Tuesday, March 24 2009
Part 2: The Virgin Suicides to The Blair Witch Project (May - August 1999)
In Part Two of our look at the most memorable films of 1999, we experience music, foul-mouthed mayhem, and a late, great auteur's final cinematic statement.
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!
Friday, April 18 2008
88 Minutes
In 88 Minutes, Gramm's carelessness is increasingly annoying, less a characterization than a function of slack scripting.
Friday, September 1 2006
The Wicker Man (2006)
"Every time I turn my head," sputters Edward, "there's something that doesn't make any sense." Exactly.
Monday, May 16 2005
Hercules
The labors are colorful on paper, somewhat less than thrilling in execution.
Tuesday, October 5 2004
Deep Impact: Special Collector’s Edition (1998)
Mimi Leder's Deep Impact is both less and more than a science fiction-styled disaster melodrama.
Thursday, February 6 2003
Max (2002)
Max is less concerned with making Hitler sympathetic, or even very specific, than it is in using him to illustrate a series of ideas.
The Glass House (2001)
'The Glass House' can't manage its own metaphors, and ends up tripping all over itself in order to give them a coherent context.
