The Lookout Neo-Noir Thriller Plays Serious Mind Games It’s the quiet ones you’ve got to watch out for. Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt, for example, is one of the quiet ones. After five [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Mar 29, 2007 Read More “Aaaand ... strike a pose.”
The Last Mimzy The Perfect New Age Sci-Fi Film For Kids Who Love Cute Bunnies And Quantum Physics Ever have one of those “ What the hell!?! ” moments? You know, when you see or hear something that boggles the mind, [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Mar 22, 2007 Read More “What’s that
The Host Giant Monster Threatens Seoul! Enjoy! What with all the torture-porn taking over American cineplexes ( Saw, Hostel, Wolf Creek, Turistas, The Passion of the Christ ), I’d almost [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Mar 22, 2007 Read More “Oh
Videonasty Fortress (1985) During my time spent as a poor Mexican child in Liberal Kansas, my family got our cable TV the old-fashioned way--we stole it. [...] Kurly Tlapoyawa \ Mar 15, 2007 Read More
The Italian Russian Runaway The Italian , a modestly mounted, emotion-driven tale of international adoption courtesy of Russia, will either be Angelina Jolie’s absolute favorite movie of [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Mar 15, 2007 Read More “You’re in luck
300 Manly Saga Of War Is Bloody Good Stuff Like 2005’s Sin City , 300 is based on a graphic novel by comic book icon Frank Miller. Like Sin City , 300 [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Mar 08, 2007 Read More “We are soooo gonna kick your ass.”
Inland Empire Lynch Goes Epic For Some Shot-On-Video Strangeness Over his long career as a cult filmmaker, David Lynch has done some incredibly intriguing films ( Blue Velvet, Mulholland Dr. ) and [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Mar 08, 2007 Read More “Those designers from ‘Trading Spaces’ are getting weird.”
The Lives Of Others Downbeat Drama Proves To Be One Of This Year’s Best Imports One of the few small surprises dotted throughout last Sunday’s 79 th Annual Oscar telecast was that the obscure German film The Lives [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Mar 01, 2007 Read More
The Number 23 Dumb Script + Bad Casting X Joel Schumacher = Lame You know what’s scary? War in the Middle East. Rabid junkyard dogs. Current pictures of Britney Spears. You know what’s not scary? Numbers. [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Mar 01, 2007 Read More Carrey
Amazing Grace Costume Drama Makes Abolitionist Movement Sexy (Not Really) Amazing Grace is a spectacularly well-intentioned film. So selfless are its motivations, though, that it threatens on multiple occasions to degenerate from movie [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Feb 22, 2007 Read More “Please