of the alumni of “Saturday Night Live” to have gone to Hollywood, but he gives Rob Schneider a run for his money.

The joke that gives As Good As It Gets its title is the best thing in the picture. Melvin Udall (Jack Nicholson), a successful novelist, suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder which manifests itself in an insane punctiliousness about rituals, not stepping on cracks in the sidewalk, excessive hand-washing and the like. When his routine is disrupted…

Even raw propaganda can do the rounds of the documentary circuit, apparently, so long as it is anti-American propaganda