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    Dan in Real LifeDan in Real Life:  From comedy to crap
    What's wrong with Steve Carrell?
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    Lake of FireLake of Fire:  Seeing choice, in shades of gray
    We still have the right to choose, Kaye seems to say, but we should know what that choice looks like.
    By: NINA MACLAUGHLIN


    The ComebacksThe Comebacks:  Racking up penalty yards
    Long before the big game rolls around (the Toilet Bowl, I shit you not), and the film shows a touch of heart, the clock has run out.
    By: TOM MEEK


    Music WithinMusic Within:  A squad of sharply drawn outcast vets
    Richard Pimentel has a lot put upon him: born to an interracial couple in the ’40s, he’s “the eighth miscarriage that lived."
    By: TOM MEEK


    O JerusalemO Jerusalem:  Buddy story meets History Channel remake
    In its attempt to cover the 1948 war that kicked off modern Israel, Elie Chouraqui’s O Jerusalem forges a regrettable two-state solution.
    By: CHRIS BRAIOTTA


    Pleasures still unknownPleasures still unknown:  Conventions take Control of Ian Curtis
    Ian Curtis (Sam Riley) of the Manchester band Joy Division wrote songs that evoke, with incantatory inevitability, terror, delight, and ecstasy.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    Black Irish heartbreakBlack Irish heartbreak:  Neighborhood themes, or cliches?
    You know there’s going to be a big game somewhere in this, as well as reconciliations in the intensive-care unit.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    Aviva My LoveAviva My Love:  Audience pleasing pabulum
    Given all these stereotyped woes, what choice does she have but to transform them into even more-cliché’d stories, narrated in voiceover and dutifully illustrated by the filmmaker?
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    Lars and the Real GirlLars and the Real Girl:  Resolutely weird
    To see how a similar premise can actually touch the heart, check out Peter Cattaneo’s lovely, neglected 2005 film Opal Dream.
    By: LARS AND THE REAL GIRL


    King CornKing Corn:  On a diabetic throne
    We spend less money on food than any generation before us, but King Corn asks, at what price?
    By: NINA MACLAUGHLIN


    SleuthSleuth:  Michael Caine remaking Michael Caine
    Think Carlton Fisk and Thurman Munson.
    By: MARK BAZER


    Reservation RoadReservation Road:  The Honda Accord of movies
    Director Terry George redefines the word “thriller” by indulging in endless scenes of Ethan looking at Web sites.
    By: CHRIS BRAIOTTA


    The Final SeasonThe Final Season:  Unintentional sports comedy
    Sean Astin’s latest starring role finds him aiming to hit the emotional high he achieved in 1993’s Rudy.
    By: BRETT MICHEL


    Things We Lost In the FireThings We Lost In the Fire:  Haunting agony and angst
    Too bad the bigger melodrama doesn’t equal its piquant parts.
    By: TOM MEEK


    30 Days of Night30 Days of Night:  Hoary high-camp clichés
    Poor Danny Huston leads them; his hissed Nietzschean ripostes are tiresome and laughable, leaving him about as scary as Count Chocula.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married?Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married?:  Another African-American life lesson
    Janet Jackson as the staid academic “Perfect Patty” delivers a smoldering nugget that lingers on screen long after the moment has passed.
    By: TOM MEEK


    Cama Adentro/Live-In MaidCama Adentro/Live-In Maid:  Wry desperation in Buenos Aires
    Both actresses embody their roles with subtlety and subdued emotion — Aleandro especially, pride, humiliation, and desperation palpable in her regal face.
    By: PEG ALOI


    Bad will huntingBad will hunting:  Ben is back with Gone Baby Gone
    Films about Boston tend to be no better than their worst Boston accent.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    Faithless RenditionFaithless Rendition:  A soapy plot tortures the truth
    It’s ironic, and probably auspicious for its box office, that Rendition comes out a week after the Supreme Court refused to hear the case of Khaled el-Masri.
    By: A.S. HAMRAH


    My Kid Could Paint ThatMy Kid Could Paint That:  A layered art-world exploitation
    Marla Olmstead, the subject of Amir Bar-Lev’s absorbing documentary, at once reveals an artist’s temperament: dark moods, fits of inspiration, a reticence to discuss her work.
    By: ALICIA POTTER


    Ira and AbbyIra and Abby:  Kitch, clichés, and neurosis — a fatal combination
    Robert Cary is not up to even latter-day Woody standards.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    Feel the NoiseFeel the Noise:  Introducing reggaetón
    Argentine director Alejandro Chomski wastes little time setting up this generic exercise.
    By: BROOKE HOLGERSON


    We Own the NightWe Own the Night:  Gritty, macho, and lacking in grace
    James Gray’s film is in dire need of plausibility.
    By: BRETT MICHEL


    Bogus BessBogus Bess:  Elizabeth: The Golden Age is leaden
    “History,” Winston Churchill told us, “is written by the victors.”
    By: JEFFREY GANTZ


    For the Bible Tells Me SoFor the Bible Tells Me So:  Homosexuality in the Bible
    Daniel Karslake’s earnest documentary offers a string of familiar but poignant true-life stories of young gays and lesbians being alienated from mom and dad.
    By: GERALD PEARY


    British Advertising Films of 2007British Advertising Films of 2007:  Vaseline and sock monkeys
    Each year these commercials show an engagement with global culture and commerce.
    By: PEG ALOI


    The Seeker: The Dark Is RisingThe Seeker: The Dark Is Rising:  A smirky and sore temptation
    It’s never a good idea to judge a movie by the book it was adapted from.
    By: JEFFREY GANTZ


    The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert FordThe Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford:  One of the year's best movies
    In Andrew Dominik’s revisionist Western, Jesse James is not a character.
    By: RICHARD BECK


    Angels in the DustAngels in the Dust:  A documentary of differences
    Amid it all, the kids are kids: they dance and play and laugh, while not far from their mini-village lie acres and acres of graves.
    By: NINA MACLAUGHLIN


    Tourist attractionsTourist attractions:  Darjeeling is limited but rewarding
    Halfway through Wes Anderson’s picaresque train ride through India, everything stops.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    And justice for one . . .And justice for one . . .:  Clooney cleans up as Michael Clayton
    “I’m not a miracle worker, I’m a janitor.”
    By: BRETT MICHEL


    Ang timeAng time:  Lee approaches Lust with Caution
    “Yeah, it’s very hard,” says Ang Lee — with no apparent double entendre in mind — about shooting the sex scenes in his NC-17-rated Lust, Caution.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    In the mood for LustIn the mood for Lust:  Ang Lee goes NC-17
    During one of the sex scenes that have earned Ang Lee’s adaptation of Eileen Chang’s short story its notoriety, I had to ask myself: how did that foot get there?
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    The Heartbreak KidThe Heartbreak Kid:  Dragging out funny
    The only honor the remake is likely to vie for is “most athletic sex scene” at the MTV Movie Awards. That, or “most audible queef.”
    By: BRETT MICHEL


    Milarepa: Magician, Murderer, SaintMilarepa: Magician, Murderer, Saint:  Plays like a Wikipedia page
    All mountains, monks, and a soundtrack of wailing women, Neten Chokling’s film opens with the announcement of a birth.
    By: NICK MCCARTHY


    Feast of LoveFeast of Love:  Raves from Mr. Skin
    Feast of Love is a title that promises either extra helpings of the mysteries of the human heart or a smorgasbord of multiple positions.
    By: MARK BAZER


    Into the WildInto the Wild:  A tale of a megalomaniac as told by a narcissist
    As I see it, Penn and Chris are both self-indulgent bores.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    King of CaliforniaKing of California:  A surreal oddity that jells
    And so as dad persists in scuba-diving in shit, Miranda surrenders her childhood for her father’s delusional shenanigans.
    By: TOM MEEK


    The Last WinterThe Last Winter:  The big ideas get out, despite clumsy dialogue
    Modern American psychotronica needs Larry Fessenden.
    By: MICHAEL ATKINSON


    Trade directed by Marco KreuzpaintnerTrade directed by Marco Kreuzpaintner:  Aching with ambiguity
    It doesn’t shy from the facts or the complexities but might still attract viewers with its genre dynamics and appealing performances.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    Pete Seeger: The Power of SongPete Seeger: The Power of Song:  Exploring saintlike passion
    This documentary by Jim Brown offers an inspiring portrait of America’s most enduring folk artist.
    By: PEG ALOI


    The Rape of EuropaThe Rape of Europa:  Art-love tunnel vision
    The filmmakers are assuming that after so much documentation of murder and torture we could stand to consider instead the material and cultural losses.
    By: MICHAEL ATKINSON


    Resident Evil: ExtinctionResident Evil: Extinction:  A nail in the RE coffin
    Meanwhile, the deep-pocketed Umbrella Corporation continues its nefarious schemes — puzzling, given the lack of commerce in an undead society.
    By: BRETT MICHEL


    The KingdomThe Kingdom:  Let the carnage begin!
    Revenge has taken over the screen lately.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    The Game PlanThe Game Plan:  Sweet in its misguided mawkishness
    Come for the end-around blitzes, stay for Rock’s dance as an enchanted tree, complete with tights.
    By: RICHARD BECK


