Thursday, January 15 2009
An American Carol
This is what right-wingers accuse Hollywood liberals of making: a vanity project intended to please a small, select group.
Monday, December 8 2008
24: Redemption
Redemption manages to locate an emotional center than had been missing from 24 since…well, if not ever, since at least the first season.
Friday, November 21 2008
24: Redemption
In Africa, where children are forced to soldier, Jack realizes, every day is full of terror -- not just the 24-hour spates he's used to confronting.
Pride and Glory
By the time Eladio (Rick Gonzalez) makes his single-scene appearance in Pride and Glory, the fate of his adversary has been exhaustively telegraphed.
Wednesday, September 10 2008
Talk, Talk, Talk: October 2008
What studio suit thought this was a good idea? With four months to schedule your high priced efforts, you instead unload almost 30 overpriced pictures on an unsuspecting movie audience.
Friday, December 21 2007
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
The primary draw in the National Treasures is Nic Cage, odd and spasmodic, undeniably charismatic.
Friday, October 26 2007
Transformers
Consider the patience and time it takes to build a ship in a bottle. Now imagine a fully functional Spanish Armada in a snow globe.
Monday, August 27 2007
September Dawn
Jon Voight looks like a monument in September Dawn, his jaw set and eyes granite hard.
