The Mist More Monsters, Less Misunderstanding: Is That So Much To Ask? Nothing says the holidays quite like a claustrophobic setting, a small knot of panicked humanity and a heaping helping of hungry monsters, right? [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Nov 22, 2007 Read More “Ahhhh! Water in the form of particles floating or falling in the atmosphere at or near the surface of the earth and approaching the form of rain!
I’m Not There Oh, He’s There. Just Keep Digging. Back in the early ’90s, a guy named Brian Morton published a now out-of-print novel called The Dylanist . Don’t bother reading it. [...] Steven Robert Allen \ Nov 22, 2007 Read More Blanchett as Dylan.
Punk’s Not Dead Energetic Documentary Proves Music May Evolve, But It Won’t Roll Over And Die It’s difficult, if not impossible, to encapsulate an entire life story, artistic movement or historical era in 90 minutes or so. Thankfully, Punk’s [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Nov 15, 2007 Read More Punk to the people
No Country For Old Men With its quick, brutal flashes of violence, its off-kilter characters and its deadpan funny dialogue, No Country For Old Men is unmistakably the [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Nov 15, 2007 Read More “Make one more crack about my mustache. I dare ya.”
Fred Claus Who Wants A Big, Fun Lump Of Coal In Their Stocking? Tim Allen must have been sick or bored or tanning in Ibiza earlier this year, because we’ve got no Santa Clause 4 to [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Nov 08, 2007 Read More “Excuse us. Me and the missus are gonna go play ‘hide the candy cane
Martian Child Adults Are From Earth, Children Are From Mars According to the closing credits, the weepy, melodramatically indulgent dramedy Martian Child is “based on a true story.” Only “the characters and events [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Nov 01, 2007 Read More “You are so not Dracula.”
Lake Of Fire Abortion Documentary Examines Both Passionate Sides Of The Issue Filmmaker Tony Kaye ( American History X ) chose to shoot his new documentary Lake of Fire in stark black and white. This [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Oct 25, 2007 Read More “WHAT DO WE WANT? ... Wait
Dan In Real Life Intimate Family Comedy Finds The Realism In Romance Steve Carell almost ( almost , mind you) makes up for Evan Almighty with his latest film, a low-key romantic comedy so darn [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Oct 25, 2007 Read More Juliette Binoche ponders life in a Carell/Cook sandwich
The Hunting Party Seriocomic Buddy Flick Laughs At Life After Wartime What’s gotten into Richard Gere lately? I don’t mean that in an insulting way, either. The guy looks tan, rested and ready to [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Oct 25, 2007 Read More
Gone Baby Gone The Thrill Is Not Gone In This Gritty Crime Drama Casey Affleck is having a hell of a year. Actually, he’s having a hell of a weekend, starring in two major films being [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Oct 18, 2007 Read More “Jeez
