Movie Reviews

Every now and then a movie comes along that is the right amount of formulaic and fresh.

Anything has the potential to be an instrument in Glennie’s world, from a heap of rubbish to an overturned ashtray.

Sure, there are some gems in redneck dialogue to be found elsewhere in the program, and some of the films have funny titles or topics—such as “Pretty Ladies, Fast Horses,” an alarming short documentary about […]

Syriana plays out almost identically like Traffic (there were times I was convinced Steven Soderbergh must have been hiding behind Gaghan giving him pointers), only now instead of cocaine, oil is the drug nobody can […]

I’m not so sure about what he was trying for with his new film, 9 Songs, which is essentially an arthouse-approved porn film.  

8 Women provides some big laughs and a plentiful supply of smaller ones.