Here’s why I shouldn’t be reviewing Les Misérables. Because I don’t like Les Misérables. There, I said it. Boom.
I don’t like the shameless melodrama, I don’t like the repetitive music, I don’...
Let’s get the awkwardness out of the way first, shall we? This is 40 is essentially The Judd Apatow Story, written and directed by Apatow, with Apatow’s wife (Leslie Mann) playing his wife,...
When I found out that Peter Jackson was planning on filming The Hobbit, the beloved prequel to The Lord of the Rings trilogy, it seemed out of order—the appetizer after the three-course entree...
Remember when that book The Secret came out? The idea behind The Secret was that positive thinking was the key to happiness and success. It literally suggested that if you wished hard enough...
In the Twilight world, becoming a vampire is like being permanently high on some really great ecstasy. Senses are heightened—colors brighter, blades of grade more detailed. Sex with your...
It says something about Daniel Day-Lewis’s reputation as an actor that there was nary a peep of protest when he—a UK native!—was cast as Abraham Lincoln. Heck, England had a collective freak...
This may be a bit controversial, but I don’t think Daniel Craig makes an excellent Bond.
Granted, my knowledge of Bond is limited to the films (I haven’t read the books), but to me, Bond...
The premise of The Sessions is enough to make even the most jaded filmgoer squirm: A man with severe polio, who can barely move and must sleep in an iron lung, consults with a “sexual...
Don’t look now, but Ben Affleck has become a major American filmmaker.
He’s actually three-for-three in his directorial efforts—Gone Baby Gone, The Town, and now Argo—with each film getting...
This essential film is currently only available to Baltimore audiences on Comcast On Demand. When it comes to theaters, I will re-post the review.
It’s fitting that David France’s...
