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Every time I’ve chopped wood or watched anyone else do it, the basic motion is the same. The axe hangs slack, then swings back and behind the body in a sweeping arc over the head and down, splitting the log in two and embedding itself slightly on the block. It is a movement that mixes [...]

I was a bit apprehensive before watching The Time Traveler’s Wife. Would it err more on the side of thoughtful “what-if” time-travel movie (yes!), or mushy, obnoxious romance (boo!). Well, as it turns out, it lands somewhere in the middle, but I’d call it a happy medium. Aussie Eric Bana (Munich, Star Trek) does a [...]

“I have two luxuries to brood over in my walks, your Loveliness and the hour of my death. O that I could have possession of them both in the same minute.”  – John Keats in a letter to Fanny Brawne
How blessed we are to still find films that whisper to us. I first approached Jane [...]

What is love all about anyway? Comedian/writer/musician Charlyne Yi and director Nicholas Jasenovec teamed up to examine this question in this eclectic film. It’s a blend of comedy, drama and documentary footage that blurs the line between fact and fiction. The movie’s main plot takes the form of a “documentary” production in which Yi, playing [...]

The only real reasons to endure this predictable and needlessly foul-mouthed, R-rated romantic comedy from director Robert Luketic (Legally Blonde) are stars Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler and the fact that it’s not set in New York City.
Heigl plays the smart but romantically-challenged producer of a morning TV show in Sacramento who responds not well [...]

Whatever Works is the new comedy written and directed by Woody Allen. Starring Larry David (Curb Your Enthusiasm, and the mind behind Seinfeld) as nihilistic Boris Yellnikoff, Whatever Works is the culmination of Woody Allen philosophy, uncertain affairs of the heart, and the coincidental workings of the universe. What I mean by that is, Whatever [...]

I have a certain fondness for movies or TV series set in San Francisco, not only because I grew up in the East Bay and so was able to visit the city often, but because it’s not Los Angeles or New York City. In any case the place makes an ideal setting for this quiet [...]

The Proposal is as polished and predictable a Hollywood romantic comedy as they come nowadays, but it does manage to fashion a handful of funny moments out of its wholly unoriginal concept before finally fizzling at the finish line.
Sandra Bullock plays the much-disliked editor at a major publishing house who, to prevent her Canadian self [...]

The word of the day is ‘anachronism.’
I’ll trust that you know what the word means; if not, put simply, let’s call it ‘not of its time.’ Bloom writer/director Rian Johnson, I can assure you, knows exactly what the word means; both of his films-the earlier, Brick, and his latest, The Brothers Bloom-are what one could [...]

Management is a negligible but mildly amusing little comedy with a Hollywood plot and an indie-film feel that will probably be remembered best for the unusual romantic pairing of Jennifer Aniston and Steve Zahn.
Zahn plays the directionless night manager of the Arizona motel owned by his parents (Fred Ward and Margo Martindale) who falls for [...]