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Review: Going the Distance Doesn’t Quite

Movie Reviewer — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:37:41 +0000

Review in a Hurry: Bicoastal curious? Then you might get off on this uneven romantic comedy, which flings its young lovers—after their fling—to opposite sides of the country. As a…

Going the Distance

Movie Reviewer — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:19:05 +0000

Going the Distance is by no means perfect, but it’s light years beyond the average rom-com, bracingly honest and genuinely funny about the ups and downs of relationships. Barrymore and Long, once a real-life couple and now who-knows-what, have a real chemistry that complements their well-written, realistic characters, and even when the movie falls apart around them in the third act, we root for these two crazy kids and their shot at romance

Review: Lohan! De Niro! Beheadings! Machete!

Movie Reviewer — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:26:00 +0000

Review in a Hurry: Badass character actor Danny Trejo finally gets to topline an action movie courtesy of his pal Robert Rodriguez. And, to be kind, let’s just say we find out why he’s…

Machete

Movie Reviewer — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:49:42 +0000

Machete is a movie specializing in the ridiculous and the insane and the more insane it gets the more fun you?ll have, in large part thanks to Robert Rodriguez who is so good at this genre that he should never be allowed to direct anything that isn’t a grindhouse movie ever again, and in part thanks to the cast which is, unexpectedly, a dream come true. Michelle Rodriguez looks better than she?s ever looked, Steven Seagal has a blast with a killer swordplay ending, and Danny Trejo grunts his way one step closer to becoming an action movie icon. Machete?s politics are a cringe-worthy mess but when it comes to over-the-top fun his blade is razor sharp.

The American

Movie Reviewer — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 04:49:44 +0000

Director Anton Corbijn is not afraid to bore his audience in what’s essentially a character study about a career assassin, and while he and Clooney happen upon some striking visuals and dig up a few interesting ideas, the flashy visuals tend to say a lot more than the story itself.

Review: The American Basically a George Clooney Coffee-Table Book

Movie Reviewer — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:25:12 +0000

Review in a Hurry: If you like beautifully composed, static shots of George Clooney being kinda quiet in Italy, this is your movie. If you were hoping for much else, it ain’t.
The…

Review: The American Basically a George Clooney Coffee-Table Book

Movie Reviewer — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:25:12 +0000

Review in a Hurry: If you like beautifully composed, static shots of George Clooney being kinda quiet in Italy, this is your movie. If you were hoping for much else, it ain’t.
The…

The Winning Season

Movie Reviewer — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:18:28 +0000

Set in suburban Indiana, the film stars Rockwell as Bill Greaves, an adult misfit recruited by the local high school principal (Corddry) to coach the school?s floundering girls? basketball team. Initially retreating from what appears to be a hopeless situation, Bill perseveres and manages to help the team and its captain (Roberts) ratchet up its competitive spirit, while the girls offer Bill a renewed life focus. THE WINNING SEASON also stars Shareeka Epps, Emily Rios and Margo Martindale.

The Last Exorcism

Movie Reviewer — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 01:42:12 +0000

An exorcism movie that’s well aware of the horror history that comes before it, The Last Exorcism takes a canny approach to its tale of malevolent spirits and haunted houses by pretending it doesn’t believe in any of that junk at all.

Review: The Last Exorcism’s Comedy-Horror Schizm

Movie Reviewer — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 01:30:04 +0000

Review in a Hurry: A nasty spirit may (or may not) be causing all sorts of schizophrenic mayhem on numerous Linda Blair wannabes. But producer Eli Roth’s The Last Exorcism doesn’t…