FullReviews Index - page 2
Fanboys
Nerd culture reigns supreme and the geeks do indeed inherit in Kyle Newman's Fanboys, an amiable comedy about a group of rabid Star Wars fans who, in 1999, take a cross-country road trip to see The Phantom Menace before it comes out. With Jay Baruchel, Christopher Marquette, Kristen Bell, Sam Huntington, Dan Fogler -- and some high-powered cameos.
Coraline
Review of Coraline, Henry Selick's 3-D animated movie adaptation of Neil Gaiman's book.
Wristcutters: A Love Story
In Goran Dukic's indie film "Wristcutters: A Love Story," suicides wake up to find that they are not dead, but instead in a worse place. Smiles not allowed. Patrick Fugit, Shannyn Sossamon, Shea Wigham, Will Arnett, and Tom Waits star in this dark comedy about love and death.
Review: Milk
Milk review - A review of Gus Van San'ts Milk, starring Sean Pean, telling the courageous story of Harvey Milk, a 1970's gay activist. Allison Pill, Josh Brolin, Emile Hirsch, and James Franco also star.
Review: The Guitar
The Guitar - a review - A review of Amy Redford's debut film The Guitar. Saffron Burrows stars as a young woman told she has two months to live. Isaach De Bankolé, Paz de la Huerta and Janine Garafalo co-star.
Ballast
Ballast - A Review of Lance Hammer's Ballast - Lance Hammer's independent film Ballast is set in the rural South.
Synecdoche, New York
The directorial debut of acclaimed screenwriter Charlie Kaufman is an overambitious meta-narrative about a director producing an overambitious meta-narrative. From the punny title to the bitter end, Synecdoche, New York is driven by its creator and main character's desperate attempts to address the grand themes -- art, love, life, and death. The one self-referential twist that Kaufman didn't intend: both the play-within-the-movie and the movie itself are disastrous failures.
Filth and Wisdom
Filth and Wisdom review. Filth and Wisdom review. Madonna's directorial debut Filth and Wisdom, starring Eugene Hutz of the gypsy punk band Gogol Bordello, in a moderate success.
Rachel Getting Married
Rachel Getting Married Review - A Review of Jonathan Demme's Rachel Getting Married starring Anne Hathaway as you have never seen before. Rosemarie Dewitt, Mather Zickel, Bill Irwin,
Anna Deveare Smith, Anisa George, Tunde Adebimpe
and Debra Winger also star
Review: Wendy and Lucy
Wendy and Lucy Review - A Review of Kelly Reichardt's Wendy and Lucy. Michelle Williams gives a wonderful performance in Kelly Reichart's Wendy and Lucy, appearing in every scene of the film, portraying a homeless woman on her way to Alaska who loses her dog.
Choke (2008)
Clark Gregg directed and apapted Chuck Palhniuk's "Choke." Starring Sam Rockwell, Anjelica Huston, Brad William Henke, Kelly Macdonald & Clark Gregg. "Choke" opens September 26, 2008.
Burn After Reading
Burn After Reading Review - A review of The Coen Brother's Burn After Reading, starring George Clooney, Frances McDormand, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton, and Brad Pitt.
Christmas on Mars
The Flaming Lips' feature film "Christmas on Mars" is finally getting released -- sort of. In a characteristically unpredictable move, the film will begin an underground tour of offbeat venues around the country next week at the KGB Kraine Theater, a retrofitted Ukranian Socialist Social Club in New York.
The Lucky ones
The Lucky Ones Review - A review of The Lucky Ones, a Neil Burger film. Rachel McAdams, Michael Pena, Tim Robbins, Spencer Garrett, Molly Hagen star in The Lucky Ones.
Hamlet 2
Hamlet 2 review: Andrew Fleming's Hamlet 2, a smash hit at the Sundance Film Festival. Steve Coogan stars as as a failed actor and drama coach in Andy Fleming's bawdy satirical take on inspirational teachers. Catherine Keener co-stars as Coogan's wife. Elisabeth Shue plays herself.
Trouble The Water
Trouble the Water Review - a review of Tia Lessin and Carl Deal's Hurricane Katrina documentary Trouble the Water, starring Kimberly Rivers aka Black Kold Medina.
The Wackness
"The Wackness" A review of Jonathan Levine's "The Wackness" a surprisingly tender coming of age film about a white teenage drug dealer in the summer of 1994 in New York. Josh Peck, Ben Kingsley, Famke Janssen, Mary-Kate Olsen, and Olivia Thirlby star.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Star Wars: The Clone Wars is the new animated Star Wars movie produced by Lucasfilm, set during the Clone Wars between Episodes II and III. We've got the review.
Elegy
Elegy review - A review of Isabel Coixet's film Elegy starring Penelope Cruz and Kingsley. Based on a novel by Philip Roth, the novel focuses on the generous abundance of Penelope Cruz's breasts.
Mark and Jay Duplass' Baghead (2008)
The second film by the Duplass Brothers, Baghead a low-budget genre-mixing story about a group of unemployed actors who retreat to a country cabin to write a horror script -- only to find themselves entrapped in their very own horror story. Greta Gerwig, Ross Partridge, Steve Zissis, Ross Partridge, and Elise Muller star.
The Dark Knight
Two hours and twenty minutes, a gazillion dollars, a sterling cast, and an eight story IMAX screen weren’t enough for Christopher Nolan's "THe Dark Knight" to tickle a single thrill.
Garden Party
Rising star Willa Holland makes a strong impression in Jason' Freeland's otherwise amateurish indie film "Garden Party." The ensemble cast also includes Vinessa Shaw, Richard Gunn, Patrick Fischler, and Fiona Dourif.
'Kit Kittredge: An American Girl'
A review of Patricia Rozema's Kit Kittredge: An American Girl. Abigail Breslin stars as 9-year-old Kit Kittredge, an aspiring newspaper journalist out to solve a mystery during the Great Depression. The ensemble cast includes Stanley Tucci, Glenne Headly, Jane Krakowski, Julia Ormond and Wallace Shawn.
Be Kind Rewind
Jack Black stars in Be Kind Rewind, a one-of-a-kind comedy from the mind of writer/director Michel Gondry Be Kind Rewind features a cast that includes Mos Def, Danny Glover, and Mia Farrow. It is scheduled for a January 25, 2008 release.
The Incredible Hulk
Director Louis Leterrier avoids taking any chances: "The Incredible Hulk," written by superhero veteran Zak Penn, is as by-the-numbers as they come. Not even talented Ed Norton as tormented scientist Bruce Banner can breathe life into this unnecessary remake.