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'Growing Op': Weed Killernew
Growing Op might fizzle as comedy, but it does answer the question "Whatever happened to Rosanna Arquette?" The former A-lister, whose charm and acting skills are intact, plays the mother hen in a family involved in growing weed in the burbs.
NOW Magazine |
Glenn Sumi |
11-24-2008 |
Reviews
Saint Charlesnew
Decades before Queer As Folk and Will & Grace, there was Charles Nelson Reilly , best known as the fey 70s game show contestant who wore sailor hats, toupées and, along with frequent TV co-star Paul Lynde, perfected the art of campy innuendo for generations of North American viewers.
NOW Magazine |
Glenn Sumi |
11-30-2007 |
Reviews
'The Nanny Diaries': Nanny Know-hownew
Tell-all novel hits the screen but loses some of its bite.
NOW Magazine |
Glenn Sumi |
08-24-2007 |
Reviews
'El Cantante': Muy Stupidonew
The film follows the basic "I love you, I hate you, where's my syringe?" trajectory of most music-and-drugs movies.
NOW Magazine |
Glenn Sumi |
08-20-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: El Cantante, Leon Ichaso
'A Stone's Throw': Eco Disasternew
The film at least looks decent; you can't fake that east coast light -- but the dreadfully earnest script drips with portent.
NOW Magazine |
Glenn Sumi |
08-10-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: A Stone's Throw, Camelia Frieberg
Silence Golden: Bride Of Silencenew
This enigmatic, languorously drawn-out movie employs a Rashomon-like narrative device.
NOW Magazine |
Glenn Sumi |
07-05-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Bride Of Silence, Minh Phuong Doan
Radiant City: Tip of the Nice Burbnew
Filmmakers Gary Burns and Jim Brown sound the alarm on suburban sprawl.
NOW Magazine |
Glenn Sumi |
03-30-2007 |
Reviews
Slanted Truthsnew
The Slanted Screen upends Asian stereotypes.
NOW Magazine |
Glenn Sumi |
02-23-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Jeff Adachi, The Slanted Screen
Braff's Leading Man Bidnew
The Last Kiss is being marketed as a classy romantic comedy, but despite its laughs it's not a comedy, and you'd be an idiot to take a first date to see it.
NOW Magazine |
Glenn Sumi |
09-15-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: The Last Kiss, Tony Goldwyn
