Footloose: Almost Paradise
Like many of you, I had zero expectations for the remake of Footloose. The original 1984 film has already had a second life as...
The Big Year: First-Degree Birders
I am not a birder, but I can sympathize with them. Check me out in early December when I’m frantically tracking down Greek experimental...
Ides of March: Then Fall Caesar
There’s a difference between coolness and coldness. As an actor, George Clooney is cool, and the even-keeled assurance he projects onscreen often informs the...
No Relief from Restless
Hot on the heels of 50/50 comes another movie about cancer, the less funny, more irritating, and all-around inferior Restless. The unfortunate timing doesn’t...
50/50: The C Word
When he was 24 years old, a comedy writer named Will Reiser was diagnosed with a rare form of spinal cancer. Once he got...
Victim of Circumstance
Sometimes the idea of a movie is more powerful than the movie itself. That’s certainly the case with Circumstance, which won the Audience Award...
Moneyball: A’s for Effort
The Oakland A’s are currently a distant third in the American League West behind Anaheim and our own Texas Rangers. Though they made the...
Among the Killer Elite
Seeing the poster for yet another Jason Statham movie, you’re probably thinking that Killer Elite is exactly like all the others. You’re right, too,...
Winding Drive
Oh, damn, Ryan Gosling is cool. He’s so cool that it hurts you deep inside. He has become famous as a romantic lead, and...
How She Does It
In our post-Oprah era, the overachieving mother who balances a high-profile job with keeping a perfect house and happy marriage should make for a...