    The BubbleThe Bubble:  A gay, Middle Eastern Romeo and Juliet
    “If a gay suicide bomber goes to Heaven, does he get 72 virgin boys or 72 muscular men?”
    By: TOM MEEK


    Dragon Wars: D-WarDragon Wars: D-War:  Monumental clunk
    I’ll take weird, surprising crap over slick any day.
    By: CHRIS BRAIOTTA


    The Jane Austen Book ClubThe Jane Austen Book Club:  Jane would find another movie
    Robin Swicord’s film posits a book club of six Californians meeting once a month to discuss Jane Austen’s novels.
    By: JEFFREY GANTZ


    Fierce PeopleFierce People:  Poor city-kid meet plain ridiculous
    Griffin Dunne’s 2005 film is like The Great Gatsby with Jay as an old coot whose grandchildren attack the help with spears.
    By: JENNY HALPER


    Sydney WhiteSydney White:  An obvious, labored fairy tale
    Joe Nussbaum’s created a genre mash-up, grafting on the plot of Revenge of the Nerds and . . . the climax of Spartacus?
    By: BRETT MICHEL


    VanajaVanaja:  Artful and satisfying, if overlong
    The colors — ocher and rose and royal blue — and the cast, unprofessional actors all, heighten the sensuality.
    By: NINA MACLAUGHLIN


    DedicationDedication:  What it takes to warm up to sociopathic leads
    The solid performances and edgy touches by actor Justin Theroux go far, but it’s all wasted on a Grinch.
    By: TOM MEEK


    December BoysDecember Boys:  Daniel Radcliffe's non-wizard cinematic vehicle
    The Year My Voice Broke meets Stand by Me? If only.
    By: PEG ALOI


    Good Luck ChuckGood Luck Chuck:  Crass and crude and mostly annoying humor
    The only plausible scenario in this movie is the idea that a woman would be so annoyed by Dane Cook, she’d be willing to put a curse on him.
    By: BROOKE HOLGERSON


    In the Valley of ElahIn the Valley of Elah:  A 90-minute Oscar wanna-be
    Few will deny that the war dehumanizes, but Haggis’s suggestion that everybody who comes back is a sociopath won’t win many friends.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    In the Shadow of the MoonIn the Shadow of the Moon:  Gorgeous high-def space
    For a moment, the Earth was unified: “we” had gone to the moon.
    By: MIKE MILIARD


    The Hunting PartyThe Hunting Party:  Confident wits collide
    Writer/director Richard Shepard knows how to make a movie a good time, even one set in the physically and psychologically wrecked post-war Balkans.
    By: MARK BAZER


    ChalkChalk:  Funny but undecidedly pendantic
    Mike Akel’s film chronicles a year at a fictitious Texas high school from the point of view of its misfit teaching staff.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    The Brother SolomonThe Brother Solomon:  Adding to Odenkirk's cinematic slump
    We’re past the point of blaming the system.

    By: CHRIS BRAIOTTA


    The Brave OneThe Brave One:  A vigilant film lacking courage
    The Brave One is director Neil Jordan’s attempt at a thinking man’s vigilante flick.
    By: RAFER GUZMAN


    Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of PlacePolis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place:  The best film about an American poet ever made
    Ferrini and Riaf present the complex American literary figure Charles Olson in a clear way by focusing not on the facts of his life but on the facts of his work.

    By: WILLIAM CORBETT


    I Want Someone to Eat Cheese WithI Want Someone to Eat Cheese With:  Deadpan that just feels dead
    Just in case any insensitive pricks forgot, Jeff Garlin is around to remind them that fatties get picked on long after junior high.
    By: NICK MCCARTHY


    Manda Bala/Send a BulletManda Bala/Send a Bullet:  Slyly persuasive Errol-Morris-style
    Brazil reels from corruption, poverty, and violence, but it remains perversely functional.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    Mr. WoodcockMr. Woodcock:  A messy sado-school movie
    Thornton chucking balls at kids is funnier — until it just feels cruel.
    By: MARK BAZER


    Shoot 'Em UpShoot 'Em Up:  Screwing America one gun-slinger at a time
    I had hoped, America, that you and I had outgrown a knife in the face and a one-liner coup de grâce equal parts Elmore Leonard and Bruce Vilanch.
    By: CHIRS BRAIOTTA


    Notre ami PierrotNotre ami Pierrot:  Jean-Luc Godard’s 1965 omnibus rides again
    “Film is like a battleground,” American director Sam Fuller pronounces famously at the cocktail party in Pierrot le fou.
    By: JEFFREY GANTZ


    Promises keptPromises kept:  David Cronenberg revises History
    Eastern Promises begins with uncanny images of birth and death, equally raw and bloody.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    23 skidoo?23 skidoo?:  The Boston Film Festival: work in progress
    As of press time, the 23rd Boston Film Festival was still shaping up.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    Musical mystery tourMusical mystery tour:  Julie Taymor reinvents the Beatles
    What would the world be like with Beatles music but no Beatles?
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    Death SentenceDeath Sentence:  They don't get much worse than this
    An all-out war between Hume and his gangland prey culminates in a ridiculously over-the-top shootout in an abandoned mental hospital.
    By: BRETT MICHEL


    HalloweenHalloween:  Oh, the horror
    I have seen the origin of evil, and it’s feral, yet strangely . . . adorable.
    By: BRETT MICHEL


    The Hottest StateThe Hottest State:  A bad break-up movie
    Maybe this effort is just an awkward patch in a filmmaker’s development.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    Shadow of the House: Photographer Abelardo MorrellShadow of the House: Photographer Abelardo Morrell:  Unfamiliarizing the most familiar
    Allie Humenuk’s quiet documentary follows Morrell, who’s a professor at MassArt, over seven years in an examination of his process.
    By: NINA MACLAUGHLIN


    HatchetHatchet:  A classic slasher eye roller
    One misshapen maybe-man/maybe-ghost stalks a group of pretty young things and rips their limbs off with generous plumes of blood spray and strewn entrails.
    By: NINA MACLAUGHLIN


    3:10 to Yuma3:10 to Yuma:  Claustrophobia
    It seeped like a cancer into his modestly expanded take on Elmore Leonard’s short two-hander set within the confined time and space of a hotel room.
    By: BRETT MICHEL


    TradeTrade:  A dénouement aching with ambiguity
    The scandal of the sex-slave market pops up on the news long enough to titillate, but who wants to go into depressing and complex details?
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    Hannah Takes the StairsHannah Takes the Stairs:  And they don't go anywhere
    Nonetheless, certain images, like two people in a tub playing the 1812 Overture on trumpets, are worth the visit.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    Deep WaterDeep Water:  Isolation in the swollen seas
    The challenge: sail around the world single-handed without stopping, 33,000 miles and 10 months of solitude, waves, and horizon.
    By: NINA MACLAUGHLIN


    WarWar:  The dumber the better
    Despite the stilted dialogue, the porn-star-quality acting, and the incoherent stitching together of action sequences, War does stir some interest.
    By: TOM MEEK


    Illegal tenderIllegal tender:  Ineptitude and idiocy
    Let’s just say Brian De Palma’s Scarface has a lot to answer for.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    Ils/ThemIls/Them:  Point-of-view mayhem
    Rapid cuts and a hand-held camera jumble the image — something can be discerned, but what?
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    Self MedicatedSelf Medicated:  Corny rehab clinic conventions
    Seventeen-year-old Drew is so smart and talented, why does he screw up?
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    Balls of FuryBalls of Fury:  A comic mish-mash
    Credit in part Christopher Walken’s evil Feng, a screwy triad boss sponsoring a death-match ping-pong tourney in South America.
    By: TOM MEEK


    Triad ElectionTriad Election:  Johnnie To's flourishing payoff
    Sometimes you have to see a lesser movie to enjoy a better one.
    By: BETSY SHERMAN


    ElectionElection:  No Godfather — but it warrants the comparison
    Election’s oldsters have heads filled with loyalty oaths and arcane traditions.
    By: BETSY SHERMAN


    DuckDuck:  A beguiling and disappointing debut
    Hall, who musters up so much emotion within a narrow role, deserves better, though the Aflac duck is all he’s quacked up to be.
    By: PAUL BABIN


    The InvasionThe Invasion:  Another soulless copy
    This latest incarnation from Oliver Hirschbiegel also has a lot of anxiety to work with.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    The Last LegionThe Last Legion:  A load of poppycock
    The battle scenes look ho-hum in the wake of 300, as director Doug Lefler sticks stolidly to the old school.
    By: TOM MEEK


    Mr. Bean's HolidayMr. Bean's Holiday:  An uncalled-for sequel
    He appears to be on a holiday of his own — from any faintly realistic notion about his audience.
    By: CHRIS WANGLER


    The Nanny DiariesThe Nanny Diaries:  A shrill disappointment
    The rich may be different from you and me, but they’re probably not much like the grotesque stereotypes in this adaptation of the glib bestseller.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    The 11th HourThe 11th Hour:  Global warming made boring
    Remember the “myth” of global warming?
    By: BRETT MICHEL


    Half MoonHalf Moon:  Miraculous things with an amateur cast
    Bahman Ghobadi’s new feature returns to the severe locale of many of his acclaimed earlier movies.
    By: GERALD PEARY


