<em>Takers</em> (Luessenhop, 2010)
August 27, 2010 – 12:01 am | No Comment

Takers is a small but pleasant surprise, an efficient late-summer action-heist film with a tight script and solid performances from an amiable ensemble cast. If it invites but doesn’t quite earn comparisons to Michael Mann’s …

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A Single Man (Ford, 2009)
February 7, 2010 – 1:59 pm | No Comment
<em>A Single Man</em> (Ford, 2009)

A Single Man is an earnest story about a gay man genuinely in love with his partner and devastated by his death. It is based on a novel by Christopher Isherwood that was written …

Lake Tahoe (Eimbcke, 2008)
January 16, 2010 – 4:05 pm | No Comment
<em>Lake Tahoe</em> (Eimbcke, 2008)

The road movie is a staple of Western film, but rarely does one begin by destroying the hero’s means of transportation.

The Lovely Bones (Jackson, 2009)
January 13, 2010 – 7:05 pm | No Comment
<em>The Lovely Bones</em> (Jackson, 2009)

When I came out of the theater after viewing The Lovely Bones, my mind was dominated by two thoughts:
1) I’ll give Peter Jackson this. He is the type of director who, when he sees a …

2009 Favorite Discoveries
January 1, 2010 – 7:49 pm | No Comment
2009 Favorite Discoveries

The average person, even if he or she is an avid cinephile, really sees a very small percentage of the films released every year. Add to that fact that more and more viewing is done …

2009 Top 10
December 29, 2009 – 11:00 pm | 2 Comments
2009 Top 10

When I think back on 2010, the phrase that comes to mind is “top heavy.”

Nine (Marshall, 2009)
December 27, 2009 – 7:24 pm | No Comment
<em>Nine</em> (Marshall, 2009)

Some people live in a world where it seems completely natural to break out into song and dance and others do not.  I walk around suppressing the urge to burst into song about 80% of …