Features
Friday, January 8 2010
The Best 30 Films of 2009
In one of the rarest rating periods ever, several on the staff could successfully argue for any of the Top 30 choices as a potential number one. While not all classics, they remain the consistent cream of 2009's crop.
Friday, January 8 2010
The Best Independent / International Films of 2009
Looking for something far off the well-beaten mainstream path? Well, step on over to some savory world and outsider independent cinema. It's here where the risks, the experimentation, and the true art lives.
Wednesday, January 6 2010
The Best Male Film Performances of 2009
Certainly, the multi-millionaire boy's club represented here is heavy on the dramatics and light on the more 'amusing' fare. But if you really give this list a meaningful perusal you'll see a few genre and jokester surprises along the way.
Reviews
Friday, July 10 2009
The Hurt Locker
Unable to parse what he sees, James finds meaning, at last, in his misreading.
Thursday, July 18 2002
K-19 (2002)
For all its efforts to offer other views, 'K-19' is an all too average U.S. war movie.
Blogs
Wednesday, January 13 2010
The Hurt Locker on DVD and Blu-ray
The critically acclaimed Kathryn Bigelow-directed film The Hurt Locker is out on DVD and Blu-ray this week. The film depicts Staff Sergeant William James (Jeremy…
Sunday, January 10 2010
The Hurt Locker (2008)
It's lasted over six years. It's become the buzz in the background of our daily lives. It's the rote response to any "support our troops"…
Thursday, July 9 2009
Bigelow's 'Hurt Locker' Hits Home
It's lasted over six years. It's become the buzz in the background of our daily lives. It's the rote response to any "support our troops"…
News
Tuesday, May 3 2011
Hollywood has new options with Osama bin Laden's death
LOS ANGELES — About three years ago, screenwriter Mark Boal was keen on a book called "Kill Bin Laden." The memoir, purportedly written by a…
Thursday, February 4 2010
Oscar nominee Jeremy Renner won over his hometown a long time ago
MODESTO, Calif. — Jeremy Renner has gone from a student on the small stage in the Modesto Junior College auditorium to a star on the…
Thursday, July 9 2009
A maverick female director explores men who dare death
PHILADELPHIA — Slim as lightning, Kathryn Bigelow makes movies charged with adrenaline and electricity, action thrillers like "Blue Steel" and "Point Break." The 6-footer with…
