Friday, January 20 2012
Lucasfilm’s ‘Red Tails’ Is Well-Intentioned But Thin
Red Tails is enjoyable enough and, like other George Lucas films, more throwback pulp than somber drama.
Sunday, March 29 2009
The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency
In The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Precious (Jill Scott) is often complicated, sometimes subtle, and determinedly independent -- a few steps ahead of her series.
Tuesday, August 21 2007
William Shakespeare’s As You Like It
The play's untidiness -- it's one of Shakespeare's most mischievous -- virtually guarantees a final product distinguished by individual performances rather than dramatic consistency.
Friday, April 20 2007
The Last King of Scotland (2006)
Based on Giles Foden’s novel of the same name this bold, visceral cinematic-bodyblow takes a political maelstrom and a maniacal dictator and squeezes them into the mould of a genre-picture.
Wednesday, September 27 2006
The Last King of Scotland (2006)
That Nicholas is also capable of great horrors, specifically in that he lets others act it for him and gets away with it, makes him, at some level, even more troubling than Amin.
Friday, September 2 2005
A Sound of Thunder (2005)
The team has a plan by which all this devastation will be erased. If only the same might be done for A Sound of Thunder.
