December 24, 2008
One thing you can be sure of in
Doubt: Meryl Streep makes one helluva terrifying nun
by Paul Matwychuk
There’s a lot more to contemplate in
The Reader than the older woman/teenage boy sex scenes
by Kathleen Bell
Scarlett Johansson and Eva Mendes’ curves can’t redeem the utter awfulness of Frank Miller’s noir
by Warren Haas
Tom Cruise leads an assassination plot in
Valkyrie. Spoiler alert: it’s not successful
by James Hamilton
But your artificial plotting and low-energy direction kept me from being a bigger fan
by Michael Hingston
Watching Brad Pitt get progressively younger is a pretty dull way to kill three hours
by Paul Matwychuk
December 18, 2008
Why is Will Smith planning to kill himself?
Seven Pounds takes a long two hours to tell you
by Warren Haas
Maybe someday aliens will force Hollywood to stop doing pointless remakes
by Michael Hingston
Wedding comedies are much different in Mongolia: just look at
Tuya’s Marriage
by Kathleen Bell
Slumdog Millionaire uses Mumbai as the backdrop for a rags-to-riches game-show fairytale
by Paul Matwychuk
Charlie Kaufman’s
Synecdoche, New York is devastatingly sad, and devastatingly brilliant
by Michael Hingston