Monthly Archives: January 2013

Kim Jee-woon’s “I Saw the Devil” is a thriller that makes you wish you knew how to scream “O.M.G.” in Korean.

There’s a melancholy verse from W.C. Handy’s St. Louis Blues that carries everything you need to know about age and regret in a single line. “I hate to see that evening sun go down, ’cause it makes me think I’m … Continue reading →

“That’s What I Am” is a “Flipped” style period piece about tolerance, learning people’s true value and the cruelty of childhood. It stars the always terrific Ed Harris as a beloved teacher threatened by rumors about his sexuality in 1960s … Continue reading →

In “Seven Days in Utopia,” a mild-mannered young golfer has a mild meltdown in the middle of a tournament. That’s  followed by seven days of perspective-patching among mild-mannered God-fearing folk in rural Texas. Faith and “fore” walk hand in hand … Continue reading →

Marlon Wayans (my interview with him in here) is back in the Scary Movie business, even if he doesn’t get to call it a “Scary Movie.” “A Haunted House” (review here) opened #2 at the box office this weekend, a … Continue reading →

Julian Schnabel tries and fails to boil down fifty years of Middle Eastern history as seen and experienced by a handful of inter-related Palestinians in “Miral,” an ambitious but seriously muddled melodrama.The Oscar-nominated director of “The Diving Bell and the … Continue reading →

When was the last time a zombie movie touched you, made an emotional connection? It’s been a while, right? Maybe a moment or a character in “28 Days Later.” But before that? And after it? That’s what jumps at you … Continue reading →

Steven Spielberg and Frank Marshall will produce the next “Jurassic” film, which will be directed by an as-yet unnamed director. Whom will Spielberg anoint to take over the lucrative series? It’s obvious that special effects have advanced eons since the … Continue reading →

Two of comedy’s most successful entrepreneurs, Tyler Perry and Larry the Cable Guy, will unite in “Madea’s Christmas,” a comedy Perry is set to make on the heels of failing to break free from his meal ticket with the “Alex … Continue reading →

Paul Bettany, voted “Most Likely to Wear a Cowl” at Drama Centre London, is a caped crusader once again in “Priest,”a mad mash-up of sci-fi, Western, sacrilegious  silliness and vampire movie. What lifts it to “I’ve seen worse” status is … Continue reading →