Captain America: The First Avenger
THE GOOD The world has gone coo-coo for comic book stories. Attempting to capitalize on this market is the newest superhero installment: Captain America. With 9/11 fast approaching its 10th...
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The Lovely Bones
Alice Sebold wrote a gripping, affecting novel about a young girl whose life is ended far too soon by a man with a devastating and interminable itch: he rapes...
Invictus
Stories are told and retold for a number of reasons, not the least of which is their ability to move and inspire. True stories have a resonance which is...
The Time Traveler’s Wife
No time is wasted. In a way. We are hurled right into the middle of the dilemma of Henry (the time traveler) and Clare (his wife). An explanation is...
Avatar
Yes, I saw it in 3D. Or, rather, I saw it in Real-D 3D. All the better for it. This film is visually stunning, and having spent half a...
Surrogates
Bruce Willis is cast in a movie for two reasons: it’s an action-packed film, and he’s got star-quality. This one is no different. Willis is the virtual hero in...
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
X-Men. You know them. I know them. We all know them. But do we know them? That seems to be the point of the individual characters’ movies, beginning here...
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Quick review: a film is the telling of a story, a work of art, and hopefully, a compelling and inspiring adventure, of which the words artistic, aesthetic, and ambitious,...
Duplicity
I was right. Clive Owen has been pigeonholed. Typecast. Whatever you want to call it. When Jason Statham gets typecast, the world keeps on spinning none the wiser. But...
The International
Clive Owen is beginning to get typecast. If that doesn’t tell you what this movie is going to be like, then you haven’t been paying attention. He’s got a...