The Bali/Julia Project: Eat Pray Love
I read Elizabeth Gilbert’s polarizing memoir Eat, Pray, Love and found it as annoying as many others did, though I couldn’t help but wonder...
Hey There, Scott Pilgrim
On paper, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World looks like a dream pairing. Edgar Wright is the British filmmaker who proved his comic genius with...
The Expendables: One Country for Old Men
All you need to know about The Expendables is that it delivers exactly what you would expect, no less and no more: terrible dialogue,...
Middle Men: The Internet Is for Porn
Middle Men’s version of history is a lie. According to this movie, it was the pornographers who invented online shopping before the major retailers...
Charlie St. Cloud: Sailing Takes Me Away
Sometimes being a film critic means being a straight guy who spends hours pondering the meaning of Zac Efron. It’s not that bad, actually....
The Kids Are All Right: Laser Has Two Mommies
When I heard that Annette Bening and Julianne Moore were playing a lesbian couple in a movie, I thought, “That sounds like it’ll work.”...
Dinner for Schmucks: American Idiot
Maybe the best part of Dinner for Schmucks is the opening credit sequence. It shows the construction of an elaborate diorama, depicting a daytime...
Los Angeles Thames
Even over the phone, Jay Thames is a massive presence. He has a sandblaster of a voice, and his words come tumbling out with...
I Can See Cleary Now: Ramona and Beezus
The shadow of America’s recession hangs heavily over Ramona and Beezus. Wow, that’s a portentous opening sentence. It’s true, though — the very first...
Inception Puts You in a Sleeper Hold
It’s often said that movies don’t obey the logic of the real world but the logic of dreams. Take Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight...
