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Spy Versus Why Spy Versus Why
Logic goes out with the intrigue in ho-hum "thriller" Traitor
Despite his reputation as that rarest of creatures — a Hollywood intellectual — new evidence suggests that Steve Martin reads...... More>>
By Chuck Wilson
Published: August 28, 2008
Beyond Gonzo Beyond Gonzo
Call hell-raiser Hunter S. Thompson's style what you will — a new doc succeeds when saluting his substance
In a nation of frightened dullards, there is always a sorry shortage of outlaws, and those few who make the grade are always welcome." So wrote... More>>
By Jim Ridley
Published: August 28, 2008
Not To Be Not To Be
Full of itself and not half as funny as it thinks it is, Hamlet 2 is simply tragic
In its final 10 minutes, Hamlet 2 is little more than chaos, noise, and nonsense, and those are 10 perfectly enjoyable minutes. It's hard to... More>>
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: August 21, 2008
Hard-Knock Life Hard-Knock Life
Frozen River may lay it on a bit thick, but Melissa Leo nails the role of a struggling single mom
When I heard that Quentin Tarantino handed the Grand Jury Prize for best feature to Courtney Hunt's Frozen River at this year's Sundance Film... More>>
By Ella Taylor
Published: August 21, 2008
Mighty Aphrodites Mighty Aphrodites
Penélope Cruz and Scarlett Johansson join forces — and other stuff — in Woody Allen's (winning!) latest
Perhaps this review should begin with a disclaimer: Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Woody Allen's 39th film as writer/director, will do little to... More>>
By Scott Foundas
Published: August 14, 2008
Apocalypse Whatever Apocalypse Whatever
Ben Stiller's Hollywood send-up lacks firepower
Early buzz out of Hollywood pegged Tropic Thunder, directed and cowritten by star Ben Stiller, as the end-all and be-all of movie-biz parodies... More>>
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: August 14, 2008
True Bromance True Bromance
Rogen and Franco, on the run and madly in love in Pineapple Express
On the surface, Pineapple Express offers precisely what it advertises: a roll-'em-up, smoke-'em-up, blow-'em-up bromantic comedy from the freaks... More>>
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: August 07, 2008
In the Spirit of Waugh In the Spirit of Waugh
A good nine hours lighter than its TV predecessor, Brideshead Revisited gets back to the source
Making notes in 1949 for a review of Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited, George Orwell wrote that "Waugh is about as good a novelist as one can... More>>
By Ella Taylor
Published: July 31, 2008
Change You Can't Believe In Change You Can't Believe In
Presidential candidates vie (and pander and plead) for one heart and mind in Swing Vote
Swing Vote is an election-themed comedy that's about twice as smart as you expect it to be and still only half as smart as you wish it were. The... More>>
By Scott Foundas
Published: July 31, 2008
Men Will Be Boys Men Will Be Boys
With Step Brothers, Ferrell, Reilly, McKay, and company still don't wanna grow up. Thank God for that.
I haven't seen much at the movies in the past two years that has given me as much unbridled comic pleasure as the sight of Will Ferrell as the... More>>
By Scott Foundas
Published: July 24, 2008
Heart of Darkness Heart of Darkness
Heath Ledger peers into the void as Christopher Nolan's Batman returns
What a brooding pleasure it is to return to Christopher Nolan's Gotham City — if "pleasure" is the right word for a movie that gazes so... More>>
By Scott Foundas
Published: July 17, 2008
Thank You for the Music Thank You for the Music
But your movie's kinda drab. Mamma Mia! drains the fun out of ABBA.
I've always enjoyed ABBA — not in that post-hoc, so-bad-it's-good hip way but innocently, the way I like Phil Spector. To this day, howling... More>>
By Ella Taylor
Published: July 17, 2008
Going Down Going Down
Brendan Fraser falls into a deep, deep hole at the Center of the Earth
At the top, let's be clear about one thing: Journey to the Center of the Earth is more a demo reel than a narrative feature. It's a decent if... More>>
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: July 10, 2008
Devil May Care Devil May Care
Big Red returns in a mindless, revved-up Hellboy sequel
Hollywood's Endless Superhero Summer rolls on with the arrival of Hellboy II: The Golden Army from Pan's Labyrinth director Guillermo del Toro,... More>>
By Chuck Wilson
Published: July 10, 2008
Superzero Superzero
Hancock squanders potential greatness with lame humor and a half-baked hero
The Sixth Sense, starring Bruce Willis as a dead man, was writer/director M. Night Shyamalan's breakthrough, but its follow-up, Unbreakable,... More>>
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: July 03, 2008
As American as Overpriced Dolls As American as Overpriced Dolls
In Kit Kittredge, all it takes to cure the Depression is a little Miss Sunshine
To my 10-year-old daughter, the term "American Girl" means "that store my meanie of a mom — unlike all the other, higher-quality moms... More>>
By Ella Taylor
Published: July 03, 2008
Empire Strikes Back Empire Strikes Back
Mongol paints a historically hazy but kick-ass picture of everyone's fave emperor, Genghis Khan
You want a history lesson? Take a class. You want clanging swords, sneering villains, storybook romance, and bloody vengeance? Here's a brawny... More>>
By Jim Ridley
Published: June 26, 2008
Violence Is Golden Violence Is Golden
With its secret boys club and bloody good fun, Wanted has all of the fight with none of the guilt
Of the summer's many revenge-of-the-nerd fulfillment fantasies — from The Incredible Hulk all the way down the megaplex food chain to The... More>>
By Jim Ridley
Published: June 26, 2008
Back... and Loving It Back... and Loving It
Get Smart redux is a rare device: a TV remake for the big screen that works on its own terms
As old Broadway shows are revived, new Broadway shows get spun from old movies so that new movies may be fashioned from ancient TV series. It's... More>>
By J. Hoberman
Published: June 19, 2008
Life With Father Life With Father
A domineering dad and the son under his thumb in When Did You Last See Your Father?
Nothing snaps a child's head around quite like a dying parent, even when the parent is a cantankerous old sod like Arthur Morrison (Jim... More>>
By Ella Taylor
Published: June 19, 2008
Supermarket Sweep Supermarket Sweep
Male fulfillment, and lack thereof, on full display in The Promotion
Screenwriter Steven Conrad writes movies about success and self-fulfillment in America — how we define it, the price we pay for it, and... More>>
By Scott Foundas
Published: June 12, 2008
Epic Bore Epic Bore
The Children of Huang Shi is just another sweeping, extraordinary journey to redemption
Loath though I am to carp about any director who's devoted chunks of his career to bringing the non-white world's suffering to Western attention,... More>>
By Ella Taylor
Published: June 12, 2008
Hairpiece in the Middle East Hairpiece in the Middle East
Adam Sandler returns as a Mossad baddie turned stylist, and the bubbies will love him
Behold Adam Sandler, in a passable Israeli accent and outsized codpiece, as Zohan the Mossad superheavy: catching barbecued fish in his butt... More>>
By Ella Taylor
Published: June 05, 2008
Shots in the Dark
Reflecting its moment, Cannes 2008 takes a decidedly serious tone
CANNES, France—No need for dreaming here. Each Cannes Film Festival generates its own metaphors for a 10-day regimen of visions in the... More>>
By J. Hoberman
Published: June 05, 2008
Get Out of Jail Free Get Out of Jail Free
Errol Morris cuts the Abu Ghraib MPs some slack in Standard Operating Procedure
It's been 20 years since Errol Morris made The Thin Blue Line — a found "noir" that served to free an innocent man convicted of murder.... More>>
By J. Hoberman
Published: June 05, 2008
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