Reviews
Monday, August 29 2011
'Rounders': Less Talk, More Action, Please
Since Rounders' original release, poker has crawled out of the damp basements: Cool Dudes like Chris Moneymaker have turned high-stakes poker tourneys into something like the new NASCAR.
Friday, October 19 2007
You Kill Me
An alcoholic hit man is sent to San Francisco by his “family” to achieve sobriety. You Kill Me is another “mobster in therapy” movie, but with a fresh perspective.
Monday, June 25 2007
You Kill Me (2007)
While he's largely unsocialized, having spent so much time alone, murdering people, and, lately, drinking, Frank does evince a weird charm.
Monday, January 30 2006
The Great Raid: The Director's Cut (2003)
Archive shots of broken, diseased, and starved bodies provide a devastating illustration of the history that drives the film's fictions.
Friday, August 12 2005
The Great Raid (2003)
The relationship between heroism and villainy remains reductive, subjective, and devastatingly predictable.
