Death at a Funeral: Back from the Grave
Marginally less annoying than the British movie that it’s based on, Death at a Funeral stars Chris Rock as a tax accountant/unpublished novelist named...
This Movie Is Kick-Ass
How do I describe the awesomeness of Kick-Ass? I could say this is the superhero flick that Watchmen desperately wanted to be, but that...
It’s Not a Wonderful After.Life
Eleven years ago, a great Japanese film came out in American theaters under the title After Life, a joyful meditation that imagined all of...
Film Shorts
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After.Life (R) Christina Ricci stars in this supernatural thriller as a young woman who may or may not have died in a car accident...
Ragged Date Night for Carell and Fey
You’re probably going to see Date Night because of Steve Carell and Tina Fey. And why not? They seem like a terrific match because...
A Faulkner Story
This is the sort of thing that happens to first-time filmmakers working on a shoestring budget: While shooting his drama Between Heaven and Hell,...
Three Films and Change: Mother, Chloe, The Last Song
Fittingly, the main character of the volatile, uproarious, and deeply disturbing Mother has no proper name, so she’s pretty much defined by her role...
Greenberg: Roger That
Two things you should know off the bat about Greenberg. First, it’s a deeply unlikable movie. Second, I liked it. You see, most movies...
Crouching Vikings, Hidden Dragon
The new animated movie How to Train Your Dragon takes its title and the names of its characters from a successful series of novels...
The Runaways: Jett Trail
She can’t get away with it forever, but for now, Kristen Stewart can play the living crap out of these awkward, unpolished adolescent girls...
