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The joys of DIY filmmaking persist
No adult has ever been able to codify what separates a good movie from a classic. In kid terms,... More >>
By Jim Ridley
Published: May 15, 2008
It's anime on overdrive in the Wachowski brothers' souped-up, tricked-out flick
Converting a fondly remembered cartoon series — one of the first Japanese animes syndicated... More >>
By J. Hoberman
Published: May 8, 2008
Mighty Avenger
Chalk it up to personal preference, but I've always been fonder of those comic-book heroes who... More >>
By Scott Foundas
Published: May 1, 2008
Here Comes the Bride. Yawn.
In Made of Honor , Patrick Dempsey plays a conveniently rich and willfully single serial... More >>
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: May 1, 2008
Neither Tina Fey nor Amy Poehler seem the least bit invested in their surrogate mommy comedy
Could have sworn I've seen this episode of Baby Mama before — like sometime in January... More >>
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: April 24, 2008
The duo get shipped to Gitmo in this forced act two
Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg wrote Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle with the novel... More >>
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: April 24, 2008
Tom McCarthy's preachy liberal guilt dwarfs any good intentions
Stop me if you've heard this one before: A lonely dwarf, a wisecracking Cuban-American and a... More >>
By Scott Foundas
Published: April 24, 2008
Sad Sack Extraordinaire
Jason Segel is responsible for two of the most cringe-inducing, hands-in-front-of-your-face... More >>
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: April 17, 2008
Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
Morgan Spurlock, the daredevil documentarian who lived on Big Macs for a month and turned this... More >>
By J. Hoberman
Published: April 17, 2008
Ridiculous Al Pacino stars in ridiculous running-down-the-clock thriller 88 Minutes
Jon Avnet's cheesy new thriller 88 Minutes is 105 minutes long, and going in, I feared that... More >>
By Ella Taylor
Published: April 17, 2008
Boys will be boys in this shallow look at dirty police
For a movie built around questions of failed ethics and duplicitous behavior, Street Kings is... More >>
By Tim Grierson
Published: April 10, 2008
Intelligence goes soft in this more obvious than smart rom-com
Smart people got no reason to live — and, sure, that's not quite how Randy Newman sang it,... More >>
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: April 10, 2008
George Clooney's ode to screwball comedies of yore is sooooo close. But yet.
When Time recently featured George Clooney on its cover accompanied by the headline "The Last... More >>
By Scott Foundas
Published: April 3, 2008
Forget this movie's poker face. It's the people who are cards.
For pure cinema, nothing rivals a high-stakes, full-tilt poker game — unless it's somebody... More >>
By Jim Ridley
Published: April 3, 2008
Seniors Scorsese and the Stones together again
Mick Jagger's most essential physical feature, according to Martin Scorsese: his... More >>
By Camille Dodero
Published: April 3, 2008
Iraq war movie does its best not to mention the war
Considering that the war in Iraq has proven to be Washington's shot-by-shot remake of Vietnam,... More >>
By Scott Foundas
Published: March 27, 2008
Simon Pegg may not have the ideal physique to play hefty, but he's a good fit
As John Simon once said of Jeanne Moreau — cast in a virginal role — making Simon... More >>
By Jim Ridley
Published: March 27, 2008
This flick doesn't hit the jackpot. Doesn't even come close.
Ben Mezrich's 2002 best-seller Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students... More >>
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: March 27, 2008
Gus Van Sant returns to disaffected youth and shoestring budgets
The pleasing circularity of Gus Van Sant's masterful Paranoid Park is not only a function of... More >>
By J. Hoberman
Published: March 20, 2008
Obviously inspired by Todd Haynes, this competent '50s domestic drama doesn't quite compare
Do we need another look back at the rotten heart of the '50s nuclear family? Ira Sachs thinks we... More >>
By Ella Taylor
Published: March 20, 2008
Michael Haneke and his brutal home invaders return to implicate you, again
For the crime of obliterating high culture, for the crime of getting off on vicarious... More >>
By Jim Ridley
Published: March 13, 2008
After the unspeakable Grinch, Horton is a surprisingly strong Seuss adaptation
Was Dr. Seuss, né Theodor Seuss Geisel, oblivious to his own genius? The allegory of his... More >>
By Ed Gonzalez
Published: March 13, 2008
A morally ambiguous Holocaust tale of survival and collusion
Near the beginning of The Counterfeiters , a fact-based Holocaust drama by Austrian filmmaker... More >>
By Ella Taylor
Published: March 6, 2008
True or false? This heist flick is too much fun to fact-check
"Based on a true story," brags The Bank Job before diving into the clear blue water of the... More >>
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: March 6, 2008
Incredible Shrinking Women
For an obscure tale of a virginal London governess who discovers her true calling running... More >>
By Ella Taylor
Published: March 6, 2008
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