Archive for October 11th, 2007

Movie Guide and Film Series

Thursday, October 11th, 2007

MOVIES.

2 Brothers, and the Mob in the Middle

Thursday, October 11th, 2007

“We Own the Night” is a bloody, passionate melodrama, self-consciously Shakespearean — or Biblical, or Greek, take your pick of atavisms — in its intentions.

A Dance of Two Men, Twisting and Turning With a Gun That’s More Than a Gun

Thursday, October 11th, 2007

In the remake of “Sleuth,” what was once insignificant is now insufferable.

Illness Rends One Mind, Three Hearts

Thursday, October 11th, 2007

“Canvas” is a movie that rings emotionally true, despite structural contrivances and dim, washed-out color.

Building a Case Against the Worldly Lawyer to the Notorious

Thursday, October 11th, 2007

“Terror’s Advocate” is one of the most engaging, morally unsettling political thrillers in quite some time, with the extra advantage of being true.

At New York Film Festival: Upheaval in Iran, Fiasco in Westchester

Thursday, October 11th, 2007

Aesthetics versus storytelling: as much as anything, that is the issue that defines the 45th New York Film Festival.

A Lonely Guy Plays House With a Mail-Order Sex Doll

Thursday, October 11th, 2007

“Lars and the Real Girl” is part comedy, part tragedy and 100 percent pure calculation.

Now, Warrior

Thursday, October 11th, 2007

“Elizabeth: The Golden Age” is a kitsch extravaganza aquiver with trembling bosoms, booming guns and wild energy.

‘The Kite Runner’ Is Delayed to Protect Child Stars

Thursday, October 11th, 2007

Paramount Vantage is delaying the release of “The Kite Runner” to get its three schoolboy stars out of Kabul, Afghanistan.

Big Screen Embraces Hot Muse: Rock Stars

Thursday, October 11th, 2007

There seem to be enough current and planned movie projects about musicians to fill a jukebox.