Features
Thursday, January 19 2012
Movies 2011: Out of the Past
Super 8, The Muppets, and some of the other great movies of 2011 owe plenty to movies of the past. And they pull off a neat trick too: they're as vivid and delightful as your memories of those movies.
Monday, January 10 2011
Head Trips and Virtual Life in the Films of 2010
Many of 2010's best triumphed not by rejecting the artifice or fantasy of filmmaking or gaming or dreaming, but by hopping between worlds, ever beginning.
Monday, January 7 2008
The Best Film Obsessions in 2007
Whether by luck or some kind of hive rejuvenation, 2007 saw a whole lot of terrific American movies.
Monday, January 8 2007
The Year in Crime
The best four films of the year are all essentially crime pictures. Though they are stylish, none could be deemed pulp, or at least not in the Tarantino/Rodriguez sense of the word.
Tuesday, January 10 2006
Spelling Doom: Movies in 2005
It wasn't a great movie year, though not for lack of trying. Looking over the year's releases, you see many with a great performance, a smart script, interesting themes, or that old and potentially damaging chestnut, good intentions. But why weren't more of them great?.
Fandom Menace [17.May.05]
Best Movies 2004 [6.Jan.05]
Leaving Home and Wide Awake [18.Oct.04]
Better Than the Material [6.May.04]
Top 10 Films of 2003 [9.Jan.04]
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Lord of the Nerds [19.May.03]
Columns
Wednesday, April 13 2011
Jim Carrey's Brilliant Dark Side
The Cable Guy and I Love You Phillip Morris show what Jim Carrey is capable of when no one is watching.
Reviews
Friday, May 17 2013
'Shanghai Noon' / 'Shanghai Knights'
Though they're not as fleet-footed as Chan's best Hong Kong features, Shanghai Noon and Shanghai Knights are probably his most aristically successful American productions.
Thursday, May 16 2013
'Crimewave' Is Just One Example of Sam Raimi's Pulp-Slapstick Sensibility
With its grotesque caricatures, genre-kidding plot turns, and frequent violations of physics, Crimewave is the kind of goof that repulses mainstream audiences and delights movie-crazy geeks.
Monday, April 29 2013
'Who Framed Roger Rabbit' Is Meta, Funny and Exhilarating
Director Robert Zemeckis explains that Who Framed Roger Rabbit is really "three elaborate films in one": a period live-action movie, an animated movie, and a special-effects extravaganza required to blend the two.
Friday, April 26 2013
Matthew McConaughey's Return to Excellent Work with 'Mud'
It's hard to imagine many other A-list stars pulling off such a regionally specific role, and it doesn't seem like an accident that Matthew McCoanughey's return to excellent work has engaged with his Southern roots.
Friday, April 26 2013
'Kon-Tiki's' Adventures on the High Seas
American viewers who embrace Kon-Tiki may all feel like enthusiastic kids again.