    Resurrecting the ChampResurrecting the Champ:  Gritty enough
    The maudlin turns near the final bell mute Champ’s resonance.
    By: TOM MEEK


    Right at Your DoorRight at Your Door:  Chris Gorak's got a point
    Sometimes the government response to terrorism is worse than the terrorism itself.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    September DawnSeptember Dawn:  A descent into caricatures
    The violence, when it comes, is shot in slow, luxuriant detail that feels almost pornographic.
    By: ADAM REILLY


    Annie HellAnnie Hell:  Julie Delpy’s infernal, funny 2 Days in Paris
    There’s nothing like love in Paris — in French movies, at least, it’s the city where romance goes to die.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    Monkey businessMonkey business:  Champ versus chump in The King of Kong
    Florida lawyer/video game scapegoater Jack Thompson has it all wrong.
    By: BRETT MICHEL


    Alice NeelAlice Neel:  An unexpectedly complex documentary
    The true artist, so goes the myth, labors in bohemian obscurity in search of truth and beauty.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    The Cats of MirikitaniThe Cats of Mirikitani:  The self-appointed co-star needs to be cut
    Jimmy Mirikitani is a homeless Japanese-American artist living on the streets of New York’s Lower West Side.
    By: RICHARD BECK


    Death at a FuneralDeath at a Funeral:  A lively boneyard romp
    But gags involving excrement and gay dwarfs from the deceased’s past don’t do justice to the cinematic funeral tradition.
    By: TOM MEEK


    Rocket ScienceRocket Science:  An authentic script on teen angst
    Blitz knows his adolescent cruelty and his adult misbehavior, and he details them with barbed wit and compassion.
    By: TOM MEEK


    Rush Hour 3Rush Hour 3:  Increasingly silly skits
    Even those famous outtakes that play during the credits appear labored.
    By: CHRIS WANGLER


    Comic reliefComic relief:  Superbad respects teens and comedy
    I know it hasn’t escaped you how terrible comedies have gotten.
    By: CHRIS BRAIOTTA


    StardustStardust:  A visually lush adaptation
    Who knew that Matthew Vaughn had an inner Narnia?
    By: TOM MEEK


    UnderdogUnderdog:  Lacking the orginal bite
    The My Name Is Earl star sounds scruffy enough, but it just doesn’t fit.
    By: TOM MEEK


    MolièreMolière:  The legendary playwright is better
    There is a burgeoning trend whereby the work of a legendary writer is attributed to some spurious personal experience.
    By: BROOKE HOLGERSON


    Daddy Day CampDaddy Day Camp:  Predictability ensues
    Because even Eddie Murphy had better things to do, Cuba Gooding Jr. stars in this mess of a sequel.
    By: BROOKE HOLGERSON


    BratzBratz:  Oh my god, this movie totally sucks
    Bratz is based on those slutty dolls people inexplicably buy for their kids.
    By: BROOKE HOLGERSON


    No End in SightNo End in Sight:  Three years too late
    What we could use now is a documentary that gets it right before it’s too late to mean anything.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    Nick DrakeNick Drake:  A film about an enigma
    Thus the paradox of a man who left three albums of eloquent songs about his inner life and little else.
    By: DAMON KRUKOWSKI


    The Last Atomic BombThe Last Atomic Bomb:  Terror on repeat
    It’s difficult to criticize a documentary about the horror of nuclear warfare and how to prevent it from happening again.
    By: NINA MACLAUGHLIN


    El cantanteEl cantante:  Cookie-cutter bombast
    Unlike Lopez, he digs beneath the soap-opera dialogue and bares his character’s soul.
    By: BETSY SHERMAN


    Who's Your Caddy?Who's Your Caddy?:  The gamut of taste
    In this big-screen vehicle for pop sensation Antwan Andre Patton, nearly every element of the plot rips off the mangy 1980 comedy Caddyshack.
    By: TOM MEEK


    The TenThe Ten:  Hallelujah the hodgepodge
    Winona Ryder, for example, plays a newlywed who gets sexually liberated by a dummy (the wooden kind).
    By: TOM MEEK


    Arctic TaleArctic Tale:  Whisker-close footage
    All the same, this effort soundly delivers the inconvenient truth to the generation who’ll inherit it.
    By: ALICIA POTTER


    I Know Who Killed MeI Know Who Killed Me:  Lindsay Lohan's robotic reel life
    Lohan’s virgin/whore dons a robotic hand, the perfect prop to match her performance.
    By: BRETT MICHEL


    Hot RodHot Rod:  Barely worth an illegal download
    Andy Samberg and his SNL Digital Shorts cohort stepped in to recapture some of that “Lazy Sunday” magic.
    By: BRETT MICHEL


    Becoming JaneBecoming Jane:  Reinventing Austen's bio
    Anne Hathaway is game enough as Jane, though she has to spend an awful lot of time on the verge of tears.
    By: GARY SUSMAN


    Covert actionCovert action:  The Bourne Ultimatum possesses central intelligence
    Some talented filmmakers try to play a Hollywood game, churning out a big-budget commercial product in exchange for a smaller, more personal and artistic venture.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    An inconvenient poopAn inconvenient poop:  The Simpsons Movie craps out
    Maybe 18 seasons is too long to remain topical and funny, especially in prime time on Fox TV.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    VitusVitus:  Slips toward mediocrity
    A cute and exceptional little boy, a lovable old geezer — you don’t have to be Pauline Kael to realize this formula is a winner.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    Punk's Not DeadPunk's Not Dead:  Or is it?

    Wasn’t punk about being independent?


    By: PETER KEOUGH


    No ReservationsNo Reservations:  The side dishes make the feast
    The give-and-take among the three leads takes the cake.
    By: TOM MEEK


    I Now Pronounce You Chuck + LarryI Now Pronounce You Chuck + Larry:  Mainstream gay-marriage endorsement
    Who knew that Adam Sandler had a political movie in him?
    By: TOM MEEK


    Dr. Bronner's Magic Soap BoxDr. Bronner's Magic Soap Box:  Sort of like a soap opera
    Once the suds of choice for dirty hippies, Dr. Bronner’s is now a staple of the Whole Foods set, and Sara Lamm’s documentary looks at Dr. B's “All One God Faith” mission.
    By: NINA MACLAUGHLIN


    InterviewInterview:  Where's the sex?
    Steve Buscemi probably felt morally compelled to remake Theo van Gogh’s Interview.
    By: BRETT MICHEL


    Goya's GhostsGoya's Ghosts:  Hauntingly awful
    It’s the looming specter of a once-great filmmaking talent rising after an eight-year silence.
    By: BRETT MICHEL


    Sound bitesSound bites:  Sunshine sheds little light on the sci-fi genre
    In space, so the tag line for Ridley Scott’s 1979 sci-fi thriller Alien goes, nobody can hear you scream.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    Lady ChatterleyLady Chatterley:  English literature is sexier in French film
    Hands and Coulloc’h are marvelous together, their nearly wordless love scenes genuinely, stunningly erotic.
    By: PEG ALOI


    JoshuaJoshua:  Eschewing supernatural hysteria
    Something sure to please fans of Ratliff’s documentary Hell House.
    By: BRETT MICHEL


    Introducing the DwightsIntroducing the Dwights:  A miserable family to watch
    Into this mess wanders Jill (Emma Booth), cute and self-assured, so you know she’s in for it.
    By: BROOKE HOLGERSON


    Talk to MeTalk to Me:  Giving Petey Greene his due
    Not only do the two actors play off each other with perfect synergy, they also take on the eccentricities of the era and the politics of race.
    By: TOM MEEK


    Missing in actionMissing in action:  History escapes Herzog in Rescue Dawn
    In his 1997 documentary Little Dieter Needs To Fly, Werner Herzog told the story of Dieter Dengler.
    By: CHRIS FUJIWARA


    Hairy PotterHairy Potter:  Hormones submit to dreary Order
    Whatever else it may be, the Harry Potter Edda is surely the most popular narrative about the dawning of pubertal awareness ever created.
    By: MICHAEL ATKINSON


    EveningEvening:   Platitudes and mediocrity
    Some of the best actresses working in movies today pack the cast of Evening, and all I can say is, was this the best thing available?
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    Everything's Gone GreenEverything's Gone Green:  Silly, and seen before
    It's just another story about a befuddled, underachieving twentysomething whose yuppie girlfriend kicks him out.
    By: GERALD PEARY


    Broken EnglishBroken English:  A safe ticket seller
    Possible explanations include drinking, pills, low self-esteem, and her inability to resist jumping into bed on the first date.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    FidoFido:  Dark, potent, gory
    It may sound silly, but director Andrew Currie stews together gore, social commentary, screwball camp, and dark comedy with savory potency.
    By: TOM MEEK


    License to wedLicense to wed:  Sniveling toady of a film
    From its anonymous title down to every last moment of its pleading humor and shoehorned uplift, License To Wed is soaked in sloth and cowardice.
    By: CHRIS BRAIOTTA


    Mon Meilleur Ami | My Best FriendMon Meilleur Ami | My Best Friend:  Yet another mismatched-buddy pairing

    The set-up is so labored and unconvincing that it hardly matters when our hero latches onto Dany Boon’s trivia buff/cab driver.


