Suicide Siblings
Kristen Wiig became famous for her outrageously funny performances on Saturday Night Live, but she’s shown enough by now that we shouldn’t be surprised...
Shiva the Destroyer
When I read Jonathan Tropper’s novel This Is Where I Leave You, I wasn’t all that impressed with it, but I figured it could...
Goo Goo G’joob
OK, I’ve seen some bizarre horror movies in my time, but Tusk is definitely the strangest one of all. I’ve seen scarier ones and...
The Drop: Streetlight People
It’s likely that the late James Gandolfini’s performance in The Drop will be lauded in tearfully hyperbolic fashion, maybe even to the point where...
Princess of Whales
They say that comedy can be highly culturally specific, and I can tell you it’s true after staring uncomprehendingly at the Korean movie Miss...
The Virgin Homicides
The blandly titled Innocence is the latest in the relatively small field of horror movies in which the slasher preys on teenage virgins. One...
Two-Part Solo
What if Elvis’ twin brother had lived? The makers of The Identical aren’t the first to ask that question, but they are the first...
End-of-Summer Roundup
It’s the end of August, and the movie distributors are busy depositing all their odd entries in the smaller auditoriums at the AMC Grapevine...
Wake Me Up
Chloë Grace Moretz is 17 now, and in the past four years and change, I’ve seen her play a superheroine (Kick-Ass), a vampire (Let...
Strait Fighters
This past weekend, the movie known in this country as The Admiral: Roaring Currents became the biggest box-office hit in South Korean history, surpassing...
