Stop-Loss War Drama Tries, But Nobody’s Listening Easter weekend, the No. 1 film in America (raking in $23.7 million) was 21 , the story of some college-aged kids who gleefully [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Apr 03, 2008 Read More “Yew gonna drink all that
21 Glitzy, Escapist Drama Gambles It All On A Game Of Cards America loves to play cards. Hollywood loves to gamble. Over the years, and with increasing frequency, the movie industry has tried to exploit [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Mar 27, 2008 Read More “Wait. Are we in an episode of ‘Alias’ now?”
4 Months, 3 Weeks And 2 Days Rough, Real And Straight Out Of Romania If someone started out by telling you that 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days is a bleak drama about abortion, shot in [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Mar 20, 2008 Read More Relax
Under The Same Moon Sentimental Drama Puts A Cute Little Face To Illegal Immigration It’s fairly safe to say that Under the Same Moon (La Misma Luna)-- with its fantastical faith in the American Dream and its [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Mar 20, 2008 Read More “Who wants a hug?”
The Rape Of Europa The Art Of War Are you familiar with Stendhal Syndrome? It’s a psychosomatic condition, first documented by the 19 th -century French writer Stendhal, in which people [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Mar 13, 2008 Read More Hitler and Göring go antiquing.
Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who! At Least It Doesn’t Have Jim Carrey In Gray Makeup And Big, Rubber Ears Now that we’re all safely outside the biohazard zone created by 2000’s Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas and 2003’s Dr. Seuss’ [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Mar 13, 2008 Read More “What did you guys think of The Number 23 ? ... Guys?”
Semi-Pro Ferrell Is Reliable As Ever In The Paint, But Can’t Hit From 3-Point Territory Over the last decade or so, Will Ferrell has dug for himself a very familiar Hollywood niche. In his films, he invariably plays [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Mar 06, 2008 Read More “Thanks. I killed it myself.”
Meeting Resistance One, Two, Three, Four, What Are They Fighting For? The year 2007 saw a flood, a spate, a “surge” if you will of films about America’s so-called War on Terror. Few of [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Feb 28, 2008 Read More ““Goooooooooal!”
City Of Men When Is A Sequel Not A Sequel? One of the reasons City of Men isn’t quite as good as Fernando Meirelles’ 2002 film City of God may be that the [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Feb 28, 2008 Read More “Having a ball in Rio. Wish you were here!”
Definitely, Maybe Cute And Cuddly Rom-Com Tells It Like It Sort Of Is You might not think watching a guy seduce a trio of women for 90 minutes would make you feel warm and fuzzy inside, [...] Simon McCormack \ Feb 21, 2008 Read More