    By: MICHAEL ATKINSON


    Moore of the sameMoore of the same:  Sicko diagnoses American health care
    I suspect that Moore had altruistic motives in presenting the case studies of victims of HMOs, hospitals, and drug companies in his movie.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    Bon appétitBon appétit:  Brad Bird cooks up a masterpiece
    Family. We spend lifetimes breaking away from them, forging our own path, only to discover it leads back to the same place.
    By: BRETT MICHEL


    LabyrinthLabyrinth:  David Bowie in tights
    Of course I imagined I was Jennifer Connelly.
    By: NINA MACLAUGHLIN


    14081408:  The Shining gets squeezed
    If you know your Stephen King, then you know haunted hotels have killer pasts.
    By: TOM MEEK


    Live Free or Die HardLive Free or Die Hard:  The franchise proves aptly named
    The Die Hard series was about as animated as Rocky’s face until director Len Wiseman restored it to its kinetic essence.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver SurferFantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer:  A summer wipeout
    Even as a 10-year-old Marvel Comics fan, I knew that the Silver Surfer was a dumb character.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    Evan AlmightyEvan Almighty:  The movie of the summer for the timid Christian paranoiacs
    Finally, the 21st-century redo of the Oh, God!
    By: MICHAEL ATKINSON


    Eagle Vs. SharkEagle Vs. Shark:  Passion ignites at an animal-themed costume party
    Love means never having to admit you deserve better than a dour dork with nunchucks.
    By: ALICIA POTTER


    Ten CanoesTen Canoes:  A Cain-and-Abel style story
    The film's humor and warmth are as natural as its actors’ exposed genitals.
    By: BRETT MICHEL


    10 Questions for the Dalai Lama10 Questions for the Dalai Lama:  A new-age vanity project
    Ray’s smug smile tells us that “I’m sitting with the Dalai Lama!” is all that’s running through his head.
    By: NINA MACLAUGHLIN


    Terror incognitaTerror incognita:  Winterbottom, Jolie lose Heart
    No one will know what Danny Pearl felt as he was kidnapped, held prisoner, and beheaded by jihadist fanatics.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    Nuovomondo|Golden DoorNuovomondo|Golden Door:  A vast but uneven period piece
    The lack of focus on the main characters and some bad artistic choices cause the film to slip beneath the waves of its own ambitious vision.
    By: PEG ALOI


    La Môme|La Vie en RoseLa Môme|La Vie en Rose:  A wonder of a bio-pic in lush, matted reds
    As Piaf, Marion Cotillard is a lioness in the guise of a bird, with large, luminescent eyes that serve as windows into the singer’s troubled soul.
    By: TOM MEEK


    Four Weeks in JuneFour Weeks in June:  A same-sex Harold and Maude
    Who would have thought that happiness was just a leap across the generation gap?
    By: PAUL BABIN


    Hostell: Part IIHostell: Part II:  Ocean's Thirteen is the better sequel
    Cut a guy’s dick off and feed it to a dog? Just more leftovers.

    By: TOM MEEK


    BuddyBuddy:  A chronicle of Vincent "Buddy" Cianci's chaotic career
    Buddy is as irresistible as its subject, and an essential primer of American politics.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    Retro rocketRetro rocket:  Nancy Drew lifts off on screen
    Andrew Fleming’s Nancy Drew kicks off with a mystery that eluded even our supersleuth.
    By: JEFFREY GANTZ


    Surf's UpSurf's Up:  Surf's Up wipes out
    Is it coincidence or homage that a fat, sullen penguin in this animated dud resembles Michael Moore?
    By: ALICIA POTTER


    Steel CitySteel City:  A warm and fuzzy film
    Brian Jun’s film owes more to the family values of the Reagan era than its anarchic characters and hardscrabble style would indicate.
    By: PAUL BABIN


    Day WatchDay Watch:  Anything but predictable
    Like its predecessor, Timur Bekmambetov’s Day Watch is a muddled fantasy epic.
    By: CHRIS BRAIOTTA


    La Maison de Nina/Nina’s HomeLa Maison de Nina/Nina’s Home:  A precise and weighty drama
    More than anything, the film is a portrait of how children deal with such grief, through violence, silence, music, and prayer.
    By: NINA MACLAUGHLIN


    Angel-AAngel-A:  Frank Capra’s classic loses its class
    Could this be Besson’s directing finale, as rumored? Ouais, s’il vous plaît!
    By: BRETT MICHEL


    Flotsam and jetsamFlotsam and jetsam:  The tars are adrift in Ocean’s Thirteen
    Steven Soderbergh’s third “Ocean” film is a pastry of a movie, airy, insubstantial, and meant to fill in the gaps between heartier meals.
    By: MICHAEL ATKINSON


    SeveranceSeverance:  Not the usual sado-masochistic porn
    Everyone hates arms manufacturers, but maybe they won’t after seeing Christopher Smith’s tart, funny, and relatively ungory slasher/thriller.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    GracieGracie:   A familiar girl-power tale
    Gracie treads territory familiar to anyone who’s seen a sports movie in the past 10 years.
    By: BROOKE HOLGERSON


    Mr. BrooksMr. Brooks:  A film with a split-personality
    The press notes for Bruce A. Evans’s thriller begin with a quote from Robert Louis Stevenson’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
    By: BRETT MICHEL


    The Boss of It AllThe Boss of It All:  Since when do we believe Lars von Trier?
    The Boss of It All reflects on the mysteries of identity, responsibility, globalization, and Gambini’s æsthetics of theater.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    Mother of conventionMother of convention:  Women get screwed in Knocked Up
    Having laughed more at The 40-Year-Old Virgin than at any other film in 2005, I expected much the same from Judd Apatow’s Knocked Up.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    Dream girlDream girl:  Satoshi Kon’s got your ticket
    Do films hold the power of dreams?
    By: BRETT MICHEL


    Snow CakeSnow Cake:  Marc Evan's mawkish soap opera
    The real Oscar candidate here is Alan Rickman as a restrained and sardonic stranger with a mystery past.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    Paris je t'aimeParis je t'aime:  A whirlwind tour of 18 arrondissements in 120 minutes
    The concept for this anthology was a short film representing each of Paris’s 20 arrondissements, from the Jardins des Tuileries (#1) to the Cimitière du Père Lachaise (#20).
    By: JEFFREY GANTZ


    BugBug:  Don't believe the horror hype
    “From the director of The Exorcist!” goes this film’s marketing campaign.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    Once from the heartOnce from the heart:  The musical takes to the streets
    Some people are confused when they talk about musicals.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    Hell is other sequelsHell is other sequels:  Pirates 3 offers buried treasures
    At first, At World’s End doesn’t seem to differ much from the world outside.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    Georgia RuleGeorgia Rule:  An extension of Lohen's bad girl persona
    Abusive sex with a minor is no trite matter, yet in Georgia Rule it’s bandied about like a tennis ball on a summer day.
    By: TOM MEEK


    Swamp gasSwamp gas:  Shrek the Third gets bloated
    Shrek has metastasized into a symptom of and metaphor for the entertainment industry and modern culture in general.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    JindabyneJindabyne:  Raymond Carver's human tragedy in near perfect form
    If you’ve seen Short Cuts, you’ll recall the fishing-trip segment in which Huey Lewis pisses into a stream.
    By: TOM MEEK


    ProvokedProvoked:  A caricature of good and evil
    Last week I complained that Stephanie Daley was a little obtuse about the issues involved in its subject, teen infanticide. This film demonstrates how the opposite can be worse
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    The ExThe Ex:  The pratfalls of yuppiedum
    The premise here is flawed.
    By: CHRIS WANGLER


    Delta FarceDelta Farce:  Blue-collar comedians mine the War on Terror for jingoistic laughs
    Blue Collar Comedy mines the War on Terror . . . for laughs?
    By: BRETT MICHEL


    Brooklyn RulesBrooklyn Rules:  Smile, you're in a badly done Martin Scorsese rip-off.
    Marty should whack this guy with his new shiny Oscar.
    By: RICHARD BECK


    Day Night Day NightDay Night Day Night:  Oddly inert chronicle of a day in the life of a doe-eyed suicide bomber
    Julia Loktev keeps you guessing about the motives of her heroine and the identity of the organization.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    28 Weeks Later28 Weeks Later:  A bloody fine sequel to a bioterror classic
    A repeat outbreak is 20 seconds and one bloody kiss away, and the Yanks are taking no prisoners.
    By: PEG ALOI


    Lost in spaceLost in space:  Alain Resnais’s dazzling Private Fears In Public Places
    Alain Resnais’s ineffable film has the hallmarks of his marvelous late style.
    By: CHRIS FUJIWARA


    Fay GrimFay Grim:  Love conquers all, except when it doesn't
    This effort by the hoary dean of American Independent Film, Hal Hartley, is the freshest and most accomplished thing he’s done since the film it’s a “sequel” to.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    Belle ToujoursBelle Toujours:  Quel dommage!
    Manoel de Oliveira made this long-range sequel to Buñuel’s 1967 fetish classic Belle de jour.
    By: MICHAEL ATKINSON


