movie review


Grunts and screams: 'Conan' not so literate Published on Aug 24th, 2011 4 comments Conan the Barbarian involves the clash of civilizations whose vocabularies are limited to screams, oaths, grunts, howls, ejaculations, exclamations, vulgarities, screeches, wails, bellows, yelps and...
Feel good? 'Help' glosses over pain of Jim Crow Published on Aug 17th, 2011 0 comments The Help is a safe film about a volatile subject. Presenting itself as the story of how African-American maids in the South viewed their employers during Jim Crow days, it is equally the story of how...
Unfunny and foul: 'Change-up' your plans before seeing this Published on Aug 10th, 2011 7 comments The Change-Up is one of the dirtiest-minded mainstream releases in history. It has a low opinion of men, a lower opinion of women, and the lowest opinion of the intelligence of its audience. It is...
Real deal: Kunis, Timberlake show comic chops Published on Jul 27th, 2011 0 comments Friends with Benefits follows romcom formulas as if directed on autopilot, but that's not to say it isn't fun. This is the second movie this year to ask whether it's possible to have sex with someone...
Fitting end: Final 'Potter' lives up to hype Published on Jul 20th, 2011 0 comments After seven earlier films reaching back a decade, the Harry Potter saga comes to a solid and satisfying conclusion in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2. The finale conjures up enough awe...
Laugh aloud: 'Horrible Bosses' dirty, hilarious Published on Jul 14th, 2011 2 comments Horrible Bosses is funny and dirty, in about that order. Of George Carlin's famous "seven words you can never say on television," it omits only the usual one, I think, makes free with the others, and...
Revved up: 'Cars' sequel wins the race Published on Jul 7th, 2011 0 comments While I was watching Cars 2, an elusive nostalgia tugged at my mind. No, I wasn't remembering Pixar's original Cars from 2006. This was something more deeply buried, and finally, in the middle of one...
Just bad: Diaz's 'Teacher' has audiences dropping out Published on Jun 29th, 2011 2 comments Jake Kasdan's Bad Teacher immediately brings Bad Santa to mind, and suffers by the comparison. Its bad teacher is neither bad enough nor likable enough. The transgressions of Elizabeth Halsey (...
Dim pleasure: 'Lantern' not quite bright enough Published on Jun 23rd, 2011 1 comments Green Lantern presents yet another case of a human being given the responsibility of leading the battle of good versus evil, or, in this case, of the will versus fear. We learn that an ancient race...
Simpler time: 'Super 8' a nostalgic thriller Published on Jun 16th, 2011 0 comments With its night skies filled with mystery, its kids racing around town on bicycles and its flashlights forming visible beams in the air, Super 8 has the visual signatures of an early Spielberg movie....
Derivative: 'Number Four' flawed in countless ways Published on Mar 3rd, 2011 2 comments I Am Number Four is shameless and unnecessary. That's sad, when a movie casts aside all shame, demonstrates itself willing to rip off anything that might attract audiences, and nevertheless fails....