INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS

Quentin Tarantino could have spelled the title of his latest blockbuster using ancient hieroglyphics, and “Inglourious Basterds” still would have been exactly what it is: a magnificent movie.
Brad Pitt stars at Lt. Aldo Raine, the Southern-fried, smart-alecky leader of a group of heavily-armed, vengeance-seeking Jews who dart from place to place during World War II [...]

PRECIOUS

“Precious” is unrelentingly grim and often hard to watch — but, like a three car pile up on the side of the road, you can’t turn away from it, either.
Kudos to the actors, some of whom are almost unrecognizable. As the lazy, foul-mouthed mother from hell, stand-up comic and talk show host Mo’Nique is wincingly [...]

THE ROAD

Yes, “The Road”–based on the Cormac McCarthy novel–is as grim as advertised. Yes, you might feel the need for a long, hot shower after you’ve seen it.
But it’s also a powerful, heartbreaking, and–ultimately–uplifting film.
Viggo Mortensen and Kodi Smit-McPhee play a father and son who, as the movie begins, are in the middle of a [...]

THE BLIND SIDE

We wish we could tell you that we were blindsided by “The Blind Side”, that we went in expecting to see one of those syrupy-sweet, feel-good movies, and ended up seeing something else.
We wish we could…but we can’t. It was, regrettably, as soft around the edges as we thought it would be.
Sandra Bullock stars [...]

NEW YORKER IN THE MAKING

“Windmills and Fashion Shows”
I’m not a New Yorker yet, but I’m proud to say that I’m a New Yorker in the making. Like a blockbuster movie released on a 4-DVD gift box set, perhaps in the coming years of my life I will release my own “making-of featurette”. Or [...]