Wednesday, April 8 2009
The Unusuals: Series Premiere
ABC's new NYC cop show premieres tonight and Cynthia Fuchs says "it's not new or challenging or even very strange. It is, however, plenty quirky."
Wednesday, August 6 2008
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 is so fixed on representing the range of the girls' experiences that they spend precious little time together.
Thursday, May 1 2008
The Return of the Popcorn Circus: August 2008
Talk about a crowded schedule. There are more offerings scheduled this month than in the previous two combined.
Thursday, February 22 2007
The Grudge 2 (2006)
Shimizu pulls off the “this ghost is scary just because it’s looking at you” trick so effectively that it stays embedded in your mind.
Friday, October 13 2006
The Grudge 2 (2006)
Rethinking the very concepts of remake, sequel, and translation, The Grudge 2 is not a regular horror movie, or even a regular J-horror movie.
Friday, June 3 2005
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005)
If its resolutions are at times too neat, the movie can also be refreshing, allowing the girls to be confused, perceptive, foolish, mad, and generous.
Monday, May 2 2005
Joan of Arcadia
Joan is more a young girl answering to an authority figure than a blind-faith disciple.
Monday, October 6 2003
Joan of Arcadia
The potential for edgier investigations and deeper questions is built into Joan of Arcadia's framework.
Friday, October 18 2002
The Ring (2002)
Gore Verbinski's The Ring is relentlessly disquieting and incoherent, and sometimes trite in ways it doesn't need to be.
