Iron Man Entertaining Origin Story Proves Heroes Are Built, Not Born The problem with introducing moviegoing audiences to a new superhero franchise (something you can expect to be subjected to once or twice every [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ May 08, 2008 Read More “Don’t worry. Bush asked Congress for another $70 billion.”
Baby Mama Female Stars Find Fertile Ground For Comedy Success has many parents; failure is an orphan. Given that truism, it’s easy to trace the lineage of Baby Mama back to today’s [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ May 01, 2008 Read More Nothing beats a good breast pump joke.
Jellyfish Ensemble Israeli Drama Overwhelms By Inches Beaufort screens Saturday (9:15 p.m.), Sunday and Monday (2 and 6:15 p.m.). Jellyfish screens Sunday and Monday (4:40 and 8:40 p.m.). The Bubble [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ May 01, 2008 Read More “Who’s a little princess? Me
The Forbidden Kingdom Half A Loaf Of Kung Fu Is Better Than None Hard to believe it’s taken kung fu kings Jackie Chan and Jet Li this long to join forces and make a movie. Martial [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Apr 24, 2008 Read More “Smell my feet
Bomb It Documentary Paints A Colorful Picture Of Urban Art Bomb It , the latest documentary from Jon Reiss ( Better Living Though Circuitry, Virtues of Negative Fascination ), certainly aims its lens [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Apr 24, 2008 Read More A little fat cap action in the sidewalk Louvre
2007 Academy Award Nominated Shorts Quantity And Quality The Academy Award Nominated Shorts (Animated) opens Friday at Guild Cinema. The Academy Award Nominated Shorts (LIve-Action) opens Tuesday at Guild Cinema. Devin D. O'Leary \ Apr 17, 2008 Read More “Madame Tutli-Putli”
Forgetting Sarah Marshall Raunchy Comedy? Sentimental Romance? Sounds Like Judd Apatow. “From the guys who brought you The 40-Year-Old Virgin ” is getting to be like the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval for movie [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Apr 17, 2008 Read More “Sorry
Paranoid Park Teen Tailslides Into Trouble In Van Sant’s Slackadaisical Drama Gus Van Sant is a genius of some sort. Which means his films are either brilliant ( My Own Private Idaho, To Die [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Apr 10, 2008 Read More Smells like teen spirit
Smart People Isn’t It Funny When Intelligent People Do Stupid Things? Dysfunctional families are a staple of indie filmmaking, providing the perfect backdrop for mixing comedy and drama. (As evidence, see: Dan in Real [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Apr 10, 2008 Read More “Seriously
Taxi To The Dark Side C’mon, These Prisoners Aren’t Going To Torture Themselves, People! “Elegant” may seem like an inappropriate word to describe a film detailing America’s systematic employment of torture in the War on Terror, but [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Apr 03, 2008 Read More Not a good wake-up call.
