my week at the movies: ‘Stardust,’ ‘Hot Rod,’ ‘The Bourne Ultimatum,’ ‘The 11th Hour,’ ‘Delirious’

I’ve been totally psyched for Stardust since my critical colleague Joe Utichi, who’s based in Britain, emailed me a while back to ask what I thought of the film. He’d seen it — apparently it’s been screening like crazy across the pond — and thought it was pretty Princess Bride-ish, and since I’ve literally written … more…

No Reservations (review)

Honestly, the best thing you can do is go rent *Mostly Martha,* the 2002 German film this Hollywood remake is based very, very closely on. But if you really can’t stand to read subtitles, then this is your next best bet.

Arctic Tale (review)

This powerfully moving documentary gives us an adorable baby polar bear and a cute baby walrus, creatures struggling to survive among the melting ice of the North Pole.

Blog Reader Project survey closed

You may have noticed that I’ve ended my Blog Reader Project survey. Many thanks to everyone who took the time to complete some or all of the questions — the data will help target Blogads in the future so that they’re more useful to you and more lucrative for me. Check out some aggregate survey … more…

Talk to Me (review)

Oh my god and wonder of wonders, here we have a studio movie — a drama! — starring not one but two actors-of-color. God, what a terrible phrase. Don’t we all have a color? Okay: two actors who aren’t the usual medium peachy-beige of those who typically get to star in studio movies unless their name is Denzel Washington.

some bits of Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie

If you know the brilliant Hugh Laurie only from House, which was the introduction the majority of American audiences had to the British actor, then you probably don’t know that before taking on the role of the cranky doctor, Laurie was celebrated primarily as a comic actor. Oh, it’s true that there are aspect of … more…