The Haunting in Connecticut
In the poorly paced and ineptly edited Haunting in Connecticut, Matt is surrounded by dark shadows, ooky male choruses, and reflections of tortured corpses in dirty glass.
Friday, February 23 2007
The Number 23 (2007)
The movie is at least nominally aware of the silliness of its device, that the finding of 23s in every frame is a game, that the meanings are more about readers' needs than some grand plan of the universe.
The Astronaut Farmer (2007)
Audie has always believed Charlie will launch his rocket. And with one neat, maybe comical metaphor, it's very clear what's at stake.
Monday, October 16 2006
A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
That a down home jamboree could be interesting to heavy-metal loving middle school students speaks to its wide.
Tuesday, September 19 2006
Smith
Faces are hard to read in Smith. Sometimes, this inscrutability is obvious, even exaggerated.
Friday, June 9 2006
A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
A Prairie Home Companion combines typical Altman strategies, like overlapping dialogue and converging multiple storylines, as well as his fanatical appreciation for the process of creating art.
A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
You might call A Prairie Home Companion an unlikely Lindsay Lohan movie. You could also call it the best work she's done, the best work she's likely to do, or the best chance she's had to do good work.
