Features
Friday, September 12 2008
Talk, Talk, Talk: December 2008
Just like the end of an inspiring speech that may or may not succeed in making its point, these final four weeks before 2009 tend to define or defeat the entire awards season purpose.
Reviews
Monday, May 20 2013
Quirky Puzzles: 'The Goodwin Games'
The Goodwin Games wears its quirk on its sleeve. The opening is straight out of The Royal Tenenbaums: while ornate classical music plays, a bowtie-wearing family patriarch (Beau Bridges) sits in a too-perfectly-art-directed library.
Friday, December 19 2008
Yes Man
Carl (Jim Carrey) meets the incredible Allison (Zooey Deschanel), a girl so completely charming and dazzlingly unpredictable that he is instantly convinced of the rightness of yes.
Friday, June 2 2006
The Break-Up (2006)
For all that goes wrong with The Break-Up, the most compelling question it raises has to do with the state of the romantic comedy.
Thursday, June 1 2006
The Break-Up (2006)
For all that goes wrong with The Break-Up, the most compelling question it raises has to do with the state of the romantic comedy.
Tuesday, October 7 2003
Down With Love (2003)
He's mixing drinks in his bachelor pad, equipped with, as director Peyton Reed calls it, a 'really bitchin' television set.'"
Blogs
Friday, December 19 2008
'Yes' is Better Premise than Product
It's a very interesting question indeed: outside of a single turn as the voice of a cartoon elephant, is Jim Carrey still a viable box…
