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When I walked out of the theater after seeing Black Swan for the first time, I thought to myself, “Hey, this cinema thing might still have some fresh juice in it after all.” Love it or hate it, I don’t see many people accusing this film of being stale or unoriginal. That [...]

In 1968 at the Ford Motor Company’s factory in Dagenham, England, the roof leaks and it’s sweltering in the section that turns out seat covers for the Ford Escort. Women “man” the sewing machines and blouses are doffed to make the workday bearable. The girls are working class and full of [...]

I’ll admit that the first trailers for The Fighter gave me the impression that it was yet another inspirational underdog “based on a true story” boxing movie with little to distinguish it from its predecessors. I had no doubt it would be very well made, it just didn’t look like anything I [...]

“I love indie rock, 50 Cent… Madonna…”
“Where is the list of banned female singers?”
In America you could overhear the first snippet of conversation, but never the second.

Every Day is a gentle dramedy about a couple who are in the early, unsettling stages of middle-age, and their family (and its problems). The couple are played by the very fine Liev Schreiber and Helen Hunt, both of whom excel in projects like this, where they can both have room [...]

Its title makes it sound like the latest installment of the Fast and the Furious franchise, but Faster is actually a stylish and surprisingly good revenge thriller starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson (who coincidentally appears in the fifth F&F entry next month) and Billy Bob Thornton that looks and feels a little like film [...]

I remember the day, back in 2003, when Aron Ralston emerged from the maze of the Canyonlands with his epic story of survival. At the time, I was working at a map store that furnished, among other treasures, the best printed material about the region that money could wrangle. Ralston himself was [...]

The high-concept Due Date definitely delivers some laughs thanks to the odd-couple casting of Robert Downey, Jr. and Zach Galifianakis, but not quite as many as one would expect to find in a comedy featuring such highly regarded comic personas.

I really did enjoy spending 98 minutes watching You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger. We see Woody Allen here doing what he does best: using his satiric lens to depict the most human emotions and experiences. His humor is unmistakable, and if you’re a fan, you’ll probably like the film enough to [...]

It’s not easy to believe in evil anymore. Evil acts from evil intent? They occur everyday, would that they wouldn’t. But evil bound in its own genetic helix? As its own reward? For its own sake?
This is a broad attack to take in reviewing a horror film, but since Bram Stoker’s Dracula [...]