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.
Wednesday, May 2 2007
Little Children (2006)
Director Todd Field's eye for the minutiae of the everyday is impeccable.
Thursday, January 11 2007
The Pay Off: The Best Film of 2006
For many of the movies on PopMatters' 2006 list of the year's best films, it is clear that a heavy personal and professional stake was riding on the final product.
Friday, October 6 2006
Little Children (2006)
If Little Children is pedantic and sometimes smug in its judgments, it is also painful.
Tuesday, August 23 2005
The Truman Show: Special Edition (1998)
You want the happy ending and Truman's self-assertion, even if that desire is shaped by those ideologies and ideals marketed by both Truman Shows.
Monday, March 22 2004
Beyond Borders (2003)
The truth is shifty throughout Beyond Borders, primarily because its fiction is filtered through Sarah's eyes.
Thursday, February 5 2004
Miracle (2004)
Disney's Miracle is an unabashed celebration of the connections among sports, national pride, and the wonder of whiteguyness.