If You Can Get Past the Drug Use and Raunchy Language, You'll See That 'Bachelorette' Works Well [18.Mar.13]
'The We and the I': Realities of Adolescence [15.Mar.13]
'Dark Skies': Haunted in the Suburbs [27.Feb.13]
'The Master' Is a Study in Displacement [25.Feb.13]
Two Men Fueled by Stubbornness: 'The Insider' [22.Feb.13]
'Movie 43': On the End of a Non-Era [31.Jan.13]
'Brazil', So Very Gilliamiest [16.Jan.13]
Pop Art for Pop Art's Sake: 'Dick Tracy' [28.Dec.12]
'On the Road': Writing as a Way of Life [21.Dec.12]
'Les Misérables' Is an Honest Spectacle [18.Dec.12]
'Red Dawn': An Apotheosis of Pointlessness [21.Nov.12]
The Shelf-Life of Grinning Little Thrillers Like 'Arachnophobia' Tends to Be Surprisingly Long [25.Oct.12]
'Sinister' Offers a Passing Shiver [12.Oct.12]
'Resident Evil: Retribution': Clones, Again [18.Sep.12]
'The Master' Is a Portrait of Pain [17.Sep.12]
Nobody Feels Like an Adult in 'Liberal Arts' [14.Sep.12]
'The Expendables 2': Blockheaded Star Power [22.Aug.12]
'Cosmopolis': Robert Pattinson Going Nowhere [17.Aug.12]
Spike Lee Is Back in Brooklyn: 'Red Hook Summer' [10.Aug.12]
'The Bourne Legacy': Missing Jason Bourne [10.Aug.12]
'Til Death Do Us Part: 'Harold and Maude' [11.Jul.12]
The Lucky Accident that Is 'Meatballs' [12.Jun.12]
Jealousy, Earned: 'Being John Malkovich' [4.Jun.12]
'Bernie' Is a Strange, Amusing Little Story [27.Apr.12]
The Passion of 'The Last Temptation of Christ' [29.Mar.12]
Don't Be Mean: 'The Sitter' [27.Mar.12]
'The Deep Blue Sea' Takes Its Time [23.Mar.12]
'Silent House' Keeps Viewers Off Balance [9.Mar.12]
'Joyful Noise' Is Not Quite What You'd Expect [13.Jan.12]
'The Darkest Hour' Stumbles and Bumbles [3.Jan.12]
'War Horse' Reveals Our Human Instincts [23.Dec.11]
'A Dangerous Method': Like an Erotic Thriller [23.Nov.11]
'Puss in Boots': That's One Fine Looking Cat [28.Oct.11]
'The Double' Flies, Spy-Like, Under the Radar [28.Oct.11]
'The Three Musketeers': Impresarios of Schlock [27.Oct.11]
'Bad Teacher', Good Job [19.Oct.11]
Submerged in a Sea of Hormones: 'Submarine' [6.Oct.11]
'Mimic' Is an Uncommonly Gorgeous B-Movie [4.Oct.11]
'Paul': A Road Trip Flick, 'E.T.'-Style [14.Sep.11]
'Our Idiot Brother' Is Spacey, But Not Stupid [26.Aug.11]
A Powerless Witness in 'The Devil's Double' [5.Aug.11]
'Another Earth' Is So Very Indie [5.Aug.11]
'The Smurfs': Less Magical Territory [1.Aug.11]
'The Guard' Is 'In Bruges'" Cousin [29.Jul.11]
The Myth of the American Sleepover [22.Jul.11]
John Carpenter's The Ward [12.Jul.11]
John C. Reilly Returns in 'Terri' [1.Jul.11]
'Monte Carlo': Girls Behaving Nicely [1.Jul.11]
'Mr. Popper's Penguins': Bodily Functions [17.Jun.11]
Awkward Situations, Irritating People & More in 'The Kids in the Hall: The Complete Series Megaset' [16.Jun.11]
'Jumping the Broom' Has Different Volumes [6.May.11]
'Limitless': Being Bradley Cooper [18.Mar.11]
Drive Angry 3D [28.Feb.11]
Just Go With It [14.Feb.11]
'The Roommate': You Were Never My Friend [7.Feb.11]
'Gulliver's Travels': Lumbering [24.Dec.10]
'Avatar': There's Always a Bigger Fish [8.Dec.10]
'Love and Other Drugs': Cure-Alls [24.Nov.10]
