Mr. Brooks (review)
Serial killers are people too, with hopes and dreams and loving spouses and kids who drive them crazy. That’s the repulsive theme of this revolting film.
Month: June 2007
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boys on ‘Knocked Up’ and women who don’t like it
And so it begins. Reader Tim so eloquently responds to my review of Knocked Up thusly: Wow. After reading that review I only had one thought. “This chick needs to get laid ASAP.” It’s a comedy, stop treating it like it’s life & death. Another friend of mine thought “I hate women like her, because … more…
Knocked Up (review)
The problem is not that *Knocked Up* is “liberal” because it’s about casual sex and having a baby out of wedlock. The problem is that it is horribly conservative about embracing and enjoying an adult version of sexuality that has moved beyond dorm-room-esque groping.
Severance (review)
British filmmaker Christopher Smith brings us one of the more outrageous black comedy/horror flicks I’ve ever seen…
Jindabyne (review)
With its cold brilliance and delicate aloofness, this is a movie you can hold aloft to recognize and examine its many intellectual facets in hard light, but it will never make you feel anything.
Gracie (review)
There’s not a lot wrong with this feel-good sports drama except that it’s much like the 873 other feel-good sport dramas we’ve seen this year. I like it anyway, for its go-girl spunk and tenderly solemn spirit.
Private Fears in Public Places (review)
Oh, I know I’m supposed to be ecstatic because it’s from French New Wave director Alain Resnais, but all I can think is that it should be called *Six Characters in Search of a Reason Why I Should Care.*
