Articles by Travis Mackenzie Hoover

3 Needles

Thom Fitzgerald

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

A wise sage once said about writing: "take the work seriously and yourself unseriously.” Clearly, that wise sage was not Thom Fitzgerald. I...

Grease: Rockin' Rydell Edition

Randal Kleiser

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

Few films have endured like Grease. Fewer still have failed so badly at earning that endurance. This clodhopping 1978 musical still has pre...

Take the Lead

Liz Friedlander

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

The "dance as discipline” movie is almost as hoary and predictable as the "army as character builder” and "inspirational sports” genres. Th...

ATL

Chris Robinson

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

I wouldn’t suggest that this film has much new to say but it manages to be fresh and surprising in the way that it says it. The subject is...

The Charlie Chan Collection: Volume One

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

Charlie Chan was a borderline case that straddled the lines of acceptability. On the one hand, he was a positive, self-determined Asian cha...

Scary Movie 4

David Zucker

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

Sequel fatigue has clearly set in at the Scary Movie camp. The once mighty franchise has sunk into a wobbly groove in which fright flicks a...

Pretty Poison

Noel Black

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

Despite a glowing notice from Pauline Kael, this movie flopped abjectly in its 1968 release and disappeared into cult legend. And no wonder...

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

Justin Lin

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

I absent-mindedly managed to be somewhere else during the runs of The Fast and the Furious and its first sequel. Number three has the advan...