Category: Films
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‘The Invention of Lying’ makes honesty quite appealing
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Ricky Gervais writes, directs and stars in The Invention of Lying, a new film that also stars Jennifer Garner, Louis C.K., Jonah Hill and Rob Lowe. But just to be clear, Matthew Robinson co-wrote and…
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‘Surrogates’ travels through familiar territory
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If you find yourself walking out of the theater auditorium after having seen Surrogates, the latest film from director Jonathan Mostow (U-571 and Breakdown), and feel like this is ‘stuff’ you have seen before, don’t…
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‘Frost/Nixon’ is simply spectacular
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In the 219 years since George Washington became the first President of the United States, only one President has ever resigned. Richard Milhous Nixon, the nation’s 37th President, stepped down in the wake of the…
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‘Cadillac Records’ is worth a spin
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“Leonard Chess didn’t know nothing about no blues” – Muddy Waters Cue the cheesy Sherwood Schwartz music. It’s the story of a man named Lenny, who was busy with an idea of his own. He…
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‘Pride and Glory’ is not glorious to watch
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Sadly there is very little glory or pride to be found in Gavin O’Connor’s Pride and Glory. an attempt at a gritty New York City police crime drama involving a family with a deep history…
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‘Iron Man’ gets the job done with thrills and fun
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The summer movie season blazes wide open to make room for Iron Man the first of many superhero flicks!
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‘The Bank Job’
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Director Roger Donaldson (No Way Out) brings the story of an actual bank robbery to the big screen, with major elements of truth involved that were covered up by British secrecy laws; and somehow it…
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‘Breaking and Entering’
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Anthony Minghellas Breaking and Entering is less sprawling than his previous movies but equally ambitious.
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‘The Pursuit of Happyness’
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The Pursuit of Happyness, Gabriele Muccino’s feel-good winter film, may be cobbled together from the real-life story of Chris Gardner, but the film itself feels a little stale, a San Francisco retread of Kramer vs.…