'Faster' Just Cares About Looking Good [24.Nov.10]
'Skyline' Gives Us More Brain-Sucking Aliens [15.Nov.10]
'Unstoppable': The Pleasures of Gears [12.Nov.10]
It's Kind of a Funny Story [4.Nov.10]
'Saw 3D': Plain Old Sleazy [1.Nov.10]
'Broken Lizard Stands Up''; This Comedy Troupe Is at Its Best When Non-performing Together [18.Oct.10]
'Devil': Looking for Ideas [20.Sep.10]
'Resident Evil: Afterlife': Unshakeable [13.Sep.10]
'After.Life', A Quiet and Ambiguous Purgatory [23.Aug.10]
'The Extra Man': The Return of Kevin Kline [13.Aug.10]
'Bad Boys' is Just... Bad [17.Jun.10]
Micmacs (Micmacs à tire-larigot) [11.Jun.10]
In 'From Paris with Love' Dir. Morel's Action Scenes and '90s References are Far From Subtle [8.Jun.10]
Is This the Return of Must-See TV? [25.May.10]
'MacGruber' Is a Lone Wolf [24.May.10]
'Mother and Child': Poised for Crisis [14.May.10]
Peep Show and That Mitchell and Webb Look [7.Apr.10]
Breaking Upwards [2.Apr.10]
Chloe [26.Mar.10]
The Informant! [4.Mar.10]
Public Enemies [4.Feb.10]
The Simpsons: The Complete Twentieth Season [29.Jan.10]
Legion [27.Jan.10]
Jennifer's Body [15.Jan.10]
It's Complicated [23.Dec.09]
The Slammin' Salmon [16.Dec.09]
A Serious Man [11.Dec.09]
The Box [9.Nov.09]
New York, I Love You [5.Nov.09]
The Girlfriend Experience [16.Oct.09]
Surrogates [28.Sep.09]
Away We Go [28.Sep.09]
Cutthroat Island [28.Aug.09]
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra [11.Aug.09]
In the Loop [7.Aug.09]
Bad Lieutenant [3.Aug.09]
Wayne's World 1 & 2 [23.Jun.09]
Passengers [13.May.09]
Nothing But the Truth [30.Apr.09]
Notorious [24.Apr.09]
French Connection 1 & 2 [17.Mar.09]
Australia [13.Mar.09]
Lakeview Terrace [5.Feb.09]
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist [3.Feb.09]
My Bloody Valentine 3-D [19.Jan.09]
NewsRadio: The Complete Series [8.Dec.08]
Step Brothers [8.Dec.08]
Futurama: Bender's Game [12.Nov.08]
You Don't Mess with the Zohan [14.Oct.08]
Married Life [24.Sep.08]
Pathology [23.Sep.08]
Harold [16.Sep.08]
TV Funhouse [4.Sep.08]
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day [19.Aug.08]
Heathers & Sex and Death 101 [23.Jul.08]
The Onion Movie [16.Jun.08]
Semi-Pro [12.Jun.08]
The Foot Fist Way [6.Jun.08]
Cleaner [2.Jun.08]
There Will Be Blood [8.Apr.08]
Hitman [19.Mar.08]
Revolver [17.Mar.08]
Margot at the Wedding [6.Mar.08]
Quiet City & Dance Party, USA [11.Feb.08]
Wedding Daze [31.Jan.08]
The Simpsons Movie [21.Dec.07]
Titanic: 10th Anniversary Edition [14.Dec.07]
The TV Set [8.Oct.07]
Face/Off [13.Sep.07]
30 Rock - Season 1 [12.Sep.07]
Blades of Glory [10.Sep.07]
Pathfinder [22.Aug.07]
The Ten [7.Aug.07]
The Simpsons: The Complete Tenth Season [6.Aug.07]
Gray Matters (2006) [16.Jul.07]
I Like Food, Food Tastes Good by Kara Zuaro [10.Jul.07]
Seinfeld - Season 8 [1.Jun.07]
Veronica Mars [29.May.07]
Meet the Robinsons (2007) [2.Apr.07]
The Prestige (2006) [16.Mar.07]
The Quiet (2005) [13.Feb.07]
The Covenant (2006) [16.Jan.07]
For Your Consideration (2006) [21.Nov.06]
The Simpsons: The Complete Eighth Season [13.Oct.06]
Beavis & Butt-head - The Mike Judge Collection, Vol. 3: The Mike Judge Collection, Vol. 3 [12.Sep.06]
