Infinite Jest
It's high time that America discovered Steve Coogan. The 43-year-old needle-nosed native of Manchester, England, is hugely popular in the U.K. as the star...
Splinter Cell
A satisfyingly little thriller in danger of getting lost at the multiplex, Traitor works better if you haven't seen the TV spots. Don Cheadle...
Make It Rainn
Modestly watchable, The Rocker is nowhere near the level of Almost Famous or The School of Rock, this decade's great movies about rock bands....
Teen Dreams
The title of American Teen makes me suspicious. Just as it was with the excellent late-1990s TV miniseries American High, the word "American" in...
Cool Catalans
Three years ago Woody Allen left New York for London and made his first good movie in a decade, Match Point.
He promptly went stale...
Movie Shoot
Here's a fantastic movie idea: Tropic Thunder takes place on the set of a big-budget Hollywood Vietnam War film also entitled Tropic Thunder.
With a...
Over a Barrel
A film with an interesting subject rather than an interesting film, Bottle Shock dramatizes the event known in wine circles as the Judgment of...
Supergrass
Marijuana makes you mellow, so movies about people who smoke lots of marijuana usually try to be mellow.
Not Pineapple Express; it's the opposite of...
Failed States
Our country's chaotic political climate has given birth to all sorts of monsters at the movie theater - look no further than the Joker's...
High 90s
"Do you ever feel like a fuck-up?" So inquires recent high-school grad Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck) of his psychiatrist, Dr. Jeffrey Squires (Ben Kingsley).
It's...
