Swing Vote (review)
You almost want to hug ‘Swing Vote,’ too, it’s so cute in how it thinks that it’s not too late for all that, that one-man-one-vote really is something akin to, well, maybe nine innings of baseball on a glorious summer’s day.
2008 theatrical releases
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (review)
Even with bar set low and my unconditional love set high, I cannot freakin’ believe how cruelly ‘Tomb’ rips out my geeky little heart and stomps on it.
The Tracey Fragments (review)
If you’re not clear what all the fuss over Ellen Page is about, check out this 2007 Canadian film, a showcase for her extraordinary and challenging talent…
Step Brothers (review)
Finally, here is a movie that satirizes the trend that’s all the rage now: men wallowing in adolescence through their 30s.
The X-Files: I Want to Believe (review)
Spoiler free!
Brideshead Revisited (review)
I wanted to like this, because it’s British and costume-y and 1920s and 30s and I’m a complete sucker for all that jazz. And I just can’t.
American Teen (review)
Does life change after high school, or is it just more of the same old shit? Seems to me it must be a little bit of both…
Mamma Mia! movie review: out of tune
If there’s one thing that’s clear from this revue of ABBA’s hit songs, it’s that there really aren’t all that many great ABBA songs, hits or no.
Up the Yangtze (review)
A look at life along the Yangtze River as it was being dramatically transformed by the creation of the massive Three Gorges Dam…
Space Chimps (review)
If jokes about missing links and “the primate directive” are your idea of the height of wit…
