The Tourist (von Donnersmarck, 2010)
The shots of Venice were dazzlingly beautiful in The Tourist. I would really love to visit that city some day. That's not much of a compliment for the film, though, is it?
Category: Disclosure
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Apted, 2010)
Which do you trust more: a gushing rave from a person who went into a film enthusiastic to begin with, or grudging respect from a skeptical viewer who had to be won over?
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Tangled (Greno & Howard, 2010)
Home runs hit with two strikes count the same as home runs that leave the park on the first swing.
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Cool It (Timoner, 2010)
Funny thing, though, once the film exonerates Lomborg from the mutually exclusive charges that he is a feckless idiot providing ammunition for those who would fiddle while the world burns and a knowing hypocrite who lies for a living, it actually settles down into an interesting, thought-provoking, and useful examination of the pros and cons of various approaches for dealing with global climate change.
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Directors: Life Behind the Camera (2010)
Want to know how Robert Altman got started in making films? What does Cameron Crowe consider his most compelling film? Does Martin Scorsese think the film industry will survive? Is Spike Lee's approach to dealing with actors the same as George Lucas's?
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Marwencol (Malmberg, 2010)
Marwencol is a fascinating blend of two different genres, the artist documentary and the therapy film, with Mark acting as his own therapist--probing and prodding and--this is key for me--moving towards an end.
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Easy A (Gluck, 2010)
Smart, funny, and unexpectedly sweet, Will Gluck's Easy A is the most pleasant surprise of my film year, a high school comedy with wit rather than snark, charm rather vulgarity, and heart rather than hormones.
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Eat Pray Love (Murphy, 2010)
I was able to accept this not as a blueprint for how to live my life but as one woman's story about how she chose to try to live hers and things that she learned while doing it.
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I Am an American: The Making of an Anthem (Lott, 2009)
I would say then that one of the values of "I Am an American" and its attendant documentary is to show black and white together espousing and celebrating patriotism through song and honoring the influences in their lives who have helped to instill that patriotism in them. In fact, I will say it.