Thursday, April 22 2010
Armored
Two armored cars are robbed of $42 million by a batch of grimy characters, including Matt Dillon, who looks like a snake who’s been repeatedly beaten with a burnt stick.
Thursday, April 30 2009
Nothing But the Truth
By the time the focus tightens onto Armstrong's jail time, the movie turns righteous and, it must be said, a little tedious.
Monday, December 22 2008
Nothing But the Truth
Rod Lurie's Nothing But the Truth looks at the compromises and complications that shape the "truth" in legal systems, media collusions, and politics in DC.
Friday, July 14 2006
You, Me and Dupree (2006)
This impossible place -- most desired object and least elucidated subject -- makes Molly typical of the women in white guy romcoms.
Friday, July 7 2006
Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos (2006)
Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos is an adoring, disco-accompanied, bright-lighted look back at a brief moment when soccer was popular in the States.
Monday, October 24 2005
Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005)
Angela Robinson says the movie shows the 'scope and the joy of being a contender, more than winning, necessarily.' That Herbie allows this 'scope and joy' for a girl driver is mostly delightful.
Friday, October 21 2005
The Outsiders: The Complete Novel (1983)
Rarely does a director's cut reflect a vision 'truer' to a source text. But, like most everything else surrounding the picture, The Outsiders: The Complete Novel is quite an anomaly.
Tuesday, October 11 2005
Over the Edge (1979)
Revisiting Over the Edge is always an education, especially if you grew up watching it repeatedly, as I did.
Friday, June 24 2005
Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005)
Whether or not you believe any angle of Lindsay Lohan's ever new image, she's certainly learned how to recycle, a useful skill in her chosen profession.
