Kick Ass: The Foot Fist Way Tae kwon do comedy stars a truly cringe-tastic Danny McBride
The Foot Fist Way has been trying to break into theaters since clawing its way down film-fest row, beginning at Sundance in '06. It took Will...
More>>By Robert Wilonsky
Published: June 12, 2008
The Not Terrible Hulk In the shadow of Iron Man, the latest from Marvel can't live up to its billing
In recent days, Universal's been running a TV spot for The Incredible Hulk that gives away what should come as no surprise to any fanboy worth...
More>>By Robert Wilonsky
Published: June 12, 2008
Supermarket Sweep in The Promotion Male fulfillment and lack thereof
The screenwriter Steven Conrad writes movies about success and self-fulfillment in America — how we define it, the price we pay for it and...
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Published: June 12, 2008
New Blood in Son of Rambow The joys of DIY filmmaking persist
No adult has ever been able to codify what separates a good movie from a classic. In kid terms, though — those favored by Son of Rambow, a...
More>>By Jim Ridley
Published: May 15, 2008
Speed Racer Is a Fast Track to Nowhere It's anime on overdrive in the Wachowski brothers' souped-up, tricked-out flick
Converting a fondly remembered cartoon series — one of the first Japanese animes syndicated on American TV — into a prospective...
More>>By J. Hoberman
Published: May 08, 2008
Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Man Is a Marvel Mighty Avenger
Chalk it up to personal preference, but I've always been fonder of those comic-book heroes who emerge by intent rather than happenstance. I mean...
More>>By Scott Foundas
Published: May 01, 2008
No Drama for Baby Mama Neither Tina Fey nor Amy Poehler seem the least bit invested in their surrogate mommy comedy
Could have sworn I've seen this episode of Baby Mama before — like sometime in January 2007, when it was originally titled "The Baby Show"...
More>>By Robert Wilonsky
Published: April 24, 2008
Harold and Kumar Go to Prison The duo get shipped to Gitmo in this forced act two
Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg wrote Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle with the novel idea: What if you made a John Hughes movie, but instead...
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Published: April 24, 2008
Unwelcome: The Visitor Tom McCarthy's preachy liberal guilt dwarfs any good intentions
Stop me if you've heard this one before: A lonely dwarf, a wisecracking Cuban-American and a grieving mother walk into each other's lives, laugh...
More>>By Scott Foundas
Published: April 24, 2008
88 Minutes Is Too Long Ridiculous Al Pacino stars in ridiculous running-down-the-clock thriller 88 Minutes
Jon Avnet's cheesy new thriller 88 Minutes is 105 minutes long, and going in, I feared that 100 of them would be eaten up by Al Pacino chewing...
More>>By Ella Taylor
Published: April 17, 2008
Cop Out: Street Kings Boys will be boys in this shallow look at dirty police
For a movie built around questions of failed ethics and duplicitous behavior, Street Kings is just as dishonest as its characters. Though...
More>>By Tim Grierson
Published: April 10, 2008
Ordinary Smart People Intelligence goes soft in this more obvious than smart rom-com
Smart people got no reason to live — and, sure, that's not quite how Randy Newman sang it, but the point still stands. Because in Noam...
More>>By Robert Wilonsky
Published: April 10, 2008
Fourth and Inches: Leatherheads George Clooney's ode to screwball comedies of yore is sooooo close. But yet.
When Time recently featured George Clooney on its cover accompanied by the headline "The Last Movie Star" — note not even a question mark...
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Published: April 03, 2008
Worth the Gamble: The Grand Forget this movie's poker face. It's the people who are cards.
For pure cinema, nothing rivals a high-stakes, full-tilt poker game — unless it's somebody landing on Ventnor Avenue with two houses, or...
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Published: April 03, 2008
Some Country for Old Men: Shine a Light Seniors Scorsese and the Stones together again
Mick Jagger's most essential physical feature, according to Martin Scorsese: his bellystache. On the poster for Shine a Light, the big-shot...
More>>By Camille Dodero
Published: April 03, 2008
Apolitical Theater in Stop-Loss Iraq war movie does its best not to mention the war
Considering that the war in Iraq has proven to be Washington's shot-by-shot remake of Vietnam, it's only natural that Hollywood has followed...
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Published: March 27, 2008
Skinny Is the New Fat in Run Fat Boy Run Simon Pegg may not have the ideal physique to play hefty, but he's a good fit
As John Simon once said of Jeanne Moreau — cast in a virginal role — making Simon Pegg a fat guy is like casting Lassie as a...
More>>By Jim Ridley
Published: March 27, 2008
Counting Sheep with 21 This flick doesn't hit the jackpot. Doesn't even come close.
Ben Mezrich's 2002 best-seller Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas For Millions was a smart narrative...
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Published: March 27, 2008
Sk8er Boi: Paranoid Park Gus Van Sant returns to disaffected youth and shoestring budgets
The pleasing circularity of Gus Van Sant's masterful Paranoid Park is not only a function of the film's narrative structure but reflects the arc...
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Published: March 20, 2008
Married Life Is Far from Heaven Obviously inspired by Todd Haynes, this competent '50s domestic drama doesn't quite compare
Do we need another look back at the rotten heart of the '50s nuclear family? Ira Sachs thinks we do, and as one who can't get enough of sweaty...
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Published: March 20, 2008
The Funny Games People Play Michael Haneke and his brutal home invaders return to implicate you, again
For the crime of obliterating high culture, for the crime of getting off on vicarious degradation — and, above all, for the crime of...
More>>By Jim Ridley
Published: March 13, 2008
Not so Bad: "Horton Hears a Who! After the unspeakable Grinch, Horton is a surprisingly strong Seuss adaptation
Was Dr. Seuss, né Theodor Seuss Geisel, oblivious to his own genius? The allegory of his charming Horton Hears a Who! remains fluid today,...
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Published: March 13, 2008
McDreamy tries to win over his engaged gal pal in My Best Friend's Made of Honor Wedding 
Jason Segel uses his balls to great effect in Forgetting Sarah Marshall 
Leaving no gimmick unturned, that Super Size Me guy goes searching for Public Enemy No. 1 in Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden? 
