Horror Rated PG-13
“…missed a golden opportunity by not becoming one of the first films to debut on the iPhone. Steve Jobs could have offered specter screening as a feature.
Comedy Rated PG-13
“McConaughey bravely rips off his shirt, throws himself in front of the women and selflessly absorbs the camera’s leers.
Action/Adventure Rated PG-13
“…sort of like watching Lord of the Rings through a smudged television screen.
“…isn’t really funny until it turns sentimental at the end.
Documentary Rated NR
No End in Sight came as something of an antidote to the hysterical documentary hijinks of Michael Moore (who released Sicko the same year). Instead of stunts, gags or ironic use of pop music, writer-director Charles Ferguson uses incisive interviews with key players to coolly and systematically catalog the astonishing parade of arrogant ignorance that
Documentary Rated PG
A bit fawning, but at least you can’t argue with the person being fawned over. As The Power of Song traces the activist career of folk legend Pete Seeger – an astonishingly humble singer-songwriter who has made lasting contributions to the peace, Civil Rights and environmental movements of the past 50-some years – you wonder
“…rescues the Godzilla genre from the realm of kitsch.
There is such a thing as overcastting – when a supremely silly picture has somehow managed to attract smart, talented stars. Consider Mad Money. After her husband is laid off, a pampered rich woman (Diane Keaton) is forced to work as a janitor at a federal reserve bank, where she plans a heist with a
Musical Rated R
“Turns out Sweeney Todd needed Tim Burton more than Tim Burton needed Sweeney Todd.
Comedy Rated R
A decided relief after 2007’s batch of clumsy, heavy-handed Iraq war dramas. This actually makes you laugh as it demonstrates the folly of American foreign policy. The picture is a fictionalized account of Texas congressman Charlie Wilson’s covert aiding of Afghan fighters against the Soviets in the 1980s. Portrayed here as a drinker, womanizer and
