Me and Earl and the Dying Girl movie review: sick of it
The Manic Pixie Dream Girl gets sick, but she can still inspire a man to better himself, while also adding a dash of repugnant narcissism to the subgenre.
Mos Def
Life of Crime movie review: minor misdemeanor
Low-key black comedy and sporadic horror lazily pop up among the crime drama, but never enough of either to score many zings.
Begin Again movie review: up tempo
A hugely satisfying ode to entrepreneurial creativity, and a glorious love letter to New York City and the art it inspires. I love this movie so much.
May 8: DVD alternatives to this weekend’s multiplex offerings
We all know how it is. You’d like to get out to see a new movie this weekend, but you dread heading to the multplex in case it’s clogged with people in Spock ears and Klingon foreheads, and anyway, Mom won’t want to beam up to the Enterprise for Mother’s Day. But you can have … more…
my week at the movies: ‘Angels & Demons,’ ‘Adoration,’ ‘Star Trek,’ ‘Outrage,’ ‘Easy Virtue,’ ‘Next Day Air’(?)
I’ve been seeing this poster for Angels & Demons (opens in the U.K. on May 14, and in the U.S. on May 15) all over Manhattan, and I kinda like it. It doesn’t look like every other movie ad, for one, and I like the implication of the lone academic just searching for the truth … more…
trailer break: ‘Next Day Air’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Well, here’s Hollywood’s idea of counterprogramming for Star Trek: A bunch of idiots who appear to sincerely believe they could get away with the dumbest ever accidental robbery of bad stuff from bad guys. (Or maybe it’s not accidental?) What a shame for Mos Def. He deserves … more…
16 Blocks (review)
Harrison Ford should take some lessons from Bruce Wills: this is how you do “action” after, um, a certain age…
Sweet Home Alabama, Brown Sugar, and My Big Fat Greek Wedding movies review: when love doesn’t stink
Romantic comedies aren’t supposed to be about suspense…
