Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2011; Stephen Daldry) GRADE: D- By Daniel Barnes In the decade following the terrorist attacks on 9/11, Hollywood made a few films that attempted to recreate the events and aftermath of that day, most notably United 93 and World Trade Center. However, neither […]
Simon Sez (1999; Kevin Elders) GRADE: F By Daniel Barnes If you have ever attended an NBA game, then you have probably seen some of the pre-taped bits starring the home team’s players that get shown throughout the game on the arena Jumbotron. Players exhort the crowd to […]
Law Abiding Citizen (2009; F. Gary Gray) GRADE: D- By Daniel Barnes I graduated from college a little over a decade ago, but judging by a cursory Google News search, one of the most annoying and frustrating aspects of my campus experience continues to this day – the […]
Freddy Got Fingered (2001; Tom Green) GRADE: D+ By Daniel Barnes “Annoy and Exhaust” The easiest and least honest way to dismiss the depressing grotesque of Tom Green’s Freddy Got Fingered is to insult the film solely for its wretched content. Yes, director-writer-star Green uses profoundly disturbing subjects […]
Chairman of the Board (1998; Alex Zamm) GRADE: F By Daniel Barnes It is quite common in vulgar juvenile comedies for the hero, usually a socially maladjusted and borderline deranged man-child, to be found irresistible by beautiful (usually blonde) women. Whether it is the lascivious skirt-chasing of Harpo […]
Krippendorf’s Tribe (1998; Todd Holland) GRADE: F By Daniel Barnes *Rewritten from a Dare Daniel review published on The Barnesyard blog on November 14, 2005. Tim Conway’s legendary Dorf character was a bumbling Germanic dwarf who waddled his way through a series of faux-instructional videos in the 1980s […]
