Blessed Event
It's easy to say that Juno is the movie that Knocked Up should have been.
It's one of those glib formulations that we critics are...
Summer Games
In one of those weird confluences of events, Hollywood’s four new releases this week are all about men testing and challenging themselves through play,...
Angry Spider
The last shot of Spider-Man 2 was a close-up of MJ Watson (Kirsten Dunst) as she watched her beloved superhero web off into the...
Cursed: Silver Bullet
What’s there left to do with a werewolf movie? The Cursed opens locally this weekend, and while I applaud its efforts to do something...
Jane Addiction
The devotion of Jane Austen’s fanbase can be measured in how many movies have been inspired by her work. I don’t mean just straightforward...
Bonus Film Review: Pitch Perfect 2
It’s déjà vu all over again. Just like the Avengers sequel, the hotly anticipated Pitch Perfect 2 is the follow-up to an awesome 2012...
Partial Justice
Juan José Campanella’s The Secret in Their Eyes won the Oscar for Best Foreign Film in 2009, and no wonder. His extensive experience directing...
This My City
Satire has been an element of Spike Lee’s filmmaking since the beginning. Caricatures, heightened reality, and subversive jokes aimed at all manner of targets...
Pixar Re-Opens Its Toy Chest
The following statement is true –– and also pretty much meaningless: Toy Story 3 is the weakest Pixar movie in the last 10 years....
Takedown
After billionaire wrestling benefactor John du Pont was arrested in 1989 for murdering coach and former Olympic gold medalist Dave Schultz, the police announced...
