Thursday, October 9 2008
Kath and Kim
Kath and Kim revolves around the banal suburban lives of the title characters, a clueless mother and daughter possessed of prodigious vanity and stupidity.
Friday, September 19 2008
Igor
Igor fences Eva into a very old-fashioned position: literally a man’s creation, she helps to "civilize" the all-male society.
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.
Wednesday, May 2 2007
Year of the Dog (2007)
Even as the film makes Peggy's life appear simple, the complexities she feels become clear in her responses to events that appear, at least at first, quite beyond her control.
Thursday, April 19 2007
Marie Antoinette (2006)
Marie Antoinette's veneer is so impregnably varnished, so buffed to such an imposing sheen, that any attempt at critical ingress either bounces off of or slides down its glossy façade.
Tuesday, March 6 2007
Gray Matters (2006)
The doctor says, "I think you need to let the idea of sharing your life with someone other than your brother enter your consciousness." No kidding.
Friday, October 20 2006
Marie Antoinette (2006)
A girl made queen by the peculiar forces of 18th-century statecraft, Marie is by turns amused, alarmed, and pissed off, mercurial and imperious as only a teenager can be.
Friday, August 4 2006
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
As much as Ricky Bobby's racing career is about going fast, it's even more cogently about products, lots of 'em.
