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The Express

Cast: Dennis Quaid, Rob Brown, Nelsan Ellis, Kris Wolff, Charles S. Dutton

Directed by: Gary Fleder

10 Oct 2008

You absolutely do not need to be a football fan to be entertained and inspired by The Express. The story of Ernie Davis, the first African-American player ..  read more

Eagle Eye

Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan, Rosario Dawson, Anthony Azizi, Billy Bob Thornton

Directed by: D.J. Caruso

26 Sep 2008

Eagle Eye's a bad movie, at times ridiculously so, but it's not a boring movie. There's more action crammed into scattered 10 minute segments of the film ..  read more

Igor

Cast: John Cusack, Steve Buscemi, John Cleese, Jay Leno, Jennifer Coolidge

Directed by: Tony Leondis

19 Sep 2008

In Igor, an animated comedy featuring the voices of John Cusack, Steve Buscemi, Sean Hayes and Molly Shannon, the creepy hunchback sidekick of a mad ..  read more

Burn After Reading

Cast: George Clooney, Frances McDormand, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton, Brad Pitt

Directed by: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen

12 Sep 2008

An exercise in barely controlled lunacy is the best way I can describe the Coen Brothers' return to comedy with Burn After Reading. The central characters ..  read more

Traitor

Cast: Don Cheadle, Archie Panjabi, Guy Pearce, Lorena Gale, Raad Rawi

Directed by: Jeffrey Nachmanoff

29 Aug 2008

Traitor kind of snuck up on us with very little fanfare. Just a sprinkling of TV commercials was apparently all Traitor either warranted or was budgeted ..  read more

Hamlet 2

Cast: Steve Coogan, Catherine Keener, Skylar Astin, Amy Poehler, Phoebe Strole

Directed by: Andrew Fleming

22 Aug 2008

I have a love/hate relationship with Hamlet 2. I love the humor, the way it sends up inspirational teacher movies before becoming one itself, and I love ..  read more

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Cast: Javier Bardem, Patricia Clarkson, Penelope Cruz, Scarlett Johansson, Rebecca Hall

Directed by: Woody Allen

15 Aug 2008

With Vicky Christina Barcelona, at least Woody Allen got the casting right. They are all so very pretty: Scarlett Johansson with her golden locks and ample ..  read more

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Cast: Anthony Daniels, Matthew Wood

15 Aug 2008

It's no secret that I love Star Wars -- and not just "the old ones" but all six movies: their mythic scope, their conceptual and visual inventiveness, the ..  read more

Tropic Thunder

Cast: Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr., Jay Baruchel, Nick Nolte

Directed by: Ben Stiller

15 Aug 2008

Actors, studio execs, action epics, Vietnam War movies, classic rock film soundtracks, and even art films are all fair game in Tropic Thunder, Ben Stiller's ..  read more

Pineapple Express

Cast: James Franco, Seth Rogen, Craig Robinson, James Remar, Joe Lo Truglio

Directed by: David Gordon Green

6 Jul 2008

Judd Apatow watched True Romance and wondered what would happen if Brad Pitt's stoner character was the focus of that film. From that little 'what if?' ..  read more