Documentary Rated PG-13
“It’s too bad you can’t trust Michael Moore.
Comedy Rated PG-13
“It’s as if the producers of Spanglish had asked Adam Sandler to do his Opera Man routine here and there.
Family Rated PG
“Emma Roberts’ Nancy has the sort of innocent smile Paris Hilton likely lacked at birth.
Action/Adventure Rated PG
“This has to be the most humdrum collection of comic book characters to have ever dripped from a pen. They make you long for the thrilling adventures of someone called, say, The Accountant.
Drama Rated R
One of those low-budget experiments Soderbergh likes to squeeze in between Ocean’s Eleven projects, this means to take a peek at a corner of America Hollywood usually stays away from: the poor, the unattractive, the Midwestern. Set in Ohio and featuring a nonprofessional cast from the area, Bubble centers around the odd friendship between an
Action/Adventure Rated R
"…nearly gave me a seizure (and movie-wise, I don’t seizure lightly)."
The story of a drug-dealing military clerk (Joaquin Phoenix) at a poorly disciplined U.S. base in 1989 West Germany, Buffalo Soldiers was long delayed out of fear it would be deemed too unpatriotic during wartime. If only it were unpatriotic – that would have been infinitely more interesting than the wishy-washy, morally skittish movie we
Drama Rated PG-13
Marion Cotillard undergoes an amazing physical transformation to portray legendary French singer Edith Piaf. By the end, when alcohol and drug abuse have reduced Piaf’s body to wreckage, the young actress looks like Gollum. Emotionally, Cotillard portrays Piaf as a blunt instrument – not unlike her blaring voice, which can feel as if it’s literally
Comedy Rated R
Another dumb, digitial-video exercise: It looks horrible, and the improvisatory, hand-held style only leads to pointless yammering. Paul Rudd and Romany Malco star as American mismatched brothers – the former is white and a slacker, the latter is black, all-business and adopted – who inherit a decrepit French chateau. Much forced comic banter and labored
“Faye Dunaway devours this movie.”
