Features
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.
Reviews
Wednesday, May 9 2007
Lucky You (2006)
A good movie about poker, but only good enough to appeal to those who enjoy watching card games on TV.
Friday, May 4 2007
Lucky You (2006)
The cuts are obvious, the rhythms sluggish, and the dialogue redundant, as if the movie's afraid you've missed it the first time.
Sunday, October 9 2005
In Her Shoes (2005)
In Her Shoes is formula of the quality sort. Formula that showcases big performances and metaphors, and mood-indicating rock songs.
Thursday, November 7 2002
8 Mile (2002)
Such fictionalizing ensures Eminem's lovability, across all categories.
Sunday, January 1 1995
Wonder Boys (2000)
Curtis Hanson's Wonder Boys is very much concerned with the boys its title declares (or, rather, with a certain sort of boyish behavior). More to the point, it actually seems to wonder, as we do and as the characters do, what is to be done with them.
