A.V. Club (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
A pair of new DVDs chronicle the breakthrough and breakdown of writer Daniel Waters and Winona Ryder.
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
... Schreck. Three turns out to be a crowd and, perhaps sensing the problem, Burton and screenwriter Daniel Waters opted to concentrate on the Penguin. This means Walken disappears from the film for long stretches, and Pfeiffer's fetching feline, slinkily and sometimes kinkily sexy and cattily witty ("Life's a bitch, so am I"), is unconscionably slighted. Her scenes with Keaton, who renders...
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
Daniel Waters has one of Hollywood's most intriguing resumes. After writing his first film, Heathers, Waters trolled through the Hollywood meat
JoBlo (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
... Sex and Death 101 (or, How To Be An Asshole Without Really Trying) is writer/director Daniel Waters’ (Heathers, Happy Campers) sophomoric effort, a sexcapade/rom-com/morality tale/thriller that hits only a few of the right notes. For starters, Waters’ screenplay has an original idea (no matter how sleazy or corny it turns) and Simon Baker (The Devil Wears Prada), bullshit smile and...
Cinematical (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
Filed under: Comedy , Drama , New Releases , DVD Reviews , New on DVD , Home Entertainment Sex and Death 101 Finally! I've been waiting eons for Sex and Death 101 to hit the shelves -- ever since there was news that writer Daniel Waters was not only taking another stab at directing, but that he would be reteaming with Winona Ryder. Sure, it wouldn't have her digging into her blue clothes...
Dictionopolis in Digitopolis (Free subscription) | 07/05/2008
To recap: Over the past couple of years, I have been keeping an eye out for Sex And Death 101 , a movie reuniting Winona Ryder with Heathers scripter Daniel Waters, who would also be directing. I know nothing of their relationship, but it seems to me there must be some bond forged by the fact that neither has ever topped that early collaboration, which I consider one of the more perfect...
DVD Talk (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
Rent It THE FILM Daniel Waters ("Happy Campers") possesses such an impressive wit, harboring a real gift for taking obscenely dark moments of comedy and twisting them to even more delightful and disturbing ends. The first example of his genius is found in the 1989 classic teen film, "Heathers." The last example of his glorious writing? "Heathers." "Sex and Death 101" is another cruel...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
... by Michael Lehmann.Sardonic and aiming to outrage, 1989's "Heathers" was conceived by screenwriter Daniel Waters as a response to John Hughes' very popular films of the mid-'80s ("Sixteen Candles," "The Breakfast Club," "Ferris Bueller's Day Off"), in which high school kids managed to work their way through whatever problems they faced.Despite its low budget and halting release, "Heathers"...
High-Def Digest: Blu-ray Disc News (Free subscription) | 06/23/2008
... root canal. I can't remember the last time I had less fun watching a movie.Written and directed by Daniel Waters ('Heathers,' 'Hudson Hawk'), 'Sex and Death 101' attempts to put a existential spin on the traditional sex comedy. Simon Baker stars as Roderick Blank (note the last name -- get it'), a womanizer who's about to marry his lovely fiancee (Andrea Bowen), until he receives...
not your mother's bookclub (Free subscription) | 06/15/2008
Sick of eating disorders and autism? Had it with vampirism and shapeshifting? Well, there's a new literary medical condition sweeping the nation... um... DEATH. Yay? GENERATION DEAD by Daniel Waters: Goth girl Phoebe has never run with the popular crowd at school. However, no one can believe it when she falls for Tommy Williams, the leader of the dead kids--the literally dead, living...
