January 2007 – Tail Slate

Babel

Alejandro González Iñárritus sprawling Babel forsakes character for story.

Jennifer Garner gives a great performance in Catch and Release but the film doesn’t do right by her.

Children of Men a haunting and gorgeous view of bleak times is a must-see.

The W. Somerset Maugham story The Painted Veil gets yet another screen adaptation, this time directed by John Curran.

Richard Eyres brilliant study of a friendship gone awry, Notes on a Scandal features two of the years greatest performances.

Despite some problems there are many pleasures to be found in the screen adaptation of Dreamgirls.

Soderbergh tries so hard to make The Good German feel like an old-style film, that he forgets to make it a good one.

Clint Eastwood’s second look at Iwo Jima this year is a must-see.