Off the Mat
Tuesday, January 6th, 2009 Mickey Rourke’s washed-up wrestling star might just earn the actor the most surprising Oscar ever.
W
Friday, November 21st, 2008 And who might that “W.” be, given that the director is Oliver Stone? History’s not even dry on the page, but Stone is going great guns ablazin’ with his irreverent biopic about our president’s unlikely rise to power:
The Second Annual Dirty Dozen
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 As of press time, there was a serious chance the Hollywood writers’ strike would jeopardize this year’s Academy Awards. No need to worry, though —there’s always the Penthouse Double D’s!
Seven Strange Facts About Werner Herzog
Monday, December 3rd, 2007 The essential truth (sort of) about the mercurial director of Rescue Dawn 1 HE SUFFERS FOR IS ART. While filming 1970’s Even Dwarfs Started Small, one member of the all–little person cast caught on fire and was run over by a car, but emerged unharmed. Herzog vowed to dive into a cactus patch if the rest of [...]
Talk to Me
Monday, December 3rd, 2007 Talk to Me Don Cheadle, Chiwetel Ejiofor This simply shot biopic begins with the original shock jock, Petey Greene (Cheadle), honing his deejay skills while serving time for armed robbery. After his release, Greene fast-talks his way onto morning radio and quickly makes a name for himself by unwittingly personifying the free-speech movement. Following Martin Luther King [...]
King of California
Monday, December 3rd, 2007 Though it’s packed with quirky details and film-school tricks, King of California is an emotionally tepid, bland film. Mike Cahill loses his directorial virginity with a story about 16-year-old Miranda (Wood), who must work at McDonald’s to support herself and her father Charlie (Douglas), freshly released from a mental institution. Clearly not cured and convinced [...]
Feast of Love
Monday, December 3rd, 2007 If you’re looking for a movie to see with your girl that won’t have you checking your watch, cringing uncontrollably, or hurling into your Milk Duds, this meditation on love and mortality could be the one. Although there are a couple of corn ball moments, you’ll overlook them, because while your date can ponder the [...]
Gone Baby Gone
Sunday, November 11th, 2007 Ben Affleck is making his feature-film directorial debut? You could be forgiven for choosing a novocaine-free root canal instead. But truth be told, GBG is actually pretty good. Based on the novel by Dennis Lehane, it tells the tale of two romantically involved private eyes, Patrick and Angie (Casey Affleck and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang’s [...]
Michael Clayton
Sunday, November 11th, 2007 It takes a while to crank up its various moving parts, but once this corporate-litigation thriller (not a contradiction in terms, as it turns out) gets going, it generates real, thrumming tension and builds to an edgeof-your-seat climax.First-time director Tony Gilroy (screenwriter of the Bourne trilogy and The Devil’s Advocate) examines themes of corporate irresponsibility [...]
The Kindgom
Wednesday, October 24th, 2007 The Kingdom is a political thriller dressed up as a buddy-cop flick. Or, in two words: Syriana light. Producer Michael Mann’s (Miami Vice) latest offering follows four elite FBI agents who travel to Saudi Arabia to bring a terrorist cell to justice. Agent Ronald Fleury (Foxx) is the fearless leader who pulls political strings while [...]
1408
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007 1408 John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson In this adaptation of the Stephen King story, Cusack is a supernatural debunker who, after his daughter’s death, hopes to find something to give him peace. In his experience, it’s all fakery and lies—until he explores room 1408 of the Dolphin Hotel. -Harry Knowles
Hot Rod
Monday, October 8th, 2007 Hot Rod Andy Samberg, Isla Fisher, Ian McShane Saturday Night Live’s Digital Shorts, those YouTube hits about cupcakes and dicks in boxes, put Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, and Jorma Taccone on the nation’s radar. Their feature, Hot Rod, follows a lackluster daredevil (Samberg) on his mission to save his ailing stepfather (McShane). Thing is, Dad’s kind of a [...]
This is England
Sunday, October 7th, 2007 This is England Thomas Turgoose, Stephen GrahamA boy (Turgoose) falls in with skinheads after his father’s death—based on the experiences of director/writer Shane Meadows—then witnesses the breakup of his “family� when an older member (Graham) is released from prison. -B.R.T.
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
Friday, August 31st, 2007 I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry Adam Sandler, Kevin JamesTwo Brooklyn firefighters pretend to be a couple so they get benefits as domestic partners. It’s rumored to be less homophobic than one might expect, and there’s no denying that these two guys are funny, or that the situation is full of potential for hilarity. -B.R.T.
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