I Feel the Music in You
Back in 2007, Irish TV writer John Carney made his first film, a slender little romance called Once that was mostly intended to showcase...
Gassed to Death
Chris Paine’s documentary asks Who Killed the Electric Car? I thought we knew. It was that secret society that Homer Simpson was trying to...
Kansas City Chief
Reese Witherspoon bought the rights to Gone Girl and wanted to star in it until David Fincher convinced her otherwise. While staying on that...
Street Life
Richard Gere shouldn’t play a homeless person. Let’s just say that off the bat. He gives it a good try in Time Out of...
Sigh-orama
Confession time: I love summer movies. I grew up on Jurassic Park, Independence Day, and the first run of Batman movies. I'd rather watch...
Conduct Unbecoming
Anne Hathaway is easy to look at under normal circumstances, but in Becoming Jane she is downright breathtaking, with her hair in photogenic upswept...
Shirley That’s Enough
Lots of actors can express contempt, but when Elisabeth Moss grabs hold of it, it’s special. Somehow she makes that basic emotion into something...
Odds and Ends
I couldn’t get to the few movies that are being released in theaters this week, so I thought I’d run another of my yearly...
Consecration Game
You know the drill with these Catholic horror movies: tons of bombast, fusty church backdrops, cheesy demon effects, conspiracies reaching into Rome, Latin words...
Dragon Tattoo Redo
Ever since Stieg Larsson’s flawed but highly addictive Swedish-language Millennium trilogy exploded into the English-speaking world, movie fans have been waiting for a Hollywood...
