Film Comment: Transformers 2: Revenge Of The Fallen Worst ... Blockbuster ... Ever? This past weekend, Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen opened to some of the worst reviews in recent memory (only 20 percent positive [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jul 02, 2009 Read More “Puny humans. I’m totally badass. Couldn’t you have put me in a better movie?”
Film Review: My Sister’s Keeper Kids = Cute. Sick Kids = Sad ... And Cute. There are those who maintain that whole milk, gathered in the “old-fashioned” way—that is, gently hand-pulled straight from a cow’s udder and quaffed [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jun 25, 2009 Read More “Did you just call me a rude
Film Review: Away We Go Little Film With Big Names Mixes Comedy, Drama And Pregnancy Away We Go looks and feels like yet another entry in a long, unbroken line of admirably glum/funny, nerd/hipster-centric indie film dramedies ( [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jun 18, 2009 Read More It beats the in-flight movie
Film Review: The Proposal Romcom Covers Familiar Ground, Still Unearths Some Laughs One of the problems with romantic comedies is the dogged death grip they maintain on genre conventions. When’s the last time you saw [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jun 18, 2009 Read More “Now sing the Munchkin song from The Wizard of Oz. ”
Film Review: Every Little Step Broadway Doc Is One Singular Sensation. (Man, You Could Repeat These Lyrics All Day.) Every Little Step; Directed by James D. Stern & Adam Del Deo; Unrated; Opens Friday, 6/12. Devin D. O'Leary \ Jun 11, 2009 Read More First to bring the jazz hands gets canned
Film Review: Hunger Stark Historical Drama Examines The Details Of One Man’s Death Hunger; Written and directed by Steve McQueen; Starring Michael Fassbender, Stuart Graham, Liam Cunningham; Unrated; Opens Friday, 6/12. Devin D. O'Leary \ Jun 11, 2009 Read More “This place looked like more fun in the brochure.”
Film Review: Up Buoyant Animated Comedy Sets The Bar Mighty High After watching its dozen-or-so flawless feature films (from 1995’s Toy Story to 2008’s Wall•E ) on what now amount to multiple occasions, I [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jun 04, 2009 Read More “Are we there yet?”
Film Review: The Hangover Bleary-Headed Party Boys Aren’t Quite As Bad As They Wanna Be–But They’re Still Funny Once upon a time, “dude films”—the artistic antipode of “chick flicks”—involved some unwavering combination of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone or Bruce Willis, evil [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jun 04, 2009 Read More “Fourth floor: Baby clothes
Film Review: The Glass House Arresting Iranian Documentary Examines The Tribulations Of Troubled Teens The Glass House , a documentary about a one-of-a-kind rehabilitation and education center for at-risk teen girls in Tehran, could easily have gone [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ May 28, 2009 Read More “This for my homeboy
Film Review: Absurdistan German-By-Way-Of-Azerbaijani Comedy Finds Whimsy In Age-Old Battle Of The Sexes From the evidence at hand, German writer-director Veit Helmer isn’t much at home in his own country, having helmed productions in Bulgaria, Portugal, [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ May 21, 2009 Read More The men in this village better start laying some pipe if they know what’s good for them