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Narnia Sequel Ups the Action and Loses Some Magic
Facing Indy 4 at the box office, Narnia sequel tries to compete
Things never happen the same way twice." Thus boometh Aslan the lion (Liam Neeson), alias the... More >>
By ELLA TAYLOR
Published: May 15, 2008
Short Cuts on Before the Rains and My Brother Is an Only Child
Before the Rains Directed by Santosh Sivan. Written by Cathy Rabin and Dan Verete.... More >>
By Tim Grieson
Published: May 15, 2008
Fast Track to Nowhere
It's anime on overdrive in the Wachowski brothers' souped-up, tricked-out Speed Racer
Converting a fondly remembered cartoon series—one of the first Japanese animes syndicated... More >>
By J. HOBERMAN
Published: May 8, 2008
David Mamet and His Hero Fight the Power, and Succumb to It, in Redbelt
David Mamet's Redbelt is a tricky bar brawl—call it the Roundhouse of Games . The... More >>
By J. HOBERMAN
Published: May 8, 2008
New Blood
The joys of DIY filmmaking persist in Son of Rambow
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 8, 2008
Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Man is a Thing to Marvel
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
Preachy Liberal Guilt Dwarfs Any Good Intentions in The Visitor
Stop me if you've heard this one before: A lonely dwarf, a wisecracking Cuban-American and a... More >>
By SCOTT FOUNDAS
Published: May 1, 2008
Here Comes the Bride. Yawn.
McDreamy tries to win over his engaged gal pal in My Best Friend's Made of Honor Wedding
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 Invested in Baby Mama
Could have sworn I've seen this episode of Baby Mama before—like sometime in January... More >>
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: April 24, 2008
Harold and Kumar Get Shipped to Gitmo in a 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
Jason Segel Uses His Balls to Great Effect in Forgetting Sarah Marshall
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
Morgan Spurlock Leaves No Gimmick Unturned with Where in the World is Osama bin Laden?
Morgan Spurlock, the daredevil documentarian who lived on Big Macs for a month and turned this... More >>
By J. HOBERMAN
Published: April 17, 2008
Intelligence Goes Soft in the Obvious Smart People
Smart People got no reason to live—and, sure, that's not quite how Randy Newman sang... More >>
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: April 10, 2008
Street Kings is a Shallow Look at Dirty Police
For a movie built around questions of failed ethics and duplicitous behavior, Street Kings... More >>
By Tim Grieson
Published: April 10, 2008
George Clooney's Ode to Screwball Comedies of Yore, Leatherheads, Almost Scores
It's soooo 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
In Shine a Light, Seniors Scorsese and The Stones Together Again
Mick Jagger's most essential physical feature, according to Martin Scorsese: his bellystache. On... More >>
By Camille Dodero
Published: April 3, 2008
Bringing Down the House Adaptation 21 Doesn't Hit the Jackpot
Not even 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
Iraq War Movie Stop-Loss 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
Entering Its Second Year, AFI Dallas Avoids the Sophomore Slump
When it was revealed in September 2006 that the Deep Ellum Film Festival would be shuttered to... More >>
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: March 27, 2008
Not Taylor-Made
Owen Wilson's a bad fit for an ass-kicking bodyguard
Rare is the star vehicle that is as poorly matched to its star as Drillbit Taylor , which... More >>
By Luke Y. Thompson
Published: March 20, 2008
'50s Domestic Drama Married Life Obviously Inspired by Todd Haynes
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
Gus Van Sant Returns to Disaffected Youth and Shoestring Budgets in Paranoid Park
The pleasing circularity of Gus Van Sant's masterful Paranoid Park is not only a function of... More >>
By J. HOBERMAN
Published: March 13, 2008
The Games People Play
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
Heist Flick The Bank Job is Too 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
Morally Ambiguous The Counterfeiters is a Holocaust Tale of Survival
Near the beginning of The Counterfeiters , a fact-based Holocaust drama by Austrian filmmaker... More >>
By ELLA TAYLOR
Published: March 6, 2008
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