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Short Review: "Romance & Cigarettes"

John Turturro’s Romance & Cigarettes (***) comes loaded with a good deal of back-story; it was completed back in 2005 and scheduled for a regular theatrical release, until it was lost in one of those studio-buyout su…
Short Review: "Halloween (2007)"

I’ve mentioned my love of John Carpenter’s Halloween on this blog before; I’m not a big horror movie guy, but that is one scary movie that I saw at just the right time. Carpenter’s simple, efficient telling of a brutally…
Review: "Fracture"

Viewing Fracture is a little bit like going down to Spring Training—it’s fun to watch your favorite players getting into shape, but no one’s mistaking those scrimmages for big games. Fracture squares off one our most est…
Review: "Smokin' Aces"

Smokin’ Aces, the blood-soaked neo-Tarantino action/comedy from writer/director Joe Carnahan is dripping with atmosphere, style, and energy—so much, in fact, that we wonder whether it’s all flash. Unfortunately, these su…
This Week on DVD: "All The King's Men", "Little Miss Sunshine", "A Scanner Darkly"

All The King's Men *** All The King’s Men isn’t a bad movie, and its lack of subtlety certainly isn’t what keeps it from being a great one. There are moments where it seems that Zaillian and his cast might be deliberatel…
Review: "Fast Food Nation"

I got a sinking feeling in my stomach about a third of the way through Fast Food Nation, and it wasn’t because I was regretting the two hot dogs I ate before the movie. It was the realization that Richard Linklater wasn’…
Review: "For Your Consideration"

We see the law of diminishing returns in action with For Your Consideration, the new comedy from director Christopher Guest. Consideration is pretty funny, yes, but it is a lesser film than its predecessor, A Mighty Wind…
Review: "The Science of Sleep"

If you’ve seen the trailers for The Science of Sleep, the trippy new film from writer/director Michel Gondry, then you probably want to see the movie. It’s a great-looking trailer. The film is a marvel of imagination and…
Review: "All the King's Men"

It is apparent from the opening frames of All The King’s Men that screenwriter/director Steven Zaillian is not going for subtlety—by my count, the fourth shot in the film is a huge closeup of a crucifix. That particular …