The World'S Fastest Indian Inspirational Biopic Is Flat Out Entertaining If I had a farm--which I don't--I'd bet it that you're going to like The World's Fastest Indian. This misty-eyed, stand-up-and-cheer biopic was [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Feb 02, 2006 Read More “Ooh
Mrs. Henderson Presents Period Comedy/Drama Proves Nudity Can Be Tasteful ... And Fun For The Whole Family Like Waking Ned Devine, Calendar Girls, The Full Monty and countless other U.K. comedies, Mrs. Henderson Presents is infected with the sort of [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Feb 02, 2006 Read More “Naked women? Well
Match Point Woody Allen Trades Nyc For London And Scores Big For the last decade or two, Woody Allen has become like an increasingly superstitious sketch artist unwilling to give up his “lucky” pencil. [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jan 26, 2006 Read More “Anything Isaac Mizrahi can do
The Matador Offbeat Buddy Comedy Has A Lethal Sense Of Humor “A hitman and a salesman walk into a bar ...” That's the setup for the delightfully unexpected breakout film from writer/director Richard Shepard--who [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jan 26, 2006 Read More “It’s just not the same without Magic Fingers.”
The World Where Chairman Mao Meets Uncle Walt There's a perfect, telling image toward the beginning of Jia Zhangke's quietly poetic drama The World. A phalanx of smartly uniformed security guards [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jan 19, 2006 Read More “Who’s the freak in the duck costume?”
The President'S Last Bang Korean Drama/Comedy Proves Political Assassinations Go Down Better When Mixed With Black Humor With The President's Last Bang, South Korea continues its unbroken streak cranking out some of the most interesting, most stylish films in current [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jan 12, 2006 Read More Always be prepared in case of road rage.
Hoodwinked Cgi Toon Is Ps2 In An Xbox 360 World When Disney declared the death of traditional hand-drawn animation by shutting down its old-fashioned animation studios and vowing to make Toy Story sequels [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Jan 12, 2006 Read More “What
Brokeback Mountain Ledger, Gyllenhaal Reach New Heights With Heartfelt Drama Brokeback Mountain, the much-buzzed-about new drama/romance, makes a powerful and timely statement. No matter how often some in society try to marginalize, denigrate [...] Patrick M. Killen \ Dec 29, 2005 Read More “Well
Wolf Creek Well-Crafted Slasher Flick Misses The Heart, But Gets The Guts, At Least You've got to give freshman filmmaker Greg McLean all the credit in the world for trying to make a good horror movie. As [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Dec 29, 2005 Read More “Oh god! I’ve stumbled into the leftover sets from Se7en !”
Fun With Dick And Jane Stale Remake Of '70S Comedy Knows The Fine Art Of Ripping People Off To remake or not to remake: That is the Hollywood question. ... Although, considering the number of remakes clogging cineplex marquees this year, [...] Devin D. O'Leary \ Dec 29, 2005 Read More “Are you sure this is how Brad and Angelina escape the paparazzi?”