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Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead (2007)

Drama Rated R

“…like being trapped in a closet with your greatest regrets.

Wristcutters: A Love Story (2007)

Drama Rated R

“…more whimsical and charming than you would ever expect from a picture about suicide.”

P2 (2007)

Thriller Rated R

“Goofy even when he’s being grotesque, Bentley turns P2 into a comedy without going so far as to make fun of it.

No Country for Old Men (2007)

Thriller Rated R

"Long the merry pranksters of the cinema, the Coens have given irony a vacation."

Ten Commandments, The (2007)

Family Rated PG

“I’ve found more nuance in the two-page Bible stories we read with our kids after breakfast.

Things We Lost in the Fire (2007)

Drama Rated R

“Is there another face in the movies as endlessly fascinating as Benicio Del Toro’s?

Semi-Pro (2008)

Comedy Rated R

"Is there a point at which excessive public self-humiliation becomes its own form of warped narcissism?"

Fly, The (1986)

Horror Rated R

David Cronenberg remakes a B movie from the 1950s into one of his signature exercises in ickiness. The Fly seems fairly sane for awhile, offering little hint of the grotesqueries to come. Jeff Goldblum stars as Seth Brundle, a reclusive scientist on the verge of perfecting a teleportation device. The guy seems to know his

Sleuth (2007)

Thriller Rated R

Sleuth pits Michael Caine against Jude Law in a drama that has less to do with the narrative at hand than with the performers’ respective charisma. Watching the picture is like watching a pair of one-man shows face off against each other. Caine, who also appeared in the 1972 adaptation of Anthony Shaffer’s play, stars

Funny Games (1997)

Thriller Rated NR

Michael Haneke gets overly intellectual with this thriller about a pair of clean-cut Droogs who kidnap and torture a privileged family in their picturesque vacation home. As usual, Haneke has rational reasons for his movie’s violence (implied and otherwise), but he still crosses lines here more often than he justifies crossing them.

Recent Reviews

Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)

Drama Rated PG

“A crucial time-capsule movie…”

Death Becomes Her (1992)

Comedy Rated PG-13

“… the central idea is tantalizing and the cast is having so much fun…”

The Drama (2026)

Drama Rated R

“… inflicts a contrived construct on Zendaya and Robert Pattinson, one from which they never escape.”


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