Monthly Archives: January 2013

Silence is golden in this year’s collection of Oscar nominated animated short films, packaged together for limited theatrical release so that we can all see them before Oscar night. Five different films, none with a word of dialogue, showcase a … Continue reading →

The robbers work with a confident, brutal and bracing efficiency. And the same could be said of their director.  Ben Affleck’s “The Town” is the work of a filmmaker with an eye for faces, an ear for dialect and a … Continue reading →

“This girl is in trouble,” Renee Zellweger’s character declares in “Case 39,” her first horror movie in 16 years. “I can FEEL it.” As can we all. Zellweger, at 41 is not really someone we’d call “girl” anymore. But she … Continue reading →

“Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny…” And at about this point the gnome reciting the prologue to “Romeo and Juliet” is yanked off stage by … Continue reading →

They’re young, they’re darned attractive, and their hands glow an eerie neon blue when they’re in trouble. And they’re in trouble a lot, because they’re being hunted. They have superhuman strength, great hair and lips and wardrobes to die for. … Continue reading →

The “Emperor’s New Clothes” con job of modern art takes one right on the kisser in “Exit Through the Gift Shop,” a little guerrilla style filmmaking about guerrilla graffiti artists and their status as darlings of the art world.

In Los Angeles, New York and Washington, D.C., anxious parents and kids who share their anxiety gather. They draw numbers, sit in a crowded gym, cross their fingers and hope for the best. What they’re hoping for is a chance … Continue reading →

There are rules to this super-hero/super-villain game, and they’re laid out by the title character in the chatty new animated adventure comedy “Megamind” starring Will Ferrell. “Good receives all the praise and adulation. Evil is sent for quiet time in … Continue reading →

Woody Allen’s oft-repeated modus operandi is that he has an idea, jots it on a slip of paper, shoves it into a desk and then takes it out later and makes a movie out of it. What was on the … Continue reading →