Friday, May 23 2008
Hamburger Hill: 20th Anniversary Edition
For its unflinching approach, its eye for human strength and compassion, its clear message about the catastrophic stupidity of the enterprise itself, this remains among the very best films ever made about men at war.
Thursday, October 4 2007
Big Shots
It's as if the last half of the 20th century had achieved nothing more than television's tolerance of the word "penis" (a word repeated ad nauseam on Big Shots).
Thursday, September 13 2007
The Practice Makes Perfect—Well, Almost
What do you call four lawyers, a secretary, and a couple of prosecutors? I call it the best thing since Clarence Darrow.
Friday, February 2 2007
The Messengers (2007)
Another scary house movie, another family in crisis. And especially, another lithe but steely girl in danger.
Thursday, July 27 2006
The Blue Iguana (1988)
Holloway walks a fine line between action hero and total cheeseball. He charms women as easily as he guns down bad guys, and never sullies his clothes.
Monday, February 28 2005
The Grid
The Grid attempts to confront terrorism and Western ignorance of Islamic culture head-on.
Thursday, October 16 2003
Wonderland (2003)
There's no truth in this true crime, only the fictions that sustain 'Hollywood'.
Thursday, September 18 2003
Party Monster (2003)
Michael Alig's megalomania even reached such epic proportions that he had no qualms about bragging over the murder on camera during the filming of the original Party Monster documentary.
Sunday, January 1 1995
The Practice
These defense attorneys understand that many of their clients are scumbags, and they are caught between doing their job and honoring the principle that the guilty in our society should receive appropriate punishment.
