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| The 20th Century Fox Files
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Another weekend, another News Corp. mainstream offering fastidiously kept on the down low. But in this case, it might actually backfire.
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| The Cracked Crusader
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Lurking beneath the chic business attire of Gotham City’s mayor is The Dark Knight ’s wonkiest superhero.
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| Licensed to Shrill
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Many things in the ABBA Broadway musical film adaptation had our critic muttering ‘Mamma Mia!’ to herself, but none more so than Pierce Brosnan’s leaky larynx.
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| More Inconvenient Truth-Telling
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For his rallying cry against global warming, German filmmaker Werner Herzog bypassed the slide show in favor of a trip to Antarctica.
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| Help Wanted
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Wanted and The Promotion have something in common that is a little less obvious than the fact that they are both set in Chicago.
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| Smart Reverberations
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For anyone familiar with the older credits of co-stars Alan Arkin and Terence Stamp, it’s their performances that provide the true joy of Get Smart.
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| Serenading the Seventies
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Since writer-director Billy Ray cites The Godfather and All the President’s Men as two of his all-time favorites, perhaps it’s no surprise that his own dramatic film work has the feel of classic 1970’s American cinema.
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| Carnahan's Radioactive Platypus
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Filmmaker Joe Carnahan is the first to admit that his crime thriller Smokin’ Aces, new this week on DVD, is one bizarre beast.
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| Fun and Funnier
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Bobby Farrelly is pretty pleased with his latest effort, The Ringer. But the DVD he really wants you to rent is the Adam Sandler-produced Grandma’s Boy.
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| Magic on Mount Washington
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Critic Shelley Gabert explains how a recent screening of the documentary Surfwise was able to hang a perfect ten.
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| Judd Apatow's Package Deal
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Even when Judd Apatow shared a North Hollywood abode with fellow comedic aspirant Adam Sandler, it was still all about the penis.
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| One Out of Five Ain't Good
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John Cusack’s second Iraq War movie in two years falls unfortunately not on the side of Stop-Loss but rather that of Redacted, Lions for Lambs and Rendition.
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| City of Chaos
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A producer and co-star of 2006’s Oscar nominated Children of Men have reunited for yet another chilling doomsday scenario.
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| It Was a Dark and Stormy Night, Eh
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The story behind the 1980 Jamie Lee Curtis version of Prom Night is far more interesting than the one Screen Gems wouldn’t let us see in advance of today's release.
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| Guy Maddin's Brain Power
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For a lot of folks in Guy Maddin's home and native land of Canada, tonight will provide the first opportunity to catch the deepest expression yet of the filmmaker’s love of show business and melodrama.
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| Darwin Finds Missing Link
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A year and a half ago, The Darwin Awards was the toast of Sundance. Then it was simply toast. But a couple of theater owners are giving the film an unlikely new push.
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| The Jilting of Japanese Baseball
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In the shadow of the sports dramas Glory Road, Invicible and now Pride, Audience Award winning filmmaker Desmond Nakano strikes out with Warner Bros.
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| A Delightfully Kinky DVD
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American audiences may perhaps never be able to pronounce the name of British actor Chiwetel Ejiofor. But on the heels of The Inside Man, a British import celebrates his inside woman.
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| The Thriller from Manila
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Remember all that fuss about Robert Rodriguez making El Mariachi for only $7,000? Columnist Pam Grady takes a look at three refreshing alternatives to The Break-Up.
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| Maddened by Maddin
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Ingrid Rossellini is upset that her sister Isabella's extravagant valentine to their late father should accompany Robert Rossellini's rigorous work. Columnist Pam Grady speaks with the man in the middle, Canadian filmmaker Guy Maddin.
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| A Duck Destined for DVD
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Even though the acclaimed Mexican import Duck Season has flown past very few American moviegoers, it has already exceeded its first-time director’s modest expectations.
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| Bringing Down Berlin
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Long before The Brown Bunny bent Cannes out of shape, a German film about the Vietnam war kicked the 1970 Berlin International Film Festival to the curb.
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