<em>Big Miracle</em> (Kwapis, 2012)
February 3, 2012 – 12:01 am | No Comment

Big Miracle is the kind of film you dread getting assigned to write about as a film critic, you go to by yourself because none of your friends will join you, you growl through the …

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Albert Nobbs (Garcia, 2011)
February 2, 2012 – 11:57 pm | No Comment

Glenn Close as Albert Nobbs

In theory, Albert Nobbs is close to my idea of a perfect movie. In practice, however, it is the exact opposite. I have every reason to fall in love with the titular character, played by Glenn Close, and, yet, I didn’t even like him. Read the full story »

In the Bedroom (Field, 2001) — 10 Years Later
December 25, 2011 – 8:24 pm | No Comment
<em>In the Bedroom</em> (Field, 2001) — 10 Years Later

After viewing In the Bedroom for the first time, I am left with one emotion that best describes this work – honesty.

2011 Top 10
December 23, 2011 – 2:19 am | One Comment
2011 Top 10

End of year lists are about quality, not quantity, so I try to eschew comments about the strength or weakness of a given year based on how hard it may be to fill out the bottom …

Making the Boys (Robey, 2011)
December 13, 2011 – 11:11 am | No Comment
<em>Making the Boys</em> (Robey, 2011)

Making the Boys feels at times like it is seven potentially great documentaries struggling to emerge from one good one.

Being Elmo: A Puppeter’s Journey (Marks & Shane, 2011)
December 5, 2011 – 4:20 pm | No Comment
<em>Being Elmo: A Puppeter’s Journey</em> (Marks & Shane, 2011)

Being Elmo is good.
It doesn’t matter, as one of my colleagues is fond of saying, how you want to parse that. 

I Confess (Hitchcock, 1953)
November 29, 2011 – 11:31 pm | No Comment
<em>I Confess</em> (Hitchcock, 1953)

I Confess (1953) is an Alfred Hitchcock film that has flown under the radar since its premiere; the box office figures were disappointing and there has been a lack of critical analysis for this work, …

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part I (Condon, 2011)
November 20, 2011 – 3:49 pm | No Comment
<em>The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part I</em> (Condon, 2011)

My review of the latest Twilight film is now available at Christianity Today Movies & TV.