The Great New Wonderful (2005) [8.Sep.06]
Beerfest (2006) [29.Aug.06]
Find Me Guilty (2006) [10.Aug.06]
The Descent (2005) [4.Aug.06]
Home Movies: Season 4 [15.May.06]
King of the Hill: The Complete Season Six [1.May.06]
The Benchwarmers (2006) [14.Apr.06]
Ask the Dust (2006) [31.Mar.06]
Star Wars: Clone Wars, Volume 2 (2005) [20.Dec.05]
DuckTales - Volume One [7.Dec.05]
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (2005) [2.Dec.05]
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002) [22.Nov.05]
Toy Story: 10th Anniversary Edition (1995) [5.Oct.05]
The Transporter: Special Delivery Edition (2002) [29.Sep.05]
Home Movies: Season 2 [16.Sep.05]
Tommy Boy: Holy Schnike Edition (1995) [29.Aug.05]
Undeclared: The Complete Series [18.Aug.05]
9 Songs (2005) [29.Jul.05]
Gone in 60 Seconds: Director's Cut (2000) [8.Jul.05]
The Lone Gunmen - The Complete Series [24.May.05]
Veronica Mars [17.May.05]
Degrassi: The Next Generation [10.May.05]
Arrested Development [2.May.05]
Sideways (2004) [4.Apr.05]
The American Astronaut (2004) [24.Feb.05]
Get Shorty (Special Edition) (1995) [17.Feb.05]
De-Lovely (2004) [26.Jan.05]
Home Movies, Season One [28.Dec.04]
Dig! (2004) [1.Oct.04]
Godzilla: The Monster Wars Trilogy (1998) [29.Sep.04]
Naked in New York (1993) [23.Sep.04]
Eddie Murphy Raw (1987) [15.Sep.04]
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (2004) [8.Jul.04]
King Arthur (2004) [8.Jul.04]
Napoleon Dynamite (2004) [17.Jun.04]
Saved! (2004) [28.May.04]
Coffee and Cigarettes (2004) [13.May.04]
A League of Their Own (1992) [19.Apr.04]
The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) [12.Apr.04]
Broken Lizard's Club Dread (2004) [4.Mar.04]
The Critic: The Complete Series [23.Feb.04]
The Big Bounce (2004) [5.Feb.04]
The X-Files: The Complete Eighth Season [26.Jan.04]
Big Fish (2003) [8.Jan.04]
Cheaper by the Dozen (2003) [8.Jan.04]
Stuck on You (2003) [18.Dec.03]
The Great Gatsby (1974) [15.Dec.03]
The Cooler (2003) [11.Dec.03]
The Dark Crystal (1982) [9.Dec.03]
Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003) [20.Nov.03]
Cool World (1992) [17.Nov.03]
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) [21.Oct.03]
Anything Else (2003) [25.Sep.03]
Hook (1991) [15.Sep.03]
Nobody's Fool (1994) [9.Sep.03]
The Whole Bean [2.Sep.03]
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003) [1.Aug.03]
Johnny English (2003) [24.Jul.03]
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003) [10.Jul.03]
Party Girl (1995) [30.Jun.03]
Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) [17.Jun.03]
Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns) (2003) [6.Jun.03]
People I Know (2003) [15.May.03]
The Man From Elysian Fields (2001) [5.May.03]
House of 1000 Corpses (2003) [24.Apr.03]
Cowboy Bebop (2003) [17.Apr.03]
View From the Top (2003) [20.Mar.03]
Agent Cody Banks (2003) [13.Mar.03]
Veronica Mars [1.Jan.95]
The Simpsons [1.Jan.95]
Lost [1.Jan.95]
Blogs
Monday, December 7 2009
The Complete Monty Pythons Flying Circus: Collectors Edition Megaset
The Complete Monty Pythons Flying Circus: Collectors Edition Megaset - A&E Home Video [$159.99]
