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Sharkwater

The horrors of the "shark-fin mafia"
Watson is briefly shown here clashing with pirates, only to be sued for doing so.

By: BRETT MICHEL | October 31, 2007

The Final Season

Unintentional sports comedy
Sean Astin’s latest starring role finds him aiming to hit the emotional high he achieved in 1993’s Rudy .

By: BRETT MICHEL | October 17, 2007

We Own the Night

Gritty, macho, and lacking in grace
James Gray’s film is in dire need of plausibility.

By: BRETT MICHEL | October 10, 2007

And justice for one . . .

Clooney cleans up as Michael Clayton
“I’m not a miracle worker, I’m a janitor.”

By: BRETT MICHEL | October 03, 2007

The Heartbreak Kid

Dragging out funny
The only honor the remake is likely to vie for is “most athletic sex scene” at the MTV Movie Awards. That, or “most audible queef.”

By: BRETT MICHEL | October 03, 2007

Resident Evil: Extinction

A nail in the RE coffin
Meanwhile, the deep-pocketed Umbrella Corporation continues its nefarious schemes — puzzling, given the lack of commerce in an undead society.

By: BRETT MICHEL | September 26, 2007

Non-starter

Opening night at the 23rd Boston Film Festival
George Clooney’s Hub stopover this past Saturday night was designed to draw attention to the 23-year-old Boston Film Festival.

By: BRETT MICHEL | September 20, 2007

Sydney White

An obvious, labored fairy tale
Joe Nussbaum’s created a genre mash-up, grafting on the plot of Revenge of the Nerds and . . . the climax of Spartacus ?

By: BRETT MICHEL | September 19, 2007

Death Sentence

They don't get much worse than this
An all-out war between Hume and his gangland prey culminates in a ridiculously over-the-top shootout in an abandoned mental hospital.

By: BRETT MICHEL | September 05, 2007

Halloween

Oh, the horror
I have seen the origin of evil, and it’s feral, yet strangely . . . adorable.

By: BRETT MICHEL | September 05, 2007

3:10 to Yuma

Claustrophobia
It seeped like a cancer into his modestly expanded take on Elmore Leonard’s short two-hander set within the confined time and space of a hotel room.

By: BRETT MICHEL | September 05, 2007

The 11th Hour

Global warming made boring
Remember the “myth” of global warming?

By: BRETT MICHEL | August 22, 2007

Monkey business

Champ versus chump in The King of Kong
Florida lawyer/video game scapegoater Jack Thompson has it all wrong.

By: BRETT MICHEL | August 22, 2007

I Know Who Killed Me

Lindsay Lohan's robotic reel life
Lohan’s virgin/whore dons a robotic hand, the perfect prop to match her performance.

By: BRETT MICHEL | August 01, 2007

Hot Rod

Barely worth an illegal download
Andy Samberg and his SNL Digital Shorts cohort stepped in to recapture some of that “Lazy Sunday” magic.

By: BRETT MICHEL | August 01, 2007

Interview

Where's the sex?
Steve Buscemi probably felt morally compelled to remake Theo van Gogh’s Interview .

By: BRETT MICHEL | July 18, 2007

Goya's Ghosts

Hauntingly awful
It’s the looming specter of a once-great filmmaking talent rising after an eight-year silence.

By: BRETT MICHEL | July 18, 2007

Joshua

Eschewing supernatural hysteria
Something sure to please fans of Ratliff’s documentary Hell House.

By: BRETT MICHEL | July 11, 2007

Bon appétit

Brad Bird cooks up a masterpiece
Family. We spend lifetimes breaking away from them, forging our own path, only to discover it leads back to the same place.

By: BRETT MICHEL | June 27, 2007

Ten Canoes

A Cain-and-Abel style story
The film's humor and warmth are as natural as its actors’ exposed genitals.

By: BRETT MICHEL | June 20, 2007

Angel-A

Frank Capra’s classic loses its class
Could this be Besson’s directing finale, as rumored? Ouais, s’il vous plaît!

By: BRETT MICHEL | June 06, 2007

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