The Golden Compass (review)
It’s a bit Cliffs Notes-y, but to be fair, screenwriter and director Chris Weitz has taken a sprawling story with a large number of players and condensed it extraordinarily well…
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Beyond the Golden Compass: The Magic of Philip Pullman (review)
A slapped-together documentary about Philip Pullman and his ‘His Dark Materials’ fantasy trilogy…
I’m Not There (review)
He’s not there. Bob Dylan isn’t there. They tell us that right in the title: *I’m Not There.* Cuz you can’t pin him down — he’s an enigma, man. What we have instead are coulda-beens, mighta-beens, alternate universes, truths told in jest, a yellow-brick-road journey of you-were-theres, and you, and you, and the yous are all us.
Little Women (review)
Fans have long awaited a DVD release of this 1978 NBC miniseries, acclaimed as the most faithful of the many adaptations of Louisa May Alcott’s beloved novel, and here it is.
Shanghai Kiss (review)
Don’t be fooled by the marketing of this one: ‘Heroes’ hottie Hayden Panettiere — who shot this before she rocketed to fame on the cult hit TV show — is all over the DVD cover, posed like she’s bouncing through a standard inane romantic comedy.
Princes in the Tower (review)
This 2005 British TV movie explores a half-millennium-old mystery, and comes up with its own intriguing answer.
Schmelvis (review)
A Jewish impersonator, a rabbi, and a film crew walk into Graceland…
Protagonist (review)
A bold exploration of the theme of extremism taken to the point of tragedy…
Terror’s Advocate (review)
Barbet Schroeder’s talking-head documentary on French lawyer and activist Jacques Vergès starts out as if it’s going to explore, at least tangentially, some of the toughest legal and moral concepts for even the most liberal-minded of us to accept.
This Christmas (review)
When a ‘heartwarming’ holiday movie is this hamfisted, the best response is to slap some pineapple slices on it, throw it in the oven, and serve it for Christmas dinner.
