Features
Thursday, January 7 2010
The Worst Films of 2009
What does it say about the last 12 months that two of the year's biggest blockbusters also find residence near the top of our annual compilation of cinematic abominations? Oh, and the rest are pretty rotten as well.
Reviews
Wednesday, August 4 2010
'Charlie's Angels' Is Where 'The Matrix' Meets 'Spice World'
On the heels of the overblown Mission: Impossible II, Charlie's Angels detonated the megabudget TV-adaptation lark and glued it back into something fun: a weightless series of dress-ups, undress-ups, and hair-flips.
Monday, December 14 2009
Terminator Salvation
Terminator Salvation:The future begins? The future might have been better left a looming threat.
Thursday, May 21 2009
Terminator Salvation
It's late in Terminator Salvation when Arnold Schwarzenegger makes his much-hyped non-appearance.
Friday, December 22 2006
We Are Marshall (2006)
The film manages a complex range of feelings with a series of hackneyed characters, plot turns, and montages. Lots of montages.
Tuesday, October 21 2003
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003)
Whatever the writers' ambitious intentions for 'plot,' the movie is essentially a series of first, fabulous dance and stunts scenes, and second, zany costume changes.
Blogs
Wednesday, May 20 2009
Fourth 'Terminator' Fumbles the Franchise
A Terminator movie is not a Terminator movie without a Terminator acting as the threat.
Wednesday, May 20 2009
Terminator Salvation: Humanity's Eve of Destruction … Again
Salvation, as dirty and battle-scarred as it might look, is a much more optimistic piece of work. In this more straightforward telling, good seems much more likely to prevail, as does the continuation of the series.
