MEET THE ROBINSONS is a whiz-bang terrific flight of fancy that is a paean to both the creative impulse that drives inventors, and the boundless optimism that keeps them going in the face of long odds and the skepticism of their less imaginative fellow creatures. Thinking so far outside the box that its very existence… Read More »
FRED CLAUS
There is something wonderfully metaphorical in the image of a herd of 30 Santa Clauses chasing a contemporary Scrooge through the busy streets of snowy Chicago. The holiday season, whether we will or no, will force itself upon even those least willing to acknowledge it, much less celebrate it. The Scrooge in question has even… Read More »
KING CORN
KING CORN may take a whimsical approach to its subject matter, the impact of corn on the American economy and population, but it’s deadly serious when it comes to pondering its implications. Expanding waistlines, the demise of the family farm, and what exactly goes into high fructose corn syrup all come into play as the… Read More »
SICKO — DVD
Click here to listen to Michael Moore interviewed for BOWLING FOR COUMBINE.My favorite moment in Michael Moore’s SICKO is one that had nothing to do with Moore directly. He merely recounts the story. A man unhappy with having his claim rejected by his insurance provider informed said provider that Moore’s new documentary project was an… Read More »
LIONS FOR LAMBS
Unstinting in its condemnation of apathy, expedience, and the people in power who take advantage of those traits in the population at large, LIONS FOR LAMBS nonetheless is a flat work that feels more like a series of actors’ exercises than the incisive movie it wants to be. Like the college professor trying to shock… Read More »
SOUTHLAND TALES
There are bad movies. CATWOMAN was bad. GOOD LUCK CHUCK was bad. And then there are movies that are not just bad, they are events. PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE. ISHTAR. WATERWORLD. BATTLEFIELD EARTH. SWEPT AWAY (the remake), PEARL HARBOR. Many contend, but few achieve the apotheosis to that rarified circle, but SOUTHLAND TALES, with… Read More »
LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA
LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA sweeps across the big screen like a stifled yawn. Adapted from Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s poetic novel by Ronald Harwood and directed by Mike Newell, the grand passion that dominates the life of its hero, Florentino (Javier Bardem), fails to rise to the occasion. Rather than the stuff of great… Read More »
WHAT WOULD JESUS BUY?
The question raised by WHAT WOULD JESUS BUY?, and it’s a loaded one, isn’t the eponymous one, but rather why it is that it’s a performance artist that is the one protesting against the commercialization of Christmas, and not the actual ministers of the kid from Nazareth. It’s more than just the orgy of gift-buying… Read More »
MR. MAGORIUM’S WONDER EMPORIUM
In MR. MAGORIUM’S WONDER EMPORIUM we discover that neither bright and shiny sets nor silly socks a fun film makes. Sprung from the sadly underfevered imagination of Zach Helm (STRANGER THAN FICTION), this fable is like something imagined by Turgenev during what would have been even for him one of his more bleak interludes. The plot… Read More »
BEOWULF
The retelling of BEOWULF by Robert Zemeckis, Neil Gaiman, and Roger Avary stays true to the rip-snorting quality of it that has enthralled people for 1500 years or so, a few bored freshman English students at the mercy of teachers who couldn’t engage their enthusiasm notwithstanding. This computer-generated Beowulf is full of swagger, pride, and… Read More »
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