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Post Full of Kryptonite
I can’t believe I just made a Spin Doctor’s reference in this post’s title. My 18-year-old self would be absolutely disgusted. Nonetheless, for your Friday evening reading pleasure, here are links to myriad less-than-flattering reviews, the nastiest of which is probably for Al Pacino’s latest. Today: Nim’s Island (Slant magazine) The Ruins (Slant magazine) Sex…
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Seven Spot
The episode of Rock of Love 2 that’s currently playing in the background (for who knows what reason) is making it surprisingly tough to think. Thus, I’ll dispense with the chit-chat. Here are seven new reviews, including my final New Directors/New Film write-ups. Out Now: 21 (Slant magazine) Chapter 27 (Slant magazine) The Cool School…
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License to Ill
After a week of being under the weather, I’m still struggling to get myself healthy. Nonetheless, a few new review links for this Friday night, before I pass out early yet again… Today: Drillbit Taylor (Slant magazine) The Hammer (Slant magazine) Poisoned by Polonium: The Litvinenko File (Slant magazine) New Directors/New Films: Soul Carriage (Slant…
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Who Dat?
A kid’s film that’s legitimately profound, Horton Hears a Who! is a movie I’ll actually feel good about taking Hannah to. The rest of this week’s reviews are a typical mixed bag, though of special note is Munyurangabo, a truly stunning debut that’ll be showing at this year’s New Directors/New Films series. Out Now: Horton…
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Prehistory Stupidity
The weekend’s major release is 10,000 B.C., and like virtually every other Roland Emmerich film, it’s big and dumb. Until next Friday, when the surprisingly solid Horton Hears a Who! arrives, those dying to sit in a movie theater would be better served checking out Paranoid Park, The Bank Job, or Blindsight, a documentary about…
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Falling Down on the Job
Thanks to a host of unpredictable incidents, my recent track record of posting new link collections has been spotty at best. Nonetheless, from here on out, these posts will appear on Fridays, as that will allow you, dear readers, the opportunity to make educated decisions about your weekend moviegoing. Though given the crap that’s been…
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Seven Day Timeout
I’ll be taking a brief hiatus from my regular critic duties next week to – gasp! – actually enjoy a family vacation. Consequently, to tide loyal readers over until my return, here’s a new collection of review links, including one for my quite positive write-up of David Mamet’s upcoming Redbelt. Now: The Spiderwick Chronicles (Slant…
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Super! Super! Super!
It’s Super Bowl Sunday, and just about time for the nation to begin getting its collective drink on. Thus, I’ll keep this short and sweet: five new reviews, two of them positive, three of them not-so-much. Enjoy. In Theaters: The Eye (2008) (Slant magazine) Over Her Dead Body (Slant magazine) Praying with Lior (Cinematical) Coming…
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To survive war, you gotta become war
Because Sylvester Stallone just can’t let his ’80s icons rest in peace, this week sees the release of Rambo, a largely unnecessary new adventure for one-man army John Rambo that’s mostly notable for showing off Sly’s veiny HGH-enhanced forearms and for delivering more extreme violence than any film in recent memory. If only some of…
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The Monster is Coming! The Monster is Coming!
Actually, Cloverfield is finally here. And as is usually the case with such highly anticipated event pictures, it doesn’t live up to its hype. Still, it’s more tolerable than most of the other films I’ve recently seen – and light years better than The Air I Breathe, the early front-runner for 2008’s worst of the…
