Passion review
Trashy remake of the brilliant French black comedy strips out the satire and slathers what’s left in ridiculous lesbian-erotic-thriller sauce. (please click through for commenting, social networking,...
View ArticleCarrie review: women who hate women
I’m struck by the perversity of a story four decades old about religious misogyny and basic feminism and the perniciousness of bullying that still feels fresh and relevant... (please click through for...
View ArticleMission to Mars (review)
Science Porn When Mars Pathfinder lander on the red planet a few years ago, I was glued to the TV, eagerly awaiting those first pictures from the surface of that alien planet, and I was just as...
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The Secret in Their Eyes (review)
This year’s Oscar winner for Best Foreign Language Film is a seductive film noir, a lonely love story, a cautionary tale about taking a quest for justice too far, and more, especially a nightmare...
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Jason Statham: Burt Reynolds for the 20teens (and other adventures in social...
What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today: • I was gonna be all, “Jason Statham is so frakkin’ awesome he can replace both DeNiro and Pacino!” But this is remaking the 1987 flick....
View Articlecan there be a good creative reason to redo Brian De Palma’s 1976 film?...
Just as the pointless remake of Evil Dead signals a total lack of interest on the part of moviegoers in anything original via its very good North American debut comes the next old thing. Can there be...
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