    WaitressWaitress:  Serving happy endings
    In this posthumous release from writer/director/actress Adrienne Shelly, Andy Griffith is still presiding over small-town America.
    By: BRETT MICHEL


    Stephanie DaleyStephanie Daley:  A morally confused problem movie
    Starting with the early shot of bloody footsteps in the snow, Hilary Brougher shows herself the master of the self-consciously telling detail.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    The OdysseyThe Odyssey:  A queer take on the Dead White Male
    As far as Dead White Males go, Homer ranks as grandfather to them all.
    By: NINA MACLAUGHLIN


    ZooZoo:  Tasteful bestiality
    Robinson Devor’s documentary about a Boeing engineer who died after having sex with a horse is concerned more with the why of the act than with the how.
    By: IAN SANDS


    The Hip Hop ProjectThe Hip Hop Project:  A project in opportunity
    Like basketball, hip-hop offers a way out of the inner-city cycle of violence and poverty.
    By: TOM MEEK


    The eyes have itThe eyes have it:  Surveillance thriller Red Road experiences peek activity
    We’ve come a long way from Krzysztof Kieslowski’s Red, in which a retired judge falls into disgrace for listening in on his neighbors.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    Away from HerAway from Her:  Unforgettable performances in a forgettable debut film
    Sarah Polley’s feature-directing debut boasts outstanding performances, but she’s confused Alice Munro’s elegantly straightforward structure.
    By: BRETT MICHEL


    Lucky YouLucky You:  Hanson puts his money on Hollywood clichés
    Curtis Hanson’s latest directorial effort sat on a shelf for two years, emitting a whiff of failure.
    By: BROOKE HOLGERSON


    In Search of MozartIn Search of Mozart:  Looking in all the usual places
    Phil Grabsky had Amadeus squarely in his sights when he set out to make this documentary celebrating the 250th anniversary of the composer’s birth.
    By: JEFFREY GANTZ


    The InvisibleThe Invisible:  Visibly just too bad
    In this retooling of the 2002 Swedish film Den Osynlige, David S. Goyer pipes the high-school halls full of class division, bullying, and trendy tunes.
    By: TOM MEEK


    Kickin' It Old SkoolKickin' It Old Skool:  Revenge of the Nerds did it better
    Eighties nostalgia and breakdancing get sent up in this feeble Jamie Kennedy comedy.
    By: TOM MEEK


    NextNext:  A pendantic thriller
    If you know your Philip K. Dick, you know screen adaptations of his work are all over the map.
    By: TOM MEEK


    The Flying ScotsmanThe Flying Scotsman:  An exhilarating non-stop flight
    In 1993, Scottish cyclist Graeme Obree built a bike out of old washing-machine parts and broke the one-hour distance world record.
    By: RICHARD BECK


    Civic DutyCivic Duty:  Stylishly silly stuff
    Falling Down takes a post-9/11 turn in this psychological thriller from Canadian filmmaker Jeff Renfroe.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    Tangled webTangled web:  Spider-Man 3 spins too many tales
    Those behind the franchise appear to have decided they had to cram as many sequels as possible into Tobey Maguire's last movie.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    The CondemnedThe Condemned:  A sleeper hold even Stone Cold can't break
    Like SNL alums, star wrestlers on their way out get a big-screen vehicle — sort of a retirement gift, no matter how much of a jalopy it is.
    By: TOM MEEK


    OffsideOffside:  A game of universal humanity
    The Iranian government has banned Jafar Panahi’s latest contemplation of the oppression of women in Iran.
    By: TOM MEEK


    FractureFracture:  Inspired, even if preposterous
    It’s manipulative artifice for sure, but the stacked aces make it a rapt jury-rigging.
    By: TOM MEEK


    Sing Now or Forever Hold Your PeaceSing Now or Forever Hold Your Peace:  Cheesier than a capella Coldplay
    It’s not so much the music that’s annoying about college a cappella (though it’s that, too).
    By: NINA MACLAUGHLIN


    VacancyVacancy:  How's that for a twist?
    What’s happened to the horror film?
    By: BRETT MICHEL


    La Doublure|The ValetLa Doublure|The Valet:  Deeper than it appears
    Have the French cornered the market on light comedy?
    By: TOM MEEK


    Slow BurnSlow Burn:  Ridden with awful lines
    A film that’s more of a frustrating near-miss than a disappointment.
    By: RICHARD BECK


    The TV SetThe TV Set:  Prime-time pilots are better than this
    I can hear the pitch: “It’s like For Your Consideration with the hipness of The Player and the edginess of Network!”
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    PathfinderPathfinder:  Tossing continuity to the wind
    The sexual tension and transcendental tones of Terrence Malick’s The New World and the graphic, balletic carnage of 300 meet in Marcus Nispel’s Pathfinder.
    By: TOM MEEK


    In the Land of WomenIn the Land of Women:  A tidy suburban melodrama
    If Mrs. Robinson had been played by Martha Stewart and had suffered breast cancer, The Graduate might have played out like In the Land of Women.
    By: TOM MEEK


    La Tourneuse de Pages|The Page TurnerLa Tourneuse de Pages|The Page Turner:  Something sinister is brewing
    A girl needn’t go to the trouble of losing her leg and replacing it with an assault rifle, à la Grindhouse, to get even.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    Year of the DogYear of the Dog:  Not too mangy
    There’s almost nothing sadder than neglected dogs awaiting their fates.
    By: BRETT MICHEL


    Hot FuzzHot Fuzz:  Laughs and piles of bodies
    Picture Agatha Christie buggered by Michael Bay, with (old-school) Peter Jackson administering lube.
    By: BRETT MICHEL


    After the WeddingAfter the Wedding:  Supreme human drama
    Subtle direction from rising star Susanne Bier should keep you guessing about the high cost of family secrets.
    By: CHRIS WANGLER


    GrindhouseGrindhouse:  A woman's foot in every scene
    Tarantino is aging badly.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    The ReapingThe Reaping:  Over-serious eye candy
    Mixing CSI talk with a lot of evangelical mumbo-jumbo, this over-serious eye candy keeps you on the edge of your seat but never freaks you out.
    By: CHRIS WANGLER


    SituationSituation:  Too cartoonish for truth
    That situation in Iraq sure is something.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    Adam's ApplesAdam's Apples:  Black humor and handguns
    Before fundamentalists hijacked it, faith was as much mystery as absurdity.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    Secrets and spiesSecrets and spies:  Black Book’s mismatched conventions
    Paul Verhoeven has made a brilliant study of the origins and consequences of Fascism. That film, of course, is Starship Troopers.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    Perfect StrangerPerfect Stranger:  Worse than a root canal
    Hell, after Catwoman and now this, the Academy should demand that Berry return her Oscar.
    By: BRETT MICHEL


    DisturbiaDisturbia:  A Rear Window redux
    What happened to D.J. Caruso?
    By: BRETT MICHEL


    Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for TheatersAqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters:  A bit small-screen
    After the infamous guerrilla advertising campaign, the movie version of the irreverent, South Park–esque series arrives with little fanfare.
    By: TOM MEEK


    The First BasketThe First Basket:  A century of social change
    How many active Jewish players in the NBA can you name?
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    GlastonburyGlastonbury:  David Bowie returns
    Julien Temple’s documentary traces the evolution of the world’s most iconoclastic music festival.
    By: PEG ALOI


    First SnowFirst Snow:  A moody debut
    When slick salesman Jimmy struts into a fortune teller’s trailer, his fate is sealed.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    Firehouse DogFirehouse Dog:  Tear ducts or belly laughs?
    It' s a clunky coming-of-age standard.
    By: TOM MEEK


    Are we done yet?Are we done yet?:  A brain-dead sequel
    Is there a slapstick conspiracy in Hollywood?
    By: CHRIS WANGLER


    Operation HomecomingOperation Homecoming:  Good literature, spotty film
    If you want to find out what war is like, ask those who fight it.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    MacbethMacbeth:  Where were Ian McKellan and Judi Dench?
    Roman Polanski in his 1971 adaptation of Shakespeare’s Scottish play opts for grim, sodden, literal realism.
    By: JEFFREY GANTZ


    Con but not forgottenCon but not forgotten:  The Hoax pushes Hughes goods
    The traditional Hollywood bio-pic reduces a famous life to a couple of platitudes, a two-hour narrative, a big-name star, and a few Oscars.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    The Prisoner or: How I Planned to Kill Tony BlairThe Prisoner or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair:  Underscoring the insanity
    Up to now the War in Iraq has differed from Vietnam in one respect: no black comedy.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    Meet the RobinsonsMeet the Robinsons:  The Jetsons all over again
    A few decades from now, Canada will be Northern Montana, people will float through cities in soap bubbles, and frogs will sing Sinatra.
    By: TOM MEEK


    The LookoutThe Lookout:  Noirish notes
    Chris Pratt has it made: he’s a stud, he has a rich father, and he can score a goal from anywhere on the ice.
    By: TOM MEEK


    Live Free or DieLive Free or Die:  New Hampshire deserves better than this
    Seinfeld writers Gregg Kavet and Andy Robin conceived this project as a TV series, which is where it should have stayed.
    By: TOM MEEK


