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You’d think that after more than a decade of some serious damn film criticism online, we’d have gotten beyond this: Bloggers come in many shapes and sizes. Some are professional journalists. Others are amateur fanboys. That’s Anne Thompson in Variety a couple of days ago, and that is the full extent of what she sees … more…
So, Steve Carell as a modern-day Noah? That’s the premise of Evan Almighty, the sequel to Bruce Almighty opening June 22. I predict numerous jokes about poop and who’s going to be doing the mucking out on Evan’s 21st-century ark. As soon as the yabbering over Spider-Man 3’s costs and earnings dies down, be on … more…
I’m pretty psyched… Ah, now that the Tribeca Film Festival is over, I can relax: only six films to see this week. What am I most looking forward to in this particular batch? 28 Weeks Later, of course, which I’ll see Tuesday night. I loved 28 Days Later, and the buzz around town is that … more…
You will hear, Let them eat gates. I can’t imagine a better choice for the closing-night film of the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival: The Gates — a stunning, beautiful, deeply moving documentary about the art project by installation artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude — will have its world premiere on Saturday night with a gala screening. … more…
‘Spider-Man 2’ was *alive* with humor and humanity and spirit and soul. All of that is missing here.
Bana is fascinating to watch here… even his poker face roils with undercurrents of tension and smugness that play off one another in a beautiful ugly way.
I looked him dead in the eye and I said, “Don’t screw around, man. What happened?” And he told me, “Jerabek died.” Ryan Jerabek of Green Bay, Wisconsin, was a gung-ho 18-year-old Marine when he was killed in Iraq in April 2004, and just like the other more than 3,350 American soliders who have died … more…
My whole life has pointed in one direction. I can see that now. All of Mark David Chapman’s words are his own, we are informed at the beginning of this re-creation of the life of the murderer of Beatle John Lennon in the months leading up to the horrific and senseless crime. And that’s the … more…
I want my life to be more than that — I want to move beyond the hatred of that day. Susan Retik and Patti Quigley are two suburban Boston moms who met after tragedy struck: their husbands were both killed on 9/11, both passengers on doomed airplanes. And they channeled their grief and their anger … more…
Did you know that one Lebanese girl out of two is an excellent dancer? One night in Beirut, and it’s instantly recognizable to anyone who lives in a major city: neon lights, fast-food joints, busy streets, and a party to be gotten to. It might not be quite fair to say that this affable little … more…
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