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When I first caught word of the upcoming cinematic adaptation of Michael Lewis’s Moneyball book, a well-regarded examination of the recent phenomenon of executives of small market baseball teams incorporating statistical analysis and market inefficiencies to compete against the free-spending behemoths, I muttered something along the lines of “How is that gonna [...]

Though it shares its title with a 1975 Sam Peckinpah flick, Killer Elite is actually a surprisingly better-than-average Jason Statham thriller, one that nicely complements the perpetually scowling star’s standard shtick of talking tough, kicking butt and driving cars really fast with a somewhat weightier plot and the comparatively superior acting chops [...]

I was really looking forward to seeing Higher Ground, but it never came to Boulder. So now the DVD release is here, and it’s well worth watching. Vera Farmiga directed and starred in the movie, and what an ambitious undertaking for the then-pregnant actor. Her turn as George Clooney’s fling in Up in the Air [...]

Director Steven Soderbergh is back in big-budget Hollywood mode with Contagion, a slick and proficient, if largely impassive, thriller about a global pandemic featuring an all-star cast saying their lines and going through very professional motions.

Just so we’re clear, Guillermo del Toro didn’t direct this big screen version of a 1973 TV movie. He co-wrote and, as with 2007’s The Orphanage, produced it. I mention this so you don’t think him responsible for what turns out to be an unscary little horror flick.

The much-anticipated documentary I Am is the brainchild of Tom Shadyac, the director of a number of successful Hollywood comedies including Ace Ventura, Liar Liar, Bruce Almighty, and The Nutty Professor. This new feel-good movie follows him on his quest as he asks a variety of learned people two questions: What’s wrong with [...]

Puncture was really neither very good nor very bad. The movie is based on a true story of a lawyer, Mike Weiss, who is also a major drug addict. The lead is played by Chris Evans (Captain America, Fantastic Four), and although his way-good performance makes him credible as both a [...]

Before we dive headlong into 2012, let’s take a last look at some of 2011’s offerings: these thirteen foreign films which arrived during the month of December!

Just as this enjoyable horror franchise seemed set to go out with a whimper with a lazy and lackluster fourth installment (titled, rather inaccurately, The Final Destination), along comes a fantastic fifth entry to rouse it back from the dead.