Tek Doko vs. the Mob
“People think because I run an Italian restaurant, I must be mobbed up,” said Tek Doko, whose family has owned and operated Roma Pasta...
Legal Eagle: The Conspirator
Even though it has a bigger budget and higher production values than most of the entries at the Sundance Film Festival, the historical legal...
Blame It on Rio
Jesse Eisenberg has carved out quite the career so far, one made even more impressive by the fact that he has such a tiny,...
Hanna and the Company
Our action thrillers right now seem to be awash in young girls who are stone cold killers. The odd British entry Hanna is the...
Win Win Loses Half the Battle
By all rights I should like Tom McCarthy’s movies much better than I do. The writer-director of low-budget dramedies The Station Agent and The...
Source Code: Every Time I Die
Spoiler alert: This review gives away a major plot point (but we’ll warn you again when it’s coming).
Many big Hollywood science-fiction films set...
Insidious: Last House on the Left
Damn, I love haunted house movies: The Haunting (the 1963 original), The Changeling, Alien (it’s a haunted house in space, OK?), you name it....
Jane Eyre: Viewer, I Married Him
A girl in petticoats and great distress runs across a fog-encrusted heath while lush orchestral music on the soundtrack speaks to the tumult in...
Charles Baker Changes Roles
“I refuse to live in L.A.,” Charles Baker said. It’s not something you’d expect to hear from a working actor with his sights set...
Limitless: One Pill Makes You Smarter
The diabolically clever science-fiction film Limitless begins with Eddie Morra (Bradley Cooper), a wannabe New York writer who’s been creatively blocked for several years....