18 Dec 2008
The Tale of Despereaux began life as a children's book, and the animated film version does its best to reproduce the sounds of a storybook: The characters, .. read more
12 Dec 2008
If offered, it's a safe bet that not a single one of us would turn down the possibility of going back in time, especially to right a wrong that may have .. read more
12 Dec 2008
Name the cinematic genre that's easiest to mess up, and sci-fi/fantasy is pretty high up on the list. Flights of imagination, when done correctly, resonate .. read more
12 Dec 2008
Benicio Del Toro dons the insurrectionist garb and machetes his way through jungles and mud as the revolutionary icon Ernesto "Che" Guevara in Steven .. read more
12 Dec 2008
A recovery film being touted as a crime thriller, What Doesn't Kill You suffers from the problem of most recovery stories in that it essentially has no .. read more
12 Dec 2008
12 Dec 2008
Remakes are the bane of many a film fan's existence. Some are strident in their wholesale hatred, while others take a "wait and see" stance before .. read more
17 Oct 2008
Speaking in semi-awe of two snorting, greasy teenage vulgarians, Lance (Clark Duke) diagnoses their problem thusly: "They don't know how to close." His .. read more
10 Oct 2008
Centered on a plucky, chirping elementary school teacher in North London, Mike Leigh's Happy-Go-Lucky may, at first, look like a great diversion from the .. read more
10 Oct 2008
With innovation such a scarce commodity, Hollywood should really stop remaking foreign films. Aside from their almost universal track record for .. read more