Movie Review: “The Kite Runner”
In the 19th and early 20th century, the British engaged in four colonial wars in…
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Movie Review: “Charlie Wilson’s War”
Charlie Wilson’s quite a character. In his first several minutes on the screen, we see…
Movie Review: “Exiled”
If you were to compile a list of the best directors currently working in the…
Movie Review: “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”
Sweeney Todd and Tim Burton: you don’t find spirits more kindred than that. Indeed, it’s…
Movie Review: “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”
In 1995, Jean-Dominique Bauby, a high living but apparently healthy 43-year-old editor at French “Elle,”…
Movie Review: “The Walker”
Like 1980’s now-classic “American Gigolo,” and 1992’s vastly underrated “Light Sleeper” (starring Willem Dafoe as…
Movie Review: “The Savages”
Writer/director Tamara Jenkins’ 1998 film, “Slums of Beverly Hills,” may not have been the most…
Movie Review: “The Mist”
Not since Darren Aronofsky’s “Requiem for a Dream” has a movie left me so emotionally…
Movie Review: “I’m Not There”
For anyone expecting to come out of Todd Haynes’ “I’m Not There” knowing a little…
Movie Review: “August Rush”
You’re a heartless, soulless bastard if you don’t like “August Rush.” The story of an…