The review: Noah Baumbach’s Margot at the Wedding has the usual pre-Gerwig vibe* of disaffected adults who speak with a bored affect** and are their own worst enemies. And while that first [...]
Brad Bird’s Ratatouille is a fine example of Pixar’s prowess with plot and animation, plus no hankies are needed. It’s pretty much a sausage fest, with Janeane Garofalo the only [...]
Gossip Girl Season 1 provides many things: a quality overwrought drama full of (mostly) bad people making bad decisions; an insight into cutting-edge technology of 2006; performances that range [...]
For me, Ocean’s Thirteen is the most forgettable Ocean’s movie* but that doesn’t really matter because it’s another opportunity to hang around with the crew. Though [...]
And the exciting trilogy concludes with The Bourne Ultimatum a movie that lets us be more knowledgeable in some places than Jason Bourne—we know, for instance about the Asset, when Bourne has no [...]
This film felt more immediate due to the retiring of a certain Supreme Court Justice and speculation about what the new configuration of the court might bring for Roe v. Wade. This movie is a [...]
In No Country for Old Men, not much dialog makes for a tense, bloody and incredibly beautiful film. There are also very fun bit parts with actual Texans. How can such a horrible man have such a [...]
In Mike Nichols’ film, Charlie Wilson won the war and lost the peace. All three actors did a fabulous job and the writing was snappy. I’ve never been so happy to see surface-to-air [...]