In a humble New York City apartment, an unusual Thanksgiving dinner is in the making.…
Movies, Movie Reviews, Filmmakers
Reviews of new movies, plus an archive of 6 years of past reviews!
Fin is an independent man with a passion for old trains. He’s also a dwarf.…
BY PATRICIA DRAZNIN I watched this film with curiosity and awe. In the awe category,…
BY NEIL FAUERSO Zhang Yimou’s Hero, with its gorgeous visuals, liberal use of slow-motion, melancholic…
BY PATRICIA DRAZNIN Did we really need another surfing movie? In this case, absolutely yes.…
IT’S RARE IN THIS AGE OF films like White Chicks and Alien Vs. Predator to…
BY PATRICIA DRAZNIN In the 1970s, San Diego’s favorite anchorman Ron Burgundy delivered the nightly…
BY PATRICIA DRAZNIN IN 1971, The French Connection set a whole new standard for chase…
BY NEIL FAUERSO Philip Seymour Hoffman inhabits Capote (©2005 UA/SONY PICTURES CLASSICS) The problem with…
BY PATRICIA DRAZNIN The big bad pharmaceuticals are at it again, this time dispensing experimental…
BY NEIL FAUERSO IT’S STRANGE THAT LARRY DAVID, such a nerdy, prickly middle-aged nebbish, is…

