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In the Heat of the Knight In the Heat of the Knight
Summer '08: Batman saved the season, while a little Sex went a long way and the indies went south
And so another summer movie season comes to an end, not with a bang but a whimper—what else to call four new releases (Babylon A.D.,... More>>
By SCOTT FOUNDAS
Published: September 04, 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 knock... More>>
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: August 28, 2008
Spy vs. Why Spy vs. 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...prepare... More>>
By Chuck Wilson
Published: August 28, 2008
Schoolhouse Rock Schoolhouse Rock
Rainn Wilson comedy is more childish pop than hard-core funny
The Rocker bears the decidedly unmistakable odor of something made in 1983 and left on the shelf a good 25 years. Which isn't to suggest that... 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 some 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 co-written by star Ben Stiller, as the end-all and be-all of movie-biz... 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
Towering Cinema Towering Cinema
Philippe Petit's World Trade Center tightrope walk was made for the movies
Even as the first girders were laid in the mid-1960s, something about the World Trade Center—that twin-pronged erection jutting from the... More>>
By Jim Ridley
Published: August 07, 2008
Not Quite Ripe
Send it back: Bottle Shock's corked
Bottle Shock, which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in January, is a great concept populated by great actors that works hard to make its... More>>
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: August 07, 2008
Small Change Small Change
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
Young Adult Fiction Young Adult Fiction
High-school heroes and zeros roam the halls of Nanette Burstein's "documentary," American Teen
Notwithstanding all the pundit-driven hot air about the horrors of being young in today's America, I'm willing to buy the argument that it's... More>>
By ELLA TAYLOR
Published: July 31, 2008
Costume Ball
Provocateurs Catherine Breillat and Asia Argento put their stamp (or tattoo) on 19th-century France
Catherine Breillat hitches her wagon to the hottest of European stars, Asia Argento, in a highly entertaining adaptation of French dandy... More>>
By J. HOBERMAN
Published: July 31, 2008
Corpse Fried
The Mummy franchise has seen better days
I was 13 when Stephen Sommers's 1999 remake-in-name-only of The Mummy came out—just about the ideal age. Sommers is definitely some kind of... More>>
By Vadim Rizov
Published: July 31, 2008
Men Will Be Boys Men Will Be Boys
With Step Brothers, Ferrell, Reilly, McKay & Co. still don't wanna grow up. And 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
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 24, 2008
Heart of Darkness Heart of Darkness
Heath Ledger peers into the void as The Dark Knight 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
Deep Freeze
Gleaning lessons from the darkness, Herzog treks to Antarctica in Encounters at the End of the World
Some say the world will end in fire, some—like Werner Herzog—say ice. Flying in the face of global warming, this profoundly... More>>
By J. HOBERMAN
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
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: July 03, 2008
Robots in Love Robots in Love
WALL-E blasts off to the future by boldly going where every sci-fi movie's gone before. And that's a good thing.
Many will attempt to describe WALL-E with a one-liner. It's R2-D2 in love. 2001: A Space Odyssey starring The Little Tramp. An Inconvenient Truth... More>>
By Robert Wilonsky
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
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