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

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

Young@Heart

Married Life

Sweeney Todd

Penelope
(a pun fest review)

Interviews, Analysis, Previews:

Fuel
Interviewing biofuel documentarian Josh Tickell, who could be considered a renewable energy source all his own

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, Winter Holiday 2008
A parents' guide through the minefields of G, PG and PG-13

"Never judge a book by its movie."

~ J. W. Eagan

 

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