The Top 10
Every time I log on to a movie-related website, some joker writing in all caps is ranting about how the movies in 2008 sucked....
Playing Serious
When The Queen came out two years ago and scored a bunch of Oscar nominations and an eventual Best Actress win for Helen Mirren,...
Peyton Place
I like Peyton Reed. I think he's underappreciated. He has directed three previous films, all of them mainstream Hollywood romantic comedies, two of them...
Ragas and Riches
I had an opening paragraph all ready to go for my review of Slumdog Millionaire, saying how all the hype about India as a...
Prospero Año y Felicidad
Over the last few years we've seen a number of modestly budgeted middlebrow Tyler Perry-inspired comedies like This Christmas and The Perfect Holiday about...
Give ‘Em Hope
How strange it is to watch Milk right now, after the election we've just had. No one could overlook the irony of three states...
I’ll Be Watching You
The end of 2008 is proving to be a busy time for Anthony Vasiliadis. The 27-year-old's short film Technophiliac played at last month's Lone...
Movie Blues
The overheated but enjoyable Cadillac Records tells the story of Leonard Chess, the Polish immigrant (whose last name was changed from the similarly pronounced...
Meet the Parents
Let's start with what makes Four Christmases different from most other Hollywood holiday comedies. (Note that I said "different from" instead of "better than.")...
Wizard of Oz
It's been seven long years since we've seen a movie from Baz Luhrmann. The insanely original Australian director tried to make a film a...
