Monday, July 16 2007
Captivity (2007)
Hardly exceptional in its brutality or attitude, and distinctly feeble in execution, the film features any number of bad ideas, from its ordinary psycho-killer to obvious plot twist to inept would-be rescuers.
Tuesday, May 1 2007
Monkey Business (Part 1: May)
Talk about frontloading your approach. Each week in this first full month of patented popcorn movies finds another famous franchise icon making a major blockbuster bow. Only truly disastrous results from these guaranteed crowd-pleasers will keep the coffers from clogging with cash.
Friday, February 18 2005
Constantine (2005)
Doubting his mission and his faith even as he's consumed by them, Constantine is an achingly topical comic book/movie hero.
Monday, July 12 2004
13 Moons (2002)
In this world of unbelievable coincidences, Karma battles fate for the destiny of all involved.
Monday, June 7 2004
Monster (2003)
Aileen's changed self takes shape most immediately and vehemently in response to a psychotic-seeming john who declares his loathing of all 'hookers nowadays'.
Thursday, January 8 2004
Monster (2003)
Aileen is a terrifying specter, precisely because she's neither only a victim nor only monstrous. As Theron plays her, she swaggers and rationalizes, trusts and fumes.
Thursday, January 9 2003
Trapped (2002)
Scary as this sounds -- Courtney Love channeling Claire Standish or Andie Walsh -- it might explain a few things about what was going on in Trapped.
Thursday, September 26 2002
Trapped (2002)
Scary as this sounds -- Courtney Love channeling Claire Standish or Andie Walsh -- it might explain a few things about what was going on in Trapped.
