Sarah Polley’s script and direction shine in this story of anxiety and the long-term relationship.
Certainly, the premiere of Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part II provides me with the opportunity to once again mock its bastardization of vampire mythology, its silly story, its terrible acting, or its incredibly cheesy lines (“Now we’re the same temperature.” [teenagers and lonely housewives swoon for this?]) However, this is a time for rejoicing. The saga of a […]
Richard Gere’s performance gives life to this film that has some fine ideas but some confusing ideologies.
The characters familiar, the story sweet, the ending a distraction.
Better than Quantum of Solace? As good as Casino Royale?
Head Games takes a look at the contradictions in our love for sports, and the contradictions therein.
An fanciful and luminous film shot in the style of a ballet akin to The Nutcracker or Peter and the Wolf shouldn’t be sabotaged by unnecessary parenthetical snarkiness that riddles its dialogue – but Mirror Mirror does just that. In a way, it’s true to the original Grimm fairy tale in that it tries to distance itself […]
The first weekend in November primes us for awards season with Denzel Washington. Tarantino keeps filling our plates with Kung-fu homages — even if he’s only responsible for its distribution. And, of course, there are vampires. More damned vampires. The Man With the Iron Fist: It’s hard to knock a rendition of the dying genre of […]
Good for Disney. Good for Lucas. Good for you?
The fifth film promises to dumb down the story and remind us of how awesome McClane was twenty years ago.