Film Review: Adventureland Strap Yourself In For Depression Judging from the trailer for Adventureland , casual viewers might assume they’re in for a lighthearted romp through post-collegiate hell. But save for [...] Simon McCormack \ Apr 02, 2009 Read More “No
Film Review: Che: Part One And Two Epic Biopic More Bluntly Informative Than Passionately Provocative Writer/producer/cinematographer/director Steven Soderbergh has had his name attached to enough big-ticket blockbusters ( Out Of Sight, Erin Brockovich, Traffic, Ocean’s Eleven ) to [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Apr 02, 2009 Read More “It’s decided then: You get the t-shirt franchise
Film Review: Sunshine Cleaning Amy Adams And Emily Blunt Work Hard For The Money In Offbeat Dramedy That the new dramedy Sunshine Cleaning comes to theaters courtesy of “the producers of Little Miss Sunshine ” will be of little surprise [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Mar 26, 2009 Read More “Sure
Videonasty: Inglorious Bastards (1978) Inglorious Bastards (1978) San Francisco, Calif. ... Gently nestled among the hipster coffeehouses, overpriced hotels and streets teeming with homeless poets sits the Moscone Center, a [...] Kurly Tlapoyawa \ Mar 26, 2009 Read More
Film Review: Knowing Nonsensical Thriller Mixes Supernatural, Science, Science Fiction, Religious Prophecy, Nicolas Cage, Whatever Was On Hand Warning: This review contains spoilers. Seriously. Lots of them. I don’t normally give out spoilers. Studios hate when reviewers do that. So do [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Mar 19, 2009 Read More “Long subway lines at rush hour? What a disaster! Who could have predicted such a thing?”
Film Review: Wendy And Lucy Small Character Study Offers Big Rewards Directory Kelly Reichardt follows last year’s much-praised indie Old Joy with the tonally similar Wendy and Lucy . Like Old Joy , Wendy [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Mar 19, 2009 Read More “Well
Film Review: Watchmen Who Watches The Watchmen? We Do! In the years since its publication (1986 to be exact), writer Alan Moore and artist Dave Gibbons’ groundbreaking graphic novel Watchmen has become [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Mar 12, 2009 Read More “Everybody say cheese .”
Film Review: Fanboys Not A Fan? These Are Not The Droids You’re Looking For. Arriving a full three years after it was shot here in New Mexico and with all the attendant timeliness of a Jennifer Wilbanks [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Mar 12, 2009 Read More If Han Solo had a van
Film Review: Waltz With Bashir Animated Documentary Paints Awful Memories With Artistic Brush It’s rare in this day and age of instantaneous remakes and endless rip-offs to encounter something even remotely fresh in the film industry. [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Mar 05, 2009 Read More Fly TWA to Beirut
Film Review: Anita O’day: The Life Of A Jazz Singer The Lady Is A Tramp On the list of all-time great female jazz vocalists, you’ve got legends like Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan. Hovering somewhere just [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Feb 26, 2009 Read More Anita in the ’80s
