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Movies, Movie Reviews, Filmmakers
Reviews of new movies, plus an archive of 6 years of past reviews!
BY NEIL FAUERSO As I am writing this, Grindhouse is a bona-fide flop. Immense amounts…
BY PATRICIA DRAZNIN Director Mira Nair (Monsoon Wedding, Vanity Fair, Mississippi Masala) offers this worthy…
BY PATRICIA DRAZNIN I heard the calling to rent Jesus Camp. But having seen Jesus…
BY NEIL FAUERSO David Fincher was, for a time, my least favorite director. After the…
BY NEIL FAUERSO For the last 20-odd years, David Lynch has engaged in a thrilling…
BY PATRICIA DRAZNIN Ironically, Breach is the stuff that good fiction is made of. But…
BY PATRICIA DRAZNIN Pursuit of Happyness the two-hour cure for self-pity over life’s frustrations. Inspired…
BY NEIL FAUERSO Science fiction usually boils down to either escapism or contemporary allegory. Consequently,…
BY NEIL FAUERSO The Bond franchise, now on its 21st child, has undergone as many…
BY PATRICIA DRAZNIN Not your grandma’s warm and fuzzy comedy, Borat is a politically incorrect…
BY NEIL FAUERSO Hallelujah! He’s back. After the triumph Goodfellas and the highly underrated Cape…
BY PATRICIA DRAZNIN Two similar films played in theaters in the fall of 2006: The…
Michel Gondry is a very frustrating guy. In moments of The Science of Sleep, Eternal…
BY PATRICIA DRAZNIN Hollywoodland is a story within a story. At its core is a…