Angels Fall (review)
Finally, what we’ve all been waiting for: a romantic suspense movie that doesn’t muck about with any of that tedious romance. Or suspense.
Month: August 2007
The Henry Rollins Show: Season One (review)
This is what talk shows should look and sound like: no holds barred and no bullshit.
Thunderpants (review)
Oh, dear. It’s an entire movie about farts.
Sabah: A Love Story (review)
It’s not quite ‘My Big Fat Syrian Forbidden Romance,’ but almost.
The Big Bad Swim (review)
Smart, wise, and effortlessly appealing, this is an uncomplicated but sneakily profound tale…
Wild Tigers I Have Known (review)
A vague, disjointed daydream passing for a film…
Daddy Day Camp (review)
An excruiciating stew of kindergarten-level toilet humor and absurd (and false) sentimentality…
Tim Kring and Masi Oka on ‘Heroes’ Season 1 DVD, Season 2 secrets (kinda)
Hiro is in feudal Japan. That’s where Heroes left us at the end of Season One. How could they do that to us, and then make us wait all this time to find out how the heck that happened, and where the heck it will take him? It’s terribly mean. But the wait is almost … more…
new on DVD: ‘Disturbia,’ ‘I Think I Love My Wife,’ ‘The Muppet Show,’ more
Holy moly, it’s surely the depths of August when absolutely every theatrical release on DVD is a stinker. Skip it: • Disturbia [buy it]. From my review: The world is in a heightened state of paranoia. We are solemnly informed of this by a character in Disturbia as if it’s a newsflash, but what it … more…
my week at the movies: ‘Daddy Day Camp,’ ‘Death at a Funeral’ (again), ‘Rocket Science,’ ‘Rush Hour 3,’ ‘Shoot ’Em Up,’ ‘Self-Medicated,’ ‘Superbad’
oh my god noooooooooooo! I saw four movies yesterday. That sounds like fun, I know it. And believe me, it beats sitting in a cubicle all day, which I’ve done more than enough of in my life to know that I would rather kill myself than have to do it again. So I’m not complaining … more…
