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June 2007

June 12, 2007

Knocked Up (2007) – Two Guest Reviews

No, I haven't seen Knocked Up yet. I'll probably wait for the DVD, due to...

May 2007

May 11, 2007

Memento (2001)

2013 Update: I haven't seen Memento in many years, but I feel that I have...

May 11, 2007

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)

Be warned: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is very faithful to the book. That...

May 11, 2007

Oldboy (2005)

Park Chanwook, the Korean director currently winning fans with his hyperviolent stories of revenge, has...

January 2007

January 18, 2007

Tsotsi (2005)

Question: What happens when a newborn baby ends up in the care of a lawless,...

January 10, 2007

Review flashback: “Watership Down”

2014 Update: Oh how I wish someone would re-release Watership Down on Region 1 blu-ray...

January 10, 2007

You Can Count On Me (2000)

2007 Update: It's been a few years since I've seen this 2000 film, and yet...

January 08, 2007

2046 (2004)

2oo7 Update: This post, my 2005 first-impression review of 2046, is much too long... I...

November 2006

November 30, 2006

Manderlay (2005)

Danish director Lars von Trier gave us a remarkable, audacious film in 2004 called Dogville. The film starred...

November 30, 2006

“United 93”: First Impressions

Well, I took a deep breath and watched United 93 during the Seattle snowstorm. And...

October 2006

October 27, 2006

Babel (2006)

This review was originally published at Christianity Today in October 2006. - It's bullet time at...

October 17, 2006

A Scanner Darkly (2006)

[A severely abridged version of this review was previously published at Christianity Today, and it...

October 09, 2006

Little Children (2006)

This review was originally published at Christianity Today in October 2006. - Ever watch moths...

June 2006

June 21, 2006

X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)

Okay, I've just seen a promising 90-minute highlight reel for an X-Men movie. It was...

February 2006

February 17, 2006

Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005)

This review was originally published at Christianity Today. - A number of big names —...

November 2005

November 19, 2005

Walk the Line (2005)

Imagine a film about the life of Tom Cruise that pretends that his marriage to...

August 2005

August 12, 2005

Grizzly Man, March of the Penguins, Duma (2005) – A Guest Review by J. Robert Parks

J. Robert Parks weighs in again, this time on three beastly films: It's a summer...

August 12, 2005

The Edukators (2004) – A Guest Review by J. Robert Parks

Seems like J. Robert Parks is seeing all of the great films this year, while...

August 05, 2005

Broken Flowers (2005)

Jeffrey's review of Broken Flowers was published at Christianity Today in August 2005.

June 2005

June 29, 2005

War of the Worlds (2005)

In Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds, Tom Cruise runs for his life. Of course...

May 2005

May 06, 2005

Crash (2005)

This review was originally published at Christianity Today in May 2005. - Alexander and the...

April 2005

April 11, 2005

Millions (2004)

This review was originally published at Christianity Today on March 11, 2005. - A particularly...

March 2005

March 27, 2005

Dogville (2004)

This review was originally published at Christianity Today on March 26, 2004. - There is...

March 21, 2005

In My Country (2005)

This review of In My Country was originally published at Christianity Today in March 2005....

March 04, 2005

Be Cool (2005)

This review was originally published in March 2005 at Christianity Today. - Be Cool, directed...

January 2005

January 19, 2005

Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)

[This review was originally published in January 2005 at Christianity Today.] - Soon after the...

January 01, 2005

Buechner (2005)

[These comments were originally published in an installment of Film Forum column at Christianity Today in...

December 2004

December 23, 2004

House of Flying Daggers (2004)

[This review was originally published at Christianity Today in December 2004.] - For the second...

December 07, 2004

Fight Club (1999)

UPDATE 2010: Looking back at my original review for Fight Club, I find my feelings...

December 07, 2004

The Lovers on the Bridge (1991)

With amazing performances and some bizarre spectacles, Leos Carax's The Lovers on the Bridge a...