george michael - cowboys and angels

Are my wife and I the only ones who have sometimes accidentally called the Cowboys & Aliens movie Cowboys & Angels because of the ...

'the smurfs' review

I really liked the Smurfs as a kid. My hometown barber had little plastic Smurfs all over his shop. (I'm not sure why he collected them....

'the interrupters' review

If you asked me to name the best movie of the last 20 years, I'd probably go with Hoop Dreams , the documentary by director Steve James ...

'cowboys & aliens' review

Cowboys & Aliens has such a fun hook -- it's right there in the title -- that it's a shame the movie isn't more fun than it...

'the guard' review

The Guard is the feature debut of writer-director John Michael McDonagh, who has concocted a minor charmer that's a comedy, a thriller, ...

'the future' review

Miranda July's new film, The Future , is a nice improvement on her debut, the overly cutesy Me and You and Everyone We Know , which ever...

'life in a day' review

Life in a Day has a clever, gimmicky concept: Director Kevin Macdonald asked people around the world to film their lives on July 24, 2010. T...

talking heads - this must be the place (naive melody)

A couple incidents conspired to make this my Friday Video this week. First, I caught (for the first time) Stop Making Sense on the big scree...

'captain america: the first avenger' review

Captain America is a defiantly square, old-fashioned action movie. Others have compared it to Raiders of the Lost Ark , but I see it as anot...

'crazy, stupid, love' review

Steve Carell is the star and one of the producers of Crazy, Stupid, Love. , a disappointingly sitcom-y adult romantic drama. The other trade...

'friends with benefits' review

I enjoyed Easy A , so I had hopes for director Will Gluck's next film, Friends With Benefits , with Mila Kunis and hey-didn't-you-us...

'another earth' review

The Sundance hit Another Earth opens on Friday. It's a mess of a movie ... and yet it still works. Barely. I explain why over at Yahoo .

'the myth of the american sleepover' review

The Myth of the American Sleepover , the debut of writer-director David Robert Mitchell, is a special, understated coming-of-age film. It...

the verve - sonnet

Because I find it pretty and comforting.

'tabloid' review

Errol Morris returns with his latest documentary, Tabloid . I think it's one of his best in recent years. I explain why over at Yahoo .

'harry potter and the deathly hallows - part 2' review

Well, that's it. No more Harry Potter movies ever. I'm not entirely sad about that since I've only really loved two installments...

'the undefeated' review

Last month, I wrote about my genuine interest in The Undefeated , the pro-Sarah Palin documentary that comes out this weekend in select the...

faith no more - midnight cowboy

I was thinking about "Easy," the Commodores' song that's featured in Zookeeper . And I was thinking, "Hey, Faith No M...

'project nim' review

Folks, I thought Project Nim was quite impressive. Director James Marsh has topped his estimable Man on Wire with this new documentary, whic...

'zookeeper' review

I like Kevin James. Really, I do. I thought he was really fun in Hitch , which made me hopeful he could transition from TV to film smoothly....

'a little help' review

Jenna Fischer of The Office stretches her acting muscles a bit with A Little Help , a comedy-drama indie about a young wife and mother whose...

'rapt' review

I first saw Rapt last spring as part of COLCOA . I thought it was pretty great then, and I still think it's pretty great now. My review ...

cee lo green - bright lights bigger city

Have a great Fourth everyone. I picked this song specifically because of how nicely it's used in a movie that comes out this weekend. (H...