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Guy Pearce, Don Cheadle can't save the ho-hum Guy Pearce, Don Cheadle can't save the ho-hum "thriller" Traitor
Despite his reputation as that rarest of creatures — a Hollywood intellectual — new evidence suggests that Steve Martin... More>>
By Chuck Wilson
Published: August 28, 2008
We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen, at Starz FilmCenter
Until the untimely death of singer/guitarist D. Boon at the end of 1985, the Minutemen were one of the most exciting and creative bands of their... More>>
By Cory Casciato
Published: August 28, 2008
Despite Rainn Wilson, The Rocker is more childish pop than hard-core funny Despite Rainn Wilson, The Rocker is more childish pop than hard-core funny
The Rocker bears the decidedly unmistakable odor of something made in 1983 and left on the shelf a good 25 years. Which isn't to suggest that... More>>
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: August 21, 2008
Frozen River lays it on thick, but Melissa Leo nails her single-mom role Frozen River lays it on thick, but Melissa Leo nails her single-mom role
When I heard that Quentin Tarantino handed the Grand Jury Prize for best feature to Courtney Hunt's Frozen River at this year's Sundance Film... More>>
By Ella Taylor
Published: August 21, 2008
Hamlet 2 is simply tragic Hamlet 2 is simply tragic
In its final ten minutes, Hamlet 2 is little more than chaos, noise and nonsense, and those are ten perfectly enjoyable minutes. It's hard to... More>>
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: August 21, 2008
The Young Man's Dream
Woody Allen is back from his European vacation. Next, he directs Larry David in NYC and Puccini for L.A. Opera.
The last time I interviewed Woody Allen, at his editing suite on Manhattan's Upper East Side, he was preparing the release of Match Point (2005),... More>>
By Scott Foundas
Published: August 14, 2008
Penelope Cruz and Scarlett Johansson join forces (and more!) in Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona Penelope Cruz and Scarlett Johansson join forces (and more!) in Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Perhaps this review should begin with a disclaimer: Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Woody Allen's 39th film as writer-director, will do little to... More>>
By Scott Foundas
Published: August 14, 2008
Send it back: Bottle Shock's corked Send it back: Bottle Shock's corked
Bottle Shock, which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in January, is a great concept populated by great actors that works hard to make its... More>>
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: August 14, 2008
Rogen and Franco, on the run and madly in love in Pineapple Express Rogen and Franco, on the run and madly in love in Pineapple Express
On the surface, Pineapple Express offers precisely what it advertises: a roll-'em-up, smoke-'em-up, blow-'em-up bromantic comedy from the freaks... More>>
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: August 07, 2008
Man on Wire: Philippe Petit's World Trade Center tightrope walk was made for the movies Man on Wire: Philippe Petit's World Trade Center tightrope walk was made for the movies
Even as the first girders were laid in the mid-1960s, something about the World Trade Center inspired fantasies of lustful conquest. As James... More>>
By Jim Ridley
Published: August 07, 2008
Flick Pick: Re-Cycle Flick Pick: Re-Cycle
Starz FilmCenter
A young female writer of romantic novels decides to turn to the supernatural for her next book. As she struggles with writing, throwing away page... More>>
By Cory Casciato
Published: August 07, 2008
Swing Vote
Presidential candidates vie (and pander and plead) for one heart and mind in Swing Vote.
Swing Vote is an election-themed comedy that’s about twice as smart as you expect it to be and still only half as smart as you wish it was.... More>>
By Scott Foundas
Published: July 31, 2008
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
The Mummy franchise has seen better days.
I was thirteen when Stephen Sommers’s 1999 remake-in-name-only of The Mummy came out -- just about the ideal age. Sommers is definitely some... More>>
By Vadim Rizov
Published: July 31, 2008
Brideshead Revisited Brideshead Revisited
A good nine hours lighter than its TV predecessor, Brideshead Revisited gets back to the source.
Making notes in 1949 for a review of Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited, George Orwell wrote that "Waugh is about as good a novelist as one can... More>>
By Ella Taylor
Published: July 31, 2008
Chris & Don: A Love Story Chris & Don: A Love Story
Portrait of the artist as a young man (and his lover as an old one) in Chris & Don.
A glint in his eye and a grin on his lips, artist Don Bachardy looks into the camera and explains the dynamic of his three-decade relationship... More>>
By Ernest Hardy
Published: July 31, 2008
Step Brothers Step Brothers
With Step Brothers, Ferrell, Reilly, McKay & Co. still don't wanna grow up. And thank God for that.
I haven't seen much at the movies in the past two years that has given me as much unbridled comic pleasure as the sight of Will Ferrell as the... More>>
By Scott Foundas
Published: July 24, 2008
The Last Mistress The Last Mistress
Provocateurs Catherine Breillat and Asia Argento put their stamp (or tattoo) on nineteenth-century France.
Catherine Breillat hitches her wagon to the hottest of European stars, Asia Argento, in a highly entertaining adaptation of French dandy... More>>
By J. Hoberman
Published: July 24, 2008
The Dark Knight The Dark Knight
Heath Ledger peers into the void as Christopher Nolan's Batman returns.
What a brooding pleasure it is to return to Christopher Nolan's Gotham City — if "pleasure" is the right word for a movie that gazes so... More>>
By Scott Foundas
Published: July 17, 2008
Alexandra Alexandra
A Russian grandmother visits the troops and brings light to their misguided mission in Chechnya.
Spare yet tactile, a mysterious mixture of lightness and gravity, Alexander Sokurov's Alexandra is founded on contradiction. Musing on war in... More>>
By J. Hoberman
Published: July 17, 2008
Mamma Mia! Mamma Mia!
But your movie's kinda drab. Mamma Mia! drains the fun out of ABBA.
I've always enjoyed ABBA — not in that post-hoc, so-bad-it's-good hip way, but innocently, the way I like Phil Spector. To this day,... More>>
By Ella Taylor
Published: July 17, 2008
Hellboy II: The Golden Army Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Big Red returns in a mindless, revved-up Hellboy sequel.
Hollywood's Endless Superhero Summer rolls on with the arrival of Hellboy II: The Golden Army from Pan's Labyrinth director Guillermo del Toro,... More>>
By Chuck Wilson
Published: July 10, 2008
Encounters at the End of the World Encounters at the End of the World
Gleaning lessons from the darkness, Herzog treks to Antarctica in Encounters at the End of the World.
Some say the world will end in fire, some — like Werner Herzog — say ice. Flying in the face of global warming, this profoundly... More>>
By J. Hoberman
Published: July 10, 2008
Journey to the Center of the Earth Journey to the Center of the Earth
Brendan Fraser falls into a deep, deep hole at the Center of the Earth.
At the top, let's be clear about one thing: Journey to the Center of the Earth is more a demo reel than a narrative feature. It's a decent, if... More>>
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: July 10, 2008
Zombie Zombie
Starz FilmCenter
I love zombie movies. I've seen more than fifty of them — including a recent stint of 31 in thirty days — and one of the best... More>>
By Cory Casciato
Published: July 10, 2008
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Call hell-raiser Hunter S. Thompson's style what you will, a new doc succeeds when saluting his substance.
In a nation of frightened dullards, there is always a sorry shortage of outlaws, and those few who make the grade are always welcome." So wrote... More>>
By Jim Ridley
Published: July 03, 2008
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