Fish Tank (review)
Some viewers may be turned off by the raw fury of 15-year-old Mia, but they’re probably the ones who need to see this marvelously disturbing film most…
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Alice in Wonderland (review)
We should thank Tim Burton for his *Alice in Wonderland,* for it does one thing extraordinarily well: It reminds us that James Cameron really did achieve something new and astonishing with *Avatar.*
Creation (review)
This gentle movie is about science as a human endeavor, as noble and contradictory and sometimes as wrenching a thing as making great art or journeying to unknown lands.
Brooklyn’s Finest (review)
Wails with a quiet, desperate urgency amidst the loud brashness that it wears like, well, a badge…
Men with Brooms (review)
Desperate for more curling? You could check out the world’s most famous movie about curling. True, you’ve probably never heard of Men with Brooms, but that tells you something about how many movies about curling there actually are.
The Crazies (review)
Surprisingly thoughtful — yet not quite thoughtful enough…
Cop Out (review)
Shame on Silent Bob. I realize that times is tough and everyone’s gotta make a living, and that that’s probably why Kevin Smith agreed to direct a big-budget studio buddy action comedy. But shame on him anyway.
Blood Done Sign My Name (review)
I challenge anyone who sincerely believes that *The Blind Side* is a good film to take a look at this one and see how this kind of story is meant to be told.
Shutter Island (review)
If what I think is happening here, is happening here, it better not be…
Hunger (review)
It’s a hard, harsh film, a triumph of the new realism that is transforming British film at the moment…
