Thursday, January 15 2009
OMG - The 20 Worst Films of 2008
There's bad, and then there's 2008 level bad. You know this list is looking down into a deep dark bottomless pit of cinematic despair when Mike Myers' shameful Love Guru didn't even make the Top 20!
Thursday, October 16 2008
Ladies and Gentleman, the Fabulous Stains
As Corrine Burns, the 15-year-old Diane Lane, simultaneously naïve and hard-edged, negotiates the tensions inherent in rock stardom as well as anyone ever has on screen.
Nights in Rodanthe
In an alternative universe, Jean (Viola Davis) does have a story -- one that you'd rather be seeing as Nights in Rodanthe descends into mundane melodrama.
Tuesday, September 9 2008
Talk, Talk, Talk: September 2008
From wars both past and present to a number of nail-biting thrillers, September is sizing up as a potentially profitable one.
Monday, June 30 2008
Jumper
Brashness and arrogance, and absolutely none of the consequences of either.
Thursday, February 14 2008
Jumper
The Chechnyan backdrop reminds you yet again of the utter inconsequence of Jumper.
Friday, January 25 2008
Untraceable
Even if you take the film's moral lesson at face value, the overkill is discouraging, and not very instructive.
Friday, September 8 2006
Hollywoodland (2006)
Simo is as self-inflating and lost as George Reeves, his heroism as flimsy and sad.
