Camp Rock
This is why I love my job: Sometimes I'm pleasantly surprised when I expect nothing. Bandslam is a cookie-cutter teen comedy released in the...
WWJCD?
Austin native Julie Powell went to New York in her early 20s to pursue an acting career, but in 2002 she found herself at...
Popcorn and Kimchee
With 30 screens to fill each week, the folks at AMC Grapevine Mills occasionally fill out their bill with obscure entries from the ranks...
She & Him
The smartest, most original romantic comedy in the last five years, (500) Days of Summer first catches your eye through the unusual typography in...
Boom Box
The joke goes that a bomb technician only ever makes two mistakes in his career, the first being taking on the job to begin...
Butler Didn’t Do It
Apparently, if I'm not a boorish, knuckle-dragging, beer-swilling slob who grabs the asses of attractive women when they pass by, then I must be...
Chéri Baby
I got blindsided by Chéri. Maybe the title and the poster featuring a coquettishly grinning Michelle Pfeiffer fooled me into thinking this was just...
Dark Side
Duncan Jones is the birth name of the son of rock star David Bowie (himself né David Hayward-Jones), though infamously the father went through...
Gay Hijinks
Well, this is an interesting time for Brüno to come out, even more interesting than my choice of phrase just now. A few weeks...
Half Potions
Two years ago I observed that there are many different ways to make a Harry Potter movie, thanks to all the different directors who've...
