New to Me: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
(“New To Me” is a column wherein your intrepid reviewer watches the classics — both mainstream and cult — in an effort to fill in…
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Do Good Guys Throw Stones? (A Rumination on The Stoning of Soraya M.)
Some films are muddy. They give us good guys who are kinda bad or bad guys who are kinda good. They obscure the conflict. They…
Big Fan — Eagles Suck!
The opening scene gives us Paul Aufiero (Patton Oswalt), a parking lot attendant ticket taker, confined to his cage, meticulously scribbling something while reading, “I…
Kick Ass — Superhero Mythology at Work in the Parent/Child Dynamic
As most pre-pubescent adolescents do, I wanted to be a super hero. My attire was a black cloak – an old Halloween costume from an…
New to Me: Oldboy
(“New To Me” is a column wherein your intrepid reviewer watches the classics — both mainstream and cult — in an effort to fill in…
Chew On This: Pontypool
(“Chew on This” is Bill Coffin’s column on horror cinema, analyzing the some of best movies the genre has to offer, new and old.) Here’s the…
Michael Moore’s Capitalism: The Revolution Will Not Be … Monetized?
[Editor’s note: Michael Moore’s latest documentary, Capitalism: A Love Story, comes out on DVD today. Tim Adkins wrote a great essay/review about it a while…
Brooklyn’s Finest — Clearly False Advertising
In Brooklyn’s Finest, Anthony Fuqua applies his wonky, gritty vision of police-realism to a triumvirate of NYPD officers whose fates will eventually intermingle prior to…
New to Me: Gone with the Wind
(“New To Me” is a column wherein your intrepid reviewer watches the classics — both mainstream and cult — in an effort to fill in…
The Book of Eli — Thank God I’m an Agnostic
The power of disasters and the potential of an apocalypse fascinate movie goers, usually during times of strife or near the end of a decade. …