    The Hills Have Eyes IIThe Hills Have Eyes II:  They should keep 'em closed
    This quickie sequel to last year’s remake of The Hills Have Eyes promises that “the lucky ones die fast.”
    By: BRETT MICHEL


    The Boys and Girls Guide to Getting DownThe Boys and Girls Guide to Getting Down:  Get out of the theatre with your bad self!
    Sex, drugs, and stupidity become the stuff of sociological study in this simple-minded parody of the LA party scene.
    By: PAUL BABIN


    Blades of GloryBlades of Glory:  Will Ferrell's glory days are over
    Will Ferrell plays a redneck star athlete who’s dumb and adored and loses his trousers a lot and meets his match in an effete competitor.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    Beyond the GatesBeyond the Gates:  It's weepy on the other side of the fence
    As the end credits roll on Michael Caton-Jones’s film, the latest to deal with the Rwandan genocide, it’s hard not to tear up.
    By: BRETT MICHEL


    TMNTTMNT:  Turtle power!
    Cowabunga, dude!
    By: TOM MEEK


    Reign Over MeReign Over Me:  Rewrite!
    It’s a commonplace that real-world ugliness is the best kind of fodder for artistic beauty.
    By: RICHARD BECK


    PridePride:  Hope floats, and so does Terrance Howard
    Predictable and rickety, yet heartfelt, Pride dips into the rage of civil rights.
    By: TOM MEEK


    PremonitionPremonition:  False reading
    Sometimes you wake up and life seems like a badly edited movie.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    MafiosoMafioso:  Little-seen 1962 romp gets second shot at stateside release
    Many American film buffs know the names of the leading Italian neo-realists, but few would recognize that of Alberto Lattuada.
    By: TOM MEEK


    Maxed OutMaxed Out:  Drowning in debt
    James Scurlock’s chilling documentary will up the anxiety of even the most responsible bill payer.
    By: NINA MACLAUGHLIN


    The Last MimzyThe Last Mimzy:  Too complicated and precocious to appeal to kids or adults
    An eclectic mix of family drama, aliens from the future, and Tibetan mysticism, The Last Mimzy never coheres.
    By: BROOKE HOLGERSON


    Dead SilenceDead Silence:  Like Saw, only with puppets
    You could call this a hacked version of the Saw series, but its filmmakers, James Wan and Leigh Whannell, are the two hacks behind that macabre franchise.
    By: TOM MEEK


    Ice Cream, I ScreamIce Cream, I Scream:  We all run away!
    Far too much screaming, if you want my opinion.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    Building the GherkinBuilding the Gherkin:  Promotional mumbo-jumbo
    What begins as a hard look at a new skyscraper winds up as a promotion for Sir Norman and Swiss Re.
    By: JEFFREY GANTZ


    The Dead GirlThe Dead Girl:  Too bad she's a feminist
    Wrapping together several shorts linked by a common theme and calling it a feature seems to be the trend du jour in indie filmmaking.
    By: TOM MEEK


    Color Me KubrickColor Me Kubrick:  Alan Conway gets krunked
    In the 1990s, British grifter Alan Conway posed as director Stanley Kubrick and bilked the ignorant out of small change or sex acts in sordid scams.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    BamakoBamako:  Kill the white characters
    Maybe it’s progress that studios are making movies about Africa such as Blood Diamond and Beyond the Gates.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    ShooterShooter:  Republicans get gunned down
    It was only a matter of time before the Democrats had a version of Rambo to call their own.
    By: BRETT MICHEL


    The Ultimate GiftThe Ultimate Gift:  Pretty hoky stuff
    Stingy are the rich, as we know from Ebenezer Scrooge and even Bill Gates before he became a crusading philanthropist.
    By: TOM MEEK


    The Wind that Shakes the BarleyThe Wind that Shakes the Barley:  Shakes class lines
    The Palme d’Or winner at Cannes 2006, Ken Loach’s drama explores the tensions within an IRA guerrilla unit during the rebellion of 1920-’21.
    By: CHRIS WANGLER


    Two WeeksTwo Weeks:  And a Lifetime saga
    The harrowing indignity of watching a loved one fade at the hands of a terminal illness gets a vivid look in Steve Stockman’s soul-scratching melodrama.
    By: TOM MEEK


    The NamesakeThe Namesake:  No such luck
    Many local fans of Jhumpa Lahiri’s novel The Namesake especially enjoyed the details of its Cambridge setting.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    I Think I Love My WifeI Think I Love My Wife:  It'd take a miracle
    Chris Rock as a sensitive Manhattan investment banker with two kids?
    By: CHRIS WANGLER


    Die Große Stille|Into Great SilenceDie Große Stille|Into Great Silence:  16 years in the waiting
    In 1984, documentary filmmaker Philip Gröning asked the Carthusian monastic order for permission to film at one of the world’s most ascetic monasteries.
    By: RICHARD BECK


    It came from the sinkIt came from the sink:  Bong Joon-ho stirs up the muck in The Host
    Drainage spawns a genetic mutation — part salamander, part fish, part . . . vagina dentata? — that emerges from the Han’s banks.
    By: BRETT MICHEL


    Life, truth, and Jean-LucLife, truth, and Jean-Luc:  2 or 3 things we know about Godard
    Jean-Luc Godard is 76 now, of fading productivity and perhaps fading health, and so we’re faced with the unfathomable prospect of no longer living in the Age of Godard.
    By: MICHAEL ATKINSON


    300300:  So much testosterone...
    Outside a Chippendale show you’ll never see this many half-clad beefcakes in a single gander.
    By: TOM MEEK


    Kettle of FishKettle of Fish:  Unmemorable, unlikable
    Even New York City looks dull here.
    By: RICHARD BECK


    GrbavicaGrbavica:  Power and restraint
    Although the war has been over for years, the air in Grbavica, a neighborhood in Sarajevo, hangs heavy with menace and dread.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    Wild HogsWild Hogs:  Running on empty
    Four suburban males in the throes of midlife crisis decide the remedy is to don leather, saddle a Harley, and cruise across the county — with no rules.
    By: TOM MEEK


    The SituationThe Situation:  Love in the Sunni Triangle
    That situation in Iraq sure is something.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    The Number 23The Number 23:  A zero
    A flashy, predictable, incomprehensible piece of dreck that can’t even be saved by its fine actors.
    By: PEG ALOI


    Reno 911!: MiamiReno 911!: Miami:  Unconstrained by the small screen
    It remains true to form by focusing on the little things, like thongs, of which there are more than in any other movie this year.
    By: BROOKE HOLGERSON


    Close to HomeClose to Home:  Absorbing, informative
    The front lines are not on battlefields but on buses, street corners, and crowded Jerusalem marketplaces in this drama.
    By: NINA MACLAUGHLIN


    Chlotrudis Short Film FestivalChlotrudis Short Film Festival:  A well selected bunch
    It's a well selected bunch that range from Chekhovian revelations of the everyday to exercises in narrative stillness.
    By: RICHARD BECK


    Black Snake MoanBlack Snake Moan:  Bluesmen and nymphomaniacs
    Craig Brewer seems to harbor a need to exorcise his white burden through films centered on black music.
    By: TOM MEEK


    EdenEden:  Paradise can still be found
    Maybe it’s a stretch, but I’d call German director Michael Hofmann’s three features, which are screening in a retrospective at the Museum of Fine Arts, a kind of Mundane, as opposed to Divine, Comedy.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    Amazing GraceAmazing Grace:  Polite under fire
    Michael Apted’s stirring if conventional bio-pic of 18th-century British abolitionist William Wilberforce offers rum, funneled into anti-slavery PM William Pitt the Younger, and sugar, in the form of the hero’s adoring wife, Barbara.
    By: JUSTINE ELIAS


    The Astronaut FarmerThe Astronaut Farmer:  99 minutes too long
    Mark and Michael Polish showed a surreal eye in Twin Falls Idaho, and their The Astronaut Farmer has one dreamlike scene to recommend it.
    By: PETE KEOUGH


    Daddy’s Little GirlsDaddy’s Little Girls:  Not for real life
    Tyler Perry secured two likable leads for his new film, and they make Daddy’s Little Girls more enjoyable than it has any right to be.
    By: BROOKE HOLGERSON


    Ghost RiderGhost Rider:  Without Cage, an infernal flame-out
    If Nicolas Cage weren’t a goofball with a hunky physique and droll wit, this Marvel-comic-to-big-screen adaptation would have no torque at all.
    By: TOM MEEK


    Jack Smith and the Destruction of AtlantisJack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis:  It's hard not to be moved
    Even if Andy Warhol did call filmmaker Jack Smith “the only person I would ever copy,” Mary Jordan’s portrait of the avant-garde anti-hero goes a little far in asserting his importance.
    By: RICHARD BECK


    Why spyWhy spy:  Chris Cooper’s grasp exceeds his Breach
    Remember those moody espionage thrillers of the ’60s?
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    Epic MovieEpic Movie:  No remorse
    Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, the brain warp behind the Scary Movie franchise and Date Movie, again take their tired and not-so-true formula and spoof a list of semi-recent theater fillers).
    By: TOM MEEK


