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Former Mesa Director Sean Anders Doles Out More Teenage Kicks in Sex Drive Former Mesa Director Sean Anders Doles Out More Teenage Kicks in Sex Drive
The management of the movie house confiscated my cell phone at a screening of Sex Drive last week. "But I'm with the press," I explained to the... More>>
By Robrt L. Pela
Published: October 16, 2008
Oliver Stone Assigns Motive to W.’s M.O., but at This Point, Who Cares? Oliver Stone Assigns Motive to W.’s M.O., but at This Point, Who Cares?
W. may be less frenzied than the usual Oliver Stone sensory bombardment, but in revisiting the early '00s by way of the late '60s, this... More>>
By J. Hoberman
Published: October 16, 2008
Anne Hathaway Makes a Compelling Bad Girl in Jonathan Demme’s Rachel Getting Married Anne Hathaway Makes a Compelling Bad Girl in Jonathan Demme’s Rachel Getting Married
Those who believe that Jonathan Demme went all soft with Philadelphia and never recovered may not be reassured by his latest movie, an ensemble... More>>
By Ella Taylor
Published: October 16, 2008
Ridley Scott’s Body of Lies Is the Post-9/11 Thriller We Deserve Ridley Scott’s Body of Lies Is the Post-9/11 Thriller We Deserve
A new kind of war movie for a new kind of war, Body of Lies is about the war on terror as it is being waged on the ground, in the air, but most... More>>
By Scott Foundas
Published: October 09, 2008
Keira Knightley Royally Screws Up The Duchess Keira Knightley Royally Screws Up The Duchess
The Duchess is the best women's movie of the past few months. Don't get too excited: Sex and the City, Mamma Mia!, and The Women set the bar so... More>>
By Ella Taylor
Published: October 09, 2008
Blindness Adaptation Nails the Bleak Before Succumbing to the Sap Blindness Adaptation Nails the Bleak Before Succumbing to the Sap
The most recent example of bleak chic, Fernando Meirelles' mostly harrowing adaptation of José Saramago's international bestseller... More>>
By Anthony Kaufman
Published: October 02, 2008
Ed Harris Goes Traditional with Appaloosa Ed Harris Goes Traditional with Appaloosa
"Course he's willing to die. You think we do this kinda work 'cause we scared to die?" So speaks Virgil Cole (Ed Harris) about his sidekick... More>>
By Chuck Wilson
Published: October 02, 2008
Miracle at St. Anna: Spike Lee’s WWII Drama Is an Epic Bore Miracle at St. Anna: Spike Lee’s WWII Drama Is an Epic Bore
On some level, you've got to hand it to Spike Lee. There are probably less than a handful of directors working in Hollywood today who could put... More>>
By Scott Foundas
Published: September 25, 2008
Chuck Palahnluk’s Choke Adaptation Needs the Heimlich Chuck Palahnluk’s Choke Adaptation Needs the Heimlich
There's a whole lotta fucking going on in Choke, Clark Gregg's adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk's first-person novel about a sex addict named Victor... More>>
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: September 25, 2008
Ricky Gervais sees dead people in Ghost Town Ricky Gervais sees dead people in Ghost Town
It takes a good while for Ricky Gervais to warm up in Ghost Town; it takes even longer for the audience to warm to Ricky Gervais. During the... More>>
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: September 18, 2008
Lakeview Terrace : Samuel L. Jackson and Patrick Wilson suffer from racial tension in the latest from Neil LaBute Lakeview Terrace : Samuel L. Jackson and Patrick Wilson suffer from racial tension in the latest from Neil LaBute
Earlier this year, when I was assigned to jury duty on a drug-related trial at the Los Angeles Superior Court, our jury foreman turned out to be... More>>
By Scott Foundas
Published: September 18, 2008
Burn After Reading: the latest Coen brothers mockery Burn After Reading: the latest Coen brothers mockery
Masters of the carefully crafted cheap shot, Joel and Ethan Coen have built a career on flippancy. Given their refusal to take anything seriously... More>>
By J. Hoberman
Published: September 11, 2008
Meg Ryan and Eva Mendes can’t keep The Women from being just another chick flick Meg Ryan and Eva Mendes can’t keep The Women from being just another chick flick
"What do you think this is?" cries a lady who lunches in Diane English's remake of George Cukor's The Women. "Some kind of '30s movie?" Even... More>>
By Ella Taylor
Published: September 11, 2008
Summer ’08: Batman saved the season, while a little Sex and the City went a long way, and the indies just went south Summer ’08: Batman saved the season, while a little Sex and the City went a long way, and the indies just went south
Another summer movie season comes to an end, not with a bang but a whimper — what else to call four new releases (Babylon A.D., Bangkok... More>>
By Scott Foundas
Published: September 04, 2008
Traitor’s Don Cheadle and co-stars can’t elevate the film past ho-hum Traitor’s Don Cheadle and co-stars can’t elevate the film past ho-hum
Despite his reputation as that rarest of creatures — a Hollywood intellectual — new evidence suggests that Steve Martin reads... More>>
By Chuck Wilson
Published: August 28, 2008
Frozan River may lay it on thick, but Melissa Leo nails the role of a struggling single mom Frozan River may lay it on thick, but Melissa Leo nails the role of a struggling single mom
When I'd 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 28, 2008
Opposites attract in Chris & Don: A Love Story Opposites attract in Chris & Don: A Love Story
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: August 28, 2008
Rainn Wilson comedy The Rocker is more childish pop than hardcore funny Rainn Wilson comedy The Rocker is more childish pop than hardcore funny
The Rocker bears the decidedly unmistakable odor of something made in 1983 and left on the shelf a good 25 years. That isn't to suggest that it's... More>>
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: August 21, 2008
Werner Herzog treks to Antarctica in Encounters at the End of the World Werner 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: August 21, 2008
Hamlet 2 is tragically not half as funny as it thinks it is Hamlet 2 is tragically not half as funny as it thinks it is
In its final 10 minutes, Hamlet 2 is little more than chaos, noise, and nonsense, and those are 10 perfectly enjoyable minutes. It's hard to... More>>
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: August 21, 2008
Ben Stiller’s Tropic Thunder takes aim at the movie biz but lacks firepower Ben Stiller’s Tropic Thunder takes aim at the movie biz but lacks firepower
Early buzz out of Hollywood pegged Tropic Thunder, directed and co-written by star Ben Stiller, as the end-all and be-all of movie-biz parodies... More>>
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: August 14, 2008
Penélope Cruz and Scarlett Johansson make Vicky Cristina Barcelona a Woody Allen winner Penélope Cruz and Scarlett Johansson make Vicky Cristina Barcelona a Woody Allen winner
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
Pineapple Express gets Seth Rogen and James Franco out of the closet and dodging bullets Pineapple Express gets Seth Rogen and James Franco out of the closet and dodging bullets
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 — that twin-pronged erection jutting from the... More>>
By Jim Ridley
Published: August 07, 2008
WIth a new sequel, The Mummy franchise has seen better days WIth a new sequel, The Mummy franchise has seen better days
I was 13 when Stephen Sommers' 1999 remake-in-name-only of The Mummy came out. It was just about the ideal age. Sommers is definitely some kind... More>>
By Vadim Rizov
Published: July 31, 2008
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