Tuesday, January 13 2009
Celulloid Culpability - Top 10 Film Guilty Pleasures of 2008
Like comedy or music, one's choice in cinematic pleasure can be very personal - and very peculiar. Take this tantalizing list of shameful indulgences. You can argue over their artistic value, but their individuals rewards definitely speak to those who champion them.
Sunday, December 7 2008
Step Brothers
They're hostile, irritable, and unemployable; it's hilarious but also unsettling.
Friday, July 25 2008
Step Brothers
In Step Brothers, Nancy (Mary Steenburgen) is the ideal audience, the girl who can't fathom the anti-nuances of masculine ritual.
Wednesday, April 30 2008
The Return of the Popcorn Circus: July 2008
And it just doesn't stop. If part two in this three-ring play was packed with well hyped product, July just keeps the receipt treats coming.
Monday, September 10 2007
Tell Me You Love Me
By using visible sex acts to complicate the distinction between what's fake or genuine, the show underscores its thematic focus, on how people lie to each other and themselves.
Monday, November 13 2006
The Return (2006)
Joanna's restlessness is pathological and symptomatic. "Sometimes," she says, "I think that if I keep moving forward, nothing bad will happen to me."
Thursday, April 4 2002
High Crimes (2002)
'High Crimes' is a movie starring Ashley Judd whom someone has determined is the ideal Flinty Woman in Danger.


































