Features
Monday, May 3 2010
2010 Summer Movie Preview - May
May blasts the summer season off with two mega-movies, Iron Man 2 and Robin Hood, while offering up yet more Shrek and Sex and the City.
Wednesday, September 10 2008
Talk, Talk, Talk: October 2008
What studio suit thought this was a good idea? With four months to schedule your high priced efforts, you instead unload almost 30 overpriced pictures on an unsuspecting movie audience.
Thursday, May 22 2008
American Gangster: Motives, Outsiders, & Branding
American Gangster struggles to find fresh ways to tell its story within the confines of the traditional crime drama. Impossible, maybe, but entertaining nonetheless.
Reviews
Wednesday, February 16 2011
'Thelma and Louise': Still the Coolest Girls to Ever Drive a T-Bird
Twenty years old this year, Thelma and Louise is not just a classic, but the ultimate road map for breaking the rules.
Friday, May 14 2010
'Robin Hood' Embraces His Outlaw Status
An early episode establishes Robin's change, from Crusader to champion of the beleaguered and besieged, a fighter for… Muslims' rights?
Friday, October 10 2008
Body of Lies
Body of Lies grants Ferris the usual moral rightness -- even as he's committing questionable acts, he means well.
Friday, November 2 2007
American Gangster
As much as American Gangster loves Frank's intelligence and charisma, it must also condemn his criminality.
Friday, November 10 2006
A Good Year (2006)
As lovely as she may be, Fanny has her work cut out for her in A Good Year.
Blogs
Monday, February 21 2011
Sisters Are (Finally) Doin' It For Themselves: 'Thelma and Louise' (Blu-ray)
Thelma and Louise (is) a film that uniquely captures the post '70s zeitgeist of women's issues in a way that few dissertations, let alone entertainments, can muster.
Friday, September 17 2010
A Bunch of Blu 4
In this edition, we focus on Robin Hood (2010), Letters to Juliet, Loose Screws: Screwballs II, Babies, and Vigilante
Friday, May 14 2010
When Things Were Rotten Indeed
As crowd-pleasers go, it's anemic and underwhelming. As history and heritage, it's even worse.
Wednesday, May 12 2010
Stop Ridley Scott Before He Directs Again!
Until he's ready to regain his meaningful place among moviemakers, someone needs to take the directing reigns away from Ridley Scott - if only temporarily. He's only hurting himself…and his audience.
Thursday, October 9 2008
DiCaprio Only Reason 'Lies' Succeeds
Ridley Scott used to make daring, original movies. No matter the subject matter - outer space alien invasion, magical sword and sorcery adventure, revisionist Roman…
News
Friday, October 31 2008
Audiences turn a deaf ear to preachy Hollywood films
Used to be, going to the movies was a way to escape the bustle and stress of the real world for a couple of hours.…
