Thursday, April 30 2009
Summer of Same: August 2009
With names like Tarantino, Lee, and Zombie, the final month of the season pulls out all the film geek stops. Still, the only guarantee is familiarity, not freshness.
Friday, December 21 2007
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
The primary draw in the National Treasures is Nic Cage, odd and spasmodic, undeniably charismatic.
Thursday, September 13 2007
The Hunting Party
The sidetracking -- the lapses into corruption, black humor, and sarcasm -- all this is to be expected when your life is on the line so incessantly.
Friday, April 20 2007
Copying Beethoven (2006)
While Copying Beethoven is a technically well-made, good-looking film, there doesn't seem to be any true soul present.
Friday, November 10 2006
Copying Beethoven (2006)
Ed Harris is inspired, inventive and nuanced. At times he appears to be performing in another movie, the better one that might have been.
Wednesday, November 8 2006
Joyeux Noël (2005)
"Strange-But-True: Stray Cat Executed for Espionage" and other hard to believe events in the trenches of World War I.
Wednesday, March 22 2006
Joyeux Noël (2005)
Certainly few war zones would allow for such communal religious touchstones, given that religious belief is more often than not the impetus for war.
Joyeux Noël (2005)
Certainly few war zones would allow for such communal religious touchstones, given that religious belief is more often than not the impetus for war.
Friday, November 19 2004
National Treasure (2004)
Popular propaganda at its best -- high quality creative work allied to a resounding endorsement of a status quo the American electorate seems determined to maintain.
Friday, September 10 2004
Wicker Park (2004)
Unlikely as it seems, Matthew Lillard is the saving grace of Paul McGuigan's wretched remake of L'Appartement.