    DisappearancesDisappearances:  Peacocks, prognostication, potatoes
    The misty fields and forests and the rolling hills and twisting creeks of Kingdom County in Vermont prove to be as much a character as Kris Kristofferson’s feisty, headstrong Quebec Bill in the third installment of Jay Craven’s trilogy based on novels by Howard Frank Moser.
    By: NINA MACLAUGHLIN


    Danielson: A Family MovieDanielson: A Family Movie:  Do I have to wear a nurse's outfit?
    J.L. Aronson’s documentary about Daniel Smith’s religion-inspired family rock band, who made a point of playing in nurse uniforms, has a lot going for it: a cast of cuties, cool cameos, fun costumes.
    By: IAN SANDS


    Opal dreamOpal dream:  A semi-precious gem
    Peter Cattaneo hit paydirt in 1997 with The Full Monty, a crowd pleaser about blue-collar dreams.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    Blood and ChocolateBlood and Chocolate:  You'll howl
    Shape shifters or werewolves have always required crafty cinematic sleight of hand.
    By: TOM MEEK


    VenusVenus:  Not to be missed
    Perhaps the dream of every hard-living British acting legend is to live long enough to play the role of a hard-living British acting legend and win an Oscar for it.
    Watch the trailer for Venus  (QuickTime)

    By: PETER KEOUGH


    Stomp the YardStomp the Yard:   West Side Story with a new dance
    “Step,” the old-school group dance that has its origins in African gumboot and has been perfected by fraternities in Southern black universities.
    Watch the trailer for Stomp the Yard  (QuickTime)

    By: TOM MEEK


    God Grew Tired of UsGod Grew Tired of Us:  A devastating and uplifting documentary
    Back in the ’80s, long before Darfur became a word linked with genocide in the Western media, the Islamic north waged a bloody campaign against the Christian farmers.
    Before there was darfur: Around the world. By Tom Meek. 

    By: TOM MEEK


    PrimevalPrimeval:  Action more tired than tense
    The trailers promising a movie about a serial killer in the vein of Jack the Ripper are a croc.
    Watch the trailer for Primeval  (QuickTime)

    By: TOM MEEK


    Eating Out: Sloppy SecondsEating Out: Sloppy Seconds:  Awful, awful, awful
    Some movies are so bad they’re good — the Evil Dead trilogy comes to mind. Other movies are so bad, they make you want to jam sharp-pronged tools into your eyes.
    Watch the trailer for Eating Out: Sloppy Seconds

    By: NINA MACLAUGHLIN


    Arthur and the InvisiblesArthur and the Invisibles:  Doesn't dazzle
    This, the latest movie from “the creative mind of talented filmmaker Luc Besson," screened for critics last month, in the usual way.
    Watch the trailer for Arthur and the Invisibles  (QuickTime)

    By: BRETT MICHEL


    King and the ClownKing and the Clown:  A perfect blend of comedy and tragedy
    Based on the popular play Yi, Lee Jun-ik’s sumptuous King and the Clown mines the exhaustive diaries of the Chosun Dynasty for inspiration in depicting its tyrannical 16th-century despot.
    By: BRETT MICHEL


    The HostThe Host:  A monster movie with a splash of muckraking
    Running a rubber-gloved finger across gallons of dust-covered bottles of formaldehyde, a US military official orders a Korean morgue attendant at a US Army base in Seoul to “empty every bottle to the very last drop.
    By: BRETT MICHEL


    Red DoorsRed Doors:  A threshold worth crossing
    The doors are crimson, a color said to bring good luck, and when they open, multiple melodramas of the Chinese-American Wongs are exposed.
    Watch the trailer for Red Doors  (QuickTime)

    By: BRETT MICHEL


    Happily N’ever AfterHappily N’ever After:  Coulda-been enchantment
    The hook to Paul J. Bolger’s alluring animated Neverland is its dicy deconstruction of cherished childhood fairy tales.
    Watch the trailer for Happily N’ever After  (QuickTime)

    By: TOM MEEK


    Code Name: The CleanerCode Name: The Cleaner:  Still dirty
    Cedric the Entertainer has it tough.
    Watch the trailer for Code Name: The Cleaner  (QuickTime)

    By: TOM MEEK


    The Animation Show 3The Animation Show 3:  The height of animated art
    The best of these 10 shorts will bust open conceptions of what it means to be a “cartoon.” In other words, Ducktales this ain’t.
    Watch the trailer for the Animation Show 3

    By: NINA MACLAUGHLIN


    Alpha DogAlpha Dog:  An odd docu-tabloid hybrid
    Writer/director Nick Cassavetes (The Notebook) adapts the story of teen drug dealer/FBI Most Wanted fugitive Jesse James Hollywood.
    Watch the trailer for the Alpha Dog  (QuickTime)


    By: PEG ALOI


    The Painted VeilThe Painted Veil:  Paints blissful, empty montages
    Somerset Maugham might have inspired more movie adaptations than any other author, but not because his perversely realistic view of human behavior follows Hollywood formula.
    Watch the trailer for The Painted Veil  (QuickTime)

    By: PETER KEOUGH


    Notes on a ScandalNotes on a Scandal:  A perfect fit for the British
    Patrick Marber adapts Zoë Heller’s dark, satirical novel for the screen, and the film directed by Richard Eyre, with a juicy Brit Pack cast.
    Watch the trailer for Notes on a Scandal  (QuickTime)

    By: PEG ALOI


    Night at the MuseumNight at the Museum:  Matinee worthy, but not a dime more
    “This is not worth $11.50 an hour,” blurts exasperated dreamer Larry Daley when his night-watchman job at New York’s Museum of Natural History takes on a life of its own.
    Watch the trailer for Night at the Museum  (QuickTime)

    By: BRETT MICHEL


    DreamgirlsDreamgirls:  No-town Motown
    The chorus has been singing for months now: Bill Condon’s can’t-miss adaptation of Tom Eyen & Henry Krieger’s 25-year-old Broadway musical is roaring into theaters to save a lackluster fall.
    Watch the trailer for Dreamgirls (QuickTime)

    By: BRETT MICHEL


    We are MarshallWe are Marshall:  More than a football film

    In 1970, a plane carrying the Marshall University football team crashed, killing all on board.
    Watch the trailer for We are Marshall  (QuickTime)


    By: TOM MEEK


    Off the BlackOff the Black:  On the ball
    The first 30 minutes of James Ponsoldt’s understated feature debut feel scripted; you can see the typed-up lines of dialogue in the exchanges between aging umpire Ray Cook and floppy-haired high-school pitcher Dave Tibbel.
    Watch the trailer for Off the Black  (MySpace)

    By: NINA MACLAUGHLIN


    The Good ShepherdThe Good Shepherd:  A blue-blooded Godfather
    The CIA and the Mafia have been in bed together at least since the Bay of Pigs in 1961, so why shouldn’t Robert De Niro turn the former’s history into a blue-blood version of The Godfather?
    Watch the trailer for The Good Shepherd  (QuickTime)

    By: PETER KEOUGH


    The Good GermanThe Good German:  Packs in the movie stars

    Steven Soderbergh merges his mainstream aptitude with his proclivity for experimentation, making a conventional post-WW2 proto-espionage noir packed with movie stars, but daring to make it in the black-and-white style of period classics like The Third Man, Notorious, and The Lady from Shanghai.
    Watch the trailer for The Good German  (QuickTime)


    By: MICHAEL ATKINSON


    UnknownUnknown:   Not worth knowing
    “Unfolding in the style of Memento,” begin the press notes for Simon Brand’s freshman effort, which also reveals the “style” of Reservoir Dogs and Saw.
    Watch the trailer for The Unknown  (QuickTime)

    By: BRETT MICHEL


    The Pursuit of HappynessThe Pursuit of Happyness:   A career-capping performance for Smith
    Not what you’d expect given the title or star Will Smith’s wholesome persona — no, not at all.
    Watch the trailer for The Pursuit of Happyness  (QuickTime)

    By: TOM MEEK


    Charlotte's WebCharlotte's Web:   Unravels fast
    This live-action adaptation of E.B. White’s hallowed classic runs out of gas once the cows start farting.
    Watch the trailer for Charlotte's Web  (QuickTime)

    By: ALICIA POTTER


    The ArchitectThe Architect:   Lacks structure
    Anthony LaPaglia’s Leo Waters is a self-satisfied architect whose little world starts to fall apart when a housing project he designed comes under siege by its residents.
    Watch the trailer for The Architect  (QuickTime)

    By: BROOKE HOLGERSON


    Van Wilder 2: The Rise of TajVan Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj:  Flops without Ryan Reynolds
    In this lame Animal House knockoff, one of Van Wilder’s disciples makes waves at a stuffy English university by leading a rag-tag band of misfits against a fratful of uptight bluebloods.
    Watch the trailer for Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj  (QuickTime)

    By: CHRIS WANGLER


    Unaccompanied MinorsUnaccompanied Minors:  The Breakfast Club meets Home Alone
    Five children — mostly products of broken families en route from one parent to the other — get snowed in at a fictitious Midwest airport on Christmas Eve.
    Watch the trailer for Unaccompanied Minors  (QuickTime)

