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August 2013

August 22, 2013

The Quotable Renshaw

One of this film critics' favorite quotable quotes comes from Roger Ebert: "A movie is...

August 21, 2013

Angela Tucker Found Something on Facebook That Changed Her Life

Ask about “Sandy the Flower Man” in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and the citizens will tell you...

August 20, 2013

A Coen Brothers Concert and a Line-Up of Must-Play New Releases: Are You Listening?

If I ask "What's on your iPod?", what comes to mind? I doubt that you'll...

August 16, 2013

The Spectacular Now (2013)

During a summer overstuffed with blockbuster excesses, I found myself encouraged by the way "The...

August 09, 2013

Blue Jasmine (2013)

It feels like Woody Allen has just enough energy to rack up some ideas, to...

July 2013

July 25, 2013

Does the Noah Screenplay Sink or Float? Chattaway and Godawa Disagree.

I've been looking forward to seeing Noah. But now, for the first time, I can...

July 20, 2013

25 Years Ago Today, Walsh Got the Duke

It's a comedy. A buddy movie. An action movie. A cops and robbers movie. Not...

July 19, 2013

July 18: The Gratitude List

A magical night at the ferryboat dock. Lunch with a film critic. Reviews of "Fruitvale...

July 18, 2013

The Peeps on Turbo

There it is again, on the poster for Turbo: the facial expression that Dreamworks animators...

July 17, 2013

Netflix Brings Back the Coen Brothers’ Most Underrated Comedy

The Coen Brothers' "Intolerable Cruelty" may be their most underrated film. Now that it's streaming...

July 16, 2013

Why So Serious? Why, It’s My Fifth Dark Knight-iversary!

Five years ago today, I attended a sneak preview with an enthusiastic Seattle audience, and...

July 12, 2013

The Way, Way Back (2013)

It's sweet, it's good for you, it's simplistic and unsurprising, and it vanishes. In other...

July 09, 2013

Five Must-See Movies of the Summer (Including “Stories We Tell”)

Here are a few recent releases for adventurous moviegoers who seek more than the cinematic...

July 04, 2013

It’s a Fourth of July. Enjoy it.

It occurred to me that the Fourth of July was about to pass us by...

July 04, 2013

Retraction: The Ron Maxwell Rant Against Critics was a Hoax.

For the first time in more than a decade of blogging, I have apparently been...

July 03, 2013

The “Best” Films of 2013 So Far: Name Your Favorite!

The Film Society of Lincoln Center and indieWire have both posted critics' polls celebrating the...

July 02, 2013

Revisiting Marla: Did Their Kid Paint That? [Updated!]

Did Marla Olmstead really paint the canvases that became a sensation, the art that sold...

July 02, 2013

The Lone Ranger: “Cynical. Bankrupt. Brutal. Anti-American. A Catastrophe.”

Steven Greydanus has seen The Lone Ranger. And he is not a happy camper. But...

June 2013

June 28, 2013

Happy 5th Birthday, WALL•E!

Five years ago this weekend, Pixar brought us a vision of the future through the...

June 24, 2013

Monsters University: Bonus Question – Are These Monsters Dangerous?

Is "Monsters University" going to mess up a child's concepts of good and evil?

June 22, 2013

Star Trek Into Heartlessness

Warning: This is not a review. This is a rant. And it is full of...

June 22, 2013

Monsters University (2013)

Who knew that Mike and Sulley almost ruined each others' lives before they found bromance?

June 19, 2013

In Memory of James Gandolfini, 1961-2013.

June 19, 2013

Watch a Work of Art Come to Life Before Your Eyes

If you have a few minutes, put on your headphones and take a brief vacation...

June 14, 2013

Before Midnight (2013): An All-Thumbs Review

The following is a review of "Before Midnight" … in fiction. It’s Part Three of...

June 11, 2013

The Desolation of “The Hobbit”

Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit" is turning out to be, for many of us who love...

June 11, 2013

Finding Nemo: This Fish is Still Fresh

Here, at the ten-year anniversary, looking back at my original review of "Finding Nemo," I...

June 09, 2013

The Bard on the Big Screen: Much Ado About “Much Ado,” “Shakespeare in Love,” and More

Shakespeare adaptations range from the muddled to the magnificent. What's your favorite big-screen blast of...

June 06, 2013

Warm Bodies (2013)

Well, it could be that zombie movies have finally eaten my brain, but I think...

June 05, 2013

Has the Power of the Ring Corrupted The Hobbit‘s Filmmakers?

Today's Entertainment Weekly story about The Hobbit's new character played by Evangeline Lily has dealt...