Film Reviews:

Doubt
Presenting a prayer for the lying

Frost/Nixon
Lightweight funnyman vs. heavyweight felon. And the winner is …?

Slumdog Millionaire
Charles Dickens is alive and well in 21st century Mumbai

Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Woody may love Vicky AND Cristina, but Oscar's got a thing for Penelope

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Just like clockwork, a story about time reversal starts with a story about time reversal

The Wrestler
Mickey Rourke roughhouses like a champ

Personal Film Favorites:

Wall*E

Young@Heart

Married Life

Sweeney Todd

Penelope
(a pun fest review)

Interviews, Commentary, Analysis, Previews:

Tom Shadyac: Finding Joy of a Different Kind
One-time funnyman Shadyac rethinks the concept of laughing all the way to the bank

Davis Guggenheim: Cranking it Up to Eleven
"Inconvenient Truth" Oscar-winner Davis Guggenheim reflects on music, art and commitment

Dear Fanboys: A Love Letter to You
Naysaying young gentlemen object to my opinions -- for once, I retort back

McMenamins Mommy Matinees
BYOJ (Bring Your Own Juicebox)

Presenting Michael Bennett's "Dreamgirls"
Advocate.com piece on bowing to Dreamgirls' first creator

Family Film Preview, Summer 2009
A parents' guide through the summer minefields of G, PG and PG-13

Family Film Preview, Winter Holiday 2008
November and December holiday films for the whole family

"Never judge a book by its movie."

~ J. W. Eagan

 

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