Articles by Erin Oke
Waydowntown
Gary Burns
PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016
The bleak world of interconnected downtown skyscrapers, apartment complexes, and food courts is the backdrop for "Waydowntown," the latest...
The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy
Greg Berlanti
PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016
"The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy" is a fluffy, mainstream-friendly look at a group of 20-something gay friends living in West Hol...
Bamboozled
Spike Lee
PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016
Prolific director Spike Lee's new film "Bamboozled" is a satire of the television industry in the same vein as "Network," looking at the re...
The Wedding Planner
Adam Shankman
PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016
"The Wedding Planner" starts off with some false promise before rapidly descending into a train wreck of convoluted plot points and heavy-h...
Possible Worlds
Robert Lepage
PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016
With Possible Worlds, director Robert Lepage once again displays considerable visual prowess by creating a beautifully cold world of glass,...
The Cell
Tarsem Singh
PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016
It is rare to see a movie this bad look so good. The Cell's visual treatment is uniformly stunning, but it seems as if the actors and the w...
Coyote Ugly
David McNally
PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016
"Coyote Ugly" isn't actually as bad as it looks. Advertised as a sort of PG-13 "Showgirls" meets "Cocktail," I expected two hours of glorif...
Loser
Amy Heckerling
PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016
It's been quite a while since a decent teen movie hit the theatres, and I had high hopes that Amy (Clueless, Fast Times at Ridgemont High)...