Rosie reviews Burn After Reading, the new film by the Coen Brothers.
The Coen Brothers are back! I guess. I mean, it says they are. Right there on the poster: “A Film by Joel and Ethan Coen”. So … can’t argue with that. And yet, for some reason, I can’t quite shake the feeling that it’s [...]
This week Gerald is doing some fantastic coverage of the great 2008 line-up at this week’s Latinbeat film series.
Coverage of Kill Them All:
The film Kill Them All is based on real life events. In the film, a Uruguayan human rights prosecutor in post-junta Montevideo, Julia Gudari (Roxana Blanco) must investigate her own family’s involvement in [...]
The Robot (our resident Robot from the future) just wrote a hilarious new review of “Star Wars: The Clone Wars.”
By the time that Star Wars: The Clone Wars had hit movie theaters in 2008 most humans had lost all faith in their childhood hero George Lucas. Years of repeated slaps to their overweight faces, had [...]
Wow, Frozen River, written and directed by Courtney Hunt, really sounds like it has phenomenal acting. Read Gerald’s advance review of this new indie film (it comes out August 1st) here.
Frozen River is the story of two women from different worlds with similar desperate circumstances who are lured by fast money. They become involved in [...]
Rosie checked out Brokeback Mountain and was inspired to write another movie review in verse this past week.
Can you keep a secret? Listen, just between you and me, some of my inside-inside sources are telling me that there might be a little buzz growing around Heath Ledger this year as an early Oscar [...]
Check out Sara’s new review of “Dan in Real Life”
Blecch. Dan in Real Life is very blah. Let me just say, I love Steve Carrell. I loved him on The Daily Show, and I adore him in The Office. But I seem to have very lukewarm feelings about all of his films. To understand Carrell’s [...]
The first National Treasure with Nicholas Cage and company was an unexpected treat. The film took its audience on a historical treasure hunt that was fun. It was successful. Not surprisingly, a sequel was made and National Treasure: Book of Secrets is the result. Continue reading review here
When I went to see Wanted, there was a ten year old there with his grandfather and I couldn’t help but wonder if halfway through if Grandpa had wished he’d chosen a different bonding experience. Read Jason’s review here
The first stage of grief is denial, and it’s a stage I’ve been in for a little while now when it comes to two of the stars of this movie. Painfully, but perhaps for the best, Semi-Pro has finally forced me to accept the reality of the situation and face up to the two questions [...]
Although this visually intensive movie takes places in a world most people in Western society cannot truly understand, the film is chock full of themes and emotions that are universal. Continue reading Sara’s review here
