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Before I get to the business of calling Rob Zombie’s Halloween the worst movie of the year so far, let me talk about the usage of that phrase. First of all, it should be obvious that I am talking about it being the worst movie I have seen this year; while… Continue reading
When a legendary outlaw and a mild mannered rancher set on bringing him to justice lock horns, who wins? Up and coming actor Ben Foster. While Christian Bale and Russell Crowe are the above the title talent in this film, it’s Foster who’s the real draw,… Continue reading
Ben Garant's Reno 911!: Miami was tolerable because it at least delivered on the modest promise of the TV show, i.e. it featured bizarro sights like Paul Rudd as a Scarface-like drug lord torturing a hostage with a weed whacker. On a yacht. Prompting one of… Continue reading
Thanks to an inopportune slot in the August release schedule, I can’t help stacking The Ten up against Superbad, and it’s never going to win that contest. The difference is that while The Ten, a comic collection of stories based on the ten commandments, is… Continue reading
Over the last few weeks I've seen Superbad more than once and had innumerable conversations about it. The dialogues all start the same way: ‘is it actually funny?' When I emphatically assure friends, enemies and Republicans that it is fucking hilarious,… Continue reading
What divides a disaster from a fiasco, artistically speaking? What is the line between a failure and a complete pants shitting? Whatever separates just plain fucking a movie up from inflicting pain on audiences, The Invasion lands firmly on the worst side of… Continue reading
Whenever a documentary breaks life down into a battle of good versus evil, it's usually an indication that the filmmaker has plunged headlong into not only subjectivity, but prejudice. This has been especially true of the recent spate of political… Continue reading
Put yourself in Oliver Hirschbiegel's shoes. You've made several films, two of which broke out of Germany to international success: das Experiment and Downfall. You're presented with a major studio opportunity to rework Invasion of the Body Snatchers, but… Continue reading
This year has dealt a serious blow to my ability to claim any one film is the ‘best’ anything of this year, especially when it comes to comedies*. 2007 has been bafflingly rich in comic gold, and if you had told me back in February that Hot Fuzz might not be… Continue reading
The Kingdom is one of the most remarkable and extraordinary movies of 2007; smart and thoughtful while never sacrificing tension, excitement or teeth-shattering action, Peter Berg has made a current events thriller that will stand in the years to come as a… Continue reading
I hope Alan Moore goes to see Stardust. His work has never been treated with such reverence as Matthew Vaughn shows Neil Gaiman, but the film instills hope that it might be. Whether or not Moore buys a ticket, you definitely should. Not to make the point too… Continue reading
There's nothing wrong with the dreadful Skinwalkers that couldn't be fixed, which is why I hate it so much. I knew it was headed in the wrong direction when Cronenberg was no longer listed as an executive producer, and never did have faith that Jason Behr… Continue reading
