Features
Friday, May 4 2007
Monkey Business (Part 4: August)
In past years, Hollywood purposely counter programmed these renowned Cineplex dog days, trying to offset the perception that cinematic scraps were all the studios had to offer. From the look of this lame list, it's apparently back to the filmic fridge for some patently warmed over offerings.
Reviews
Monday, May 10 2010
Sifting Through His Toys He Finds What He’s Looking For: A Smith and Wesson .38
Two Irishmen on opposite sides of "The Troubles" reveal the senselessness of war.
Sunday, August 19 2007
The Invasion
With 2007’s oft-delayed The Invasion, there is simply no more symbolic juice left.
Friday, August 17 2007
The Invasion (2007)
Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel (who made the impressive Downfall), the film goes from sharp paranoid thriller to noisy action flick.
Thursday, August 4 2005
Downfall (2004)
Eva and Hitler kill themselves off-screen, the precise steps they took unseen because, the director says, 'the worst thing that could happen to this most horrible person of history is that he become a myth'.
Friday, March 4 2005
Downfall (Der Untergang) (2004)
Downfall's preoccupation with a flesh-and-blood Hitler is central to its meditation on fanaticism.