    By: TOM MEEK


    TuristasTuristas:  Will have you gasping for air
    A bunch of fit, freewheeling twentysomethings stray off the beaten path in search of a hedonistic paradise and wind up in Hell.
    Watch the trailer for Turistas  (QuickTime)

    By: TOM MEEK


    The History BoysThe History Boys:  Scores an A
    The History Boys from Nicholas Hytner, based on the Alan Bennett play he directed in London and on Broadway (where he won a Tony), stars the original cast of those productions.
    Watch the trailer for The History Boys  (QuickTime)

    By: BROOKE HOLGERSON


    FuckFuck:  Not for children
    Steve Anderson’s freewheeling but pointed investigation of the perennially popular deleted expletive boasts a convincing cast of experts, among them Hunter S. Thomson, Pat Boone, Sam Donaldson, and Alan Keyes.
    Watch the trailer for Fuck

    By: PETER KEOUGH


    Blood DiamondBlood Diamond:  Raping Africa for ratings
    After centuries of raping Africa for its resources, now we exploit its misery for our amusement.
    Watch the trailer for Blood Diamond  (QuickTime)

    By: PETER KEOUGH


    El Aura/The AuraEl Aura/The Aura:  Just another heist film
    The “aura” is the moment of impotent clarity before a seizure, or so says Espinosa (Ricardo Darín), the epileptic hero of Fabián Bielinsky’s devious mystery.
    By: PETER KEOUGH


    ApocalyptoApocalypto:  Chaos with a Stooge twist
    Although there are references along the way to such disparate films as Planet of the Apes and Midnight Cowboy — not to mention his own Braveheart and The Passion of the ChristApocalypto reveals that Mel Gibson’s chief inspirations are chiliastic fundamentalism and the Three Stooges.
    Watch the trailer for Apocalypto  (QuickTime)

    By: PETER KEOUGH


    The HolidayThe Holiday:  A safe box office bet
    A reminder to all producers: alluding to iconic romantic comedies in a bid for legitimacy can be a dangerous game, even when you have appealing stars.
    Watch the trailer for The Holiday  (QuickTime)

    By: BROOKE HOLGERSON


    3 Needles3 Needles:  A sad reminder
    Thom Fitzgerald’s dramatic meditation on AIDS is harrowing, gritty, and about 10 years too late.
    Watch the trailer for Three Needles  (QuickTime)

    By: TOM MEEK


    The Nativity StoryThe Nativity Story:  Too reverent for its own good
    This straight retelling of the birth of Jesus is like Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ with less violence and more Heavenly backlighting.
    Watch the trailer for The Nativity Story  (QuickTime)

    By: BROOKE HOLGERSON


    DreamlandDreamland:  More like Snoozeland
    “It’s more memorable to almost kiss on a first date,” agoraphobic widower Henry  reflects to his lovelorn daughter, Audrey, and her multiple-sclerosis-stricken best friend with beauty-queen ambitions, Calista.
    Watch the trailer for Dreamland  (QuickTime)

    By: BRETT MICHEL


    CandyCandy:  Not so tasty
    When the first of three segments in a film about drug addicts is titled “Heaven,” you have a pretty good idea where it’s headed.
    Watch the trailer for Candy  (QuickTime)

    By: PETER KEOUGH


    Absolute WilsonAbsolute Wilson:  Absolutely   bewildered
    Back in 1991, in the American Repertory Theatre production of When We Dead Awaken, Robert Wilson’s musical based on the dour Henrik Ibsen play, there was a moment when the cast, led by Honey Cole, started a cakewalk line while chanting the play’s title over and over again.
    Watch the trailer for Absolute Wilson  (QuickTime)

    By: PETER KEOUGH


    Tenacious D in the Pick of DestinyTenacious D in the Pick of Destiny:  For hardcore fans
    I’m a Jack Black fan — let’s get that out of the way.
    Watch the trailer for Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny  (QuickTime)

    By: BRETT MICHEL


    RequiemRequiem:  Exorcise this
    Hans-Christian Schmid fictionalizes the real-life story of Anneliese Michel, a young German woman who died of exhaustion and starvation after a series of attempted exorcisms in the mid ’70s.
    Watch the trailer for Requiem (QuickTime)

    By: NINA MACLAUGHLIN


    Let's Go to PrisonLet's Go to Prison:  Drops the soap
    As a comedy, Bob Odenkirk’s penitentiary send-up is bootless.
    Watch the trailer for Let's Go to Prison  (QuickTime)

    By: TOM MEEK


    The FountainThe Fountain:  Overflowing
    Darren Aronofsky (Pi, Requiem for a Dream) took a big risk in proceeding with this project after original leads Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett left the film.
    Watch the trailer for The Fountain  (QuickTime)

    By: BRETT MICHEL


    51 Birch Street51 Birch Street:  A child discovers his mother
    Doug Block comes close to poisoning his family interrogation with dreary self-regard and an NPR-ish tone of simpleton obviousness, but the family, as families often do, offer up some prime rib.
    Watch the trailer for 51 Birch Street

    By: MICHAEL ATKINSON


    Déjà VuDéjà Vu:  Terminator meets Groundhog Day
    Off a busy dock in New Orleans a ferry blows up in spectacular fashion. Flaming cars and bodies fly across the screen in slow motion.
    Watch the trailer for Déjà Vu  (QuickTime)

    By: TOM MEEK


    Deck the HallsDeck the Halls:  Lands like a lump of coal
    Somewhere in Western Mass, an anal-retentive optometrist prides himself on being Mr. Christmas.
    Watch the trailer for Deck the Halls  (QuickTime)

    By: TOM MEEK


    BobbyBobby:  ...and everyone else

    The Camelot mythography lives on in writer/director Emilio Estevez’s earnest bid for significance, a cliché’d collage portrait of LA’s Ambassador Hotel on June 4, 1968.
    Watch the trailer for Bobby  (QuickTime)


    By: MICHAEL ATKINSON


    Shut Up and SingShut Up and Sing:  Proves freedom of speech is alive
    “Who are the Dixie Chicks, anyway? They should shut the fuck up.”
    Watch the trailer for Shut Up & Sing  (QuickTime)

    By: BRETT MICHEL


    The ReturnThe Return:  A sad excuse for a ghost story
    Sarah Michelle Gellar’s career has been a bit like Linda Blair’s or Jamie Lee Curtis’s.
    Watch the trailer for The Return  (QuickTime)

    By: TOM MEEK


    Pucker upPucker up:  Not what you think
    Whistling has always struck me as something that’s fun only for the whistler.
    By: NINA MACLAUGHLIN


    The MotelThe Motel:  Not a bad place to check-in

    Taking up residence in the wayward purgatory of pubescence, writer/director Michael Kang’s humorous debut compassionately observes the taciturn struggles of “chubby” Ernest Chin, a perpetually misunderstood Chinese-American boy.
    Watch the trailer for The Motel  (QuickTime)


    By: BRETT MICHEL


    Going UnderGoing Under:  Worth stepping down into
    Director Eric Werthman has been a New York therapist for 25 years, and the temptation is to read his absorbing, daring debut feature as autobiography.
    Watch the trailer for Going Under  (QuickTime)

    By: GERALD PEARY


    For Your ConsiderationFor Your Consideration:  It's been considered
    The mock documentary has been around so long that it should have evolved by now into its own parody, the mock mock documentary.
    Watch the trailer for For Your Consideration  (QuickTime)

    By: PETER KEOUGH


    Fast Food NationFast Food Nation:  Hold the fictional fixings
    The line between factual documentary and fictional re-creation, if it ever existed, has disintegrated before the assault of Fahrenheit 9/11, Syriana, and now Richard Linklater’s Fast Food Nation.
    Watch the trailer for Fast Food Nation  (QuickTime)

    By: PETER KEOUGH


    Iraq in FragmentsIraq in Fragments:  A stark portrayal of reality
    James Longley’s documentary about the War in Iraq isn’t groundbreaking, but it does put a face on the grim reality of Iraqi life and the mounting anti-American sentiment (“They are worse than 100 Saddams”).
    Watch the trailer for Iraq in Fragments  

    By: TOM MEEK


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BLOGS
  Funny Gamesmanship
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  Terror campaign
posted at 6:23 PM / 10.24.2007
  More Lust, More Caution: Ang Lee II
posted at 6:11 PM / 10.10.2007
  Cautionary tale: Lee on "Lust"
posted at 4:38 PM / 10.5.2007
  Women with guns
posted at 6:00 PM / 10.2.2007
  Character "Assassination"
posted at 6:42 PM / 9.21.2007
  Battle fatigue: has the Iraq film surge already fizzled?
posted at 6:25 PM / 9.18.2007
  Reasons Why "Blackout" Is More Exciting Than "In Rainbows"
posted at 5:14 PM / 10.23.2007
  Freezepop
posted at 5:24 PM / 10.18.2007
  Since it is the "#1 Comedy on Television!"
posted at 2:22 PM / 10.18.2007
  Ashlee Simpson's 80s Prom Birthday Party
posted at 1:37 PM / 10.18.2007
  The Art Issue de-evolution
posted at 2:51 PM / 10.16.2007
  Spice Girls get their undie freak on
posted at 1:34 PM / 10.16.2007
  Ugly diamond bras
posted at 12:06 PM / 10.16.2007


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