The Girl Who Would Be Queen
Columbia Pictures originally planned to release The Other Boleyn Girl last Christmas and push it during awards season.
Instead, the studio postponed it until this...
Good Time Charlie
Charlie Bartlett was supposed to come out last August. (In fact, that's when I first saw the movie.)
But its release was postponed until...
Iran So Far Away
A couple of months ago, Persepolis was the trendy pick among some movie critics as 2007's best animated film.
Honestly, I was pulling for it....
I’m Not There
The best bets this Valentine's Day are two special-effects-laden fantasy films from Hollywood, both blessedly free of any pretensions to be the next Lord...
Three Women
Definitely, Maybe is a lousy title, but I'm guessing the studio went with it because How I Met Your Mother was already taken.
Hollywood should...
Insert Your Own Jokes
Some observers are calling this a golden age for comedy films, but even a golden age has its share of fool's gold, not to...
Corpse Bride
When you encounter hideous misogyny in a movie pitched aggressively at male audiences (like last fall's Good Luck Chuck), it's shocking but not necessarily...
Bad Omens
The word has been atypically slow getting out about Woody Allen's latest thriller Cassandra's Dream.
Released at the end of last year for awards consideration,...
Hidden Gold
The Oscar nominations came out this week, and for once the talk about who got the nods might actually be overshadowed by speculation about...
Monster Hash
When I first saw the mysterious trailer for Cloverfield last summer, I thought "probably just another disaster movie," though I prayed "giant-monster movie." As...
