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The Day the Earth Stood Still: Little Green Men Invade (As In Environmental Friendly)
Wendy and Lucy: American Realism on the New Extreme
The Class: No Opus nor Poetry for the French School System
Australia: The Frontier Down Under
Quantum of Solace: No Time for Women or Martinis; 007 is on a Rampage
Che: The Professor’s Lecture: Cuba, Bolivia, and the Man on the T-Shirt
Let the Right One In: Trapped in Isolation, By Mind or Blood
Zack and Miri Make a Porno: Definitely Not Safe Sex, But At Least It’s True Love
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From Rags to Riches (Mumbai Style)
Movie Review: Slumdog Millionaire
Despite a chocolate covered story, the creators of Slumdog Millioanire have refused to let this simply be an easy, happy story, infusing a strong criticism of culture brimming just under the narrative.
Freedom Fighter: From Out of the Closet and Into the Open
Movie Review: Milk
Milk, a harrowing biographical film about the life on the first openly gay man elected to public office, is one of the most important political film to arise from Hollywood in almost a decade.
Forget Couric and Palin; Two Titan Battle in 1977
Movie Review: Frost/Nixon
For director Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon represents his least conventional, and possibly most compelling work, examining the dangerous relationship between media and politics.
Who Will Win This Acting Battle?
Movie Review: Doubt
The big mystery in Doubt is really not the truth of any abuse that has happened in St. Nicholas’ School and Church, but which actor is going to walk away with the best performance.
Sex and the Holocaust? Not Exactly Fitting Topics
Movie Review: The Reader
The Reader will probably be remembered less for its important questions than the number of times Kate Winslet exposes herself,
He’ll Probably Write His Own Euology Too; Cause You’ll Just Screw It Up
Movie Review: Gran Torino
Clint Eastwood’s Gran Torino is often silly, but there is also a melodramatic soliloquy for the death of the American values at the heart of the film.
Tough Man Shows His Scars, Plowing Through Life and the Ring
Movie Review: The Wrestler
The beauty of the The Wrestler comes to life in Mickey Rourke’s astonishing performance.
Saving People for What Reason?
Movie Review: Seven Pounds
Seven Pounds might just be the most ridiculous film you see this winter.
Searching Through Pixels for the Memories of War
Movie Review: Waltz with Bashir
The animation of Waltz with Bashir allows for director Ari Folman to not separate truth and fiction when recreating his memories.
Flying Through Time, Simply Doing it Backwards
Movie Review: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
As much as I have found disappointment with The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, I have felt the amazement of the spectacle as well
Interview: Sam Mendes
When director Sam Mendes began work on Revolutionary Road, an adaptation of Richard Yates’ 1961 breakthrough novel, he got quite a few odd comments
Dreams Diminish in a Suburban Reality
Movie Review: Revolutionary Road
Revolutionary Road is an intense drama of words and visuals. But too often realized is that the intensity of the film makes up for a hollow core.
Cinema’s Own Audacity of Hope: The 2008 Buzies
2008 in Review
Many of the year’s best films are about people who encourage hope in a depressing world around them.
