Wendy and Lucy
Surprisingly gripping little movie about a drifter in a small Oregon town looking for her lost pooch, features Michelle Williams in a raw nerve of a performance.
Surprisingly gripping little movie about a drifter in a small Oregon town looking for her lost pooch, features Michelle Williams in a raw nerve of a performance.
Low-budget Spanish thriller about a guy that stumbles hours into the past and winds up trying to correct his last few mistakes can’t survive its contrived plot contortions, non-characters, or “well, duh” obviousness.
If you see one vampire movie this season, it shouldn’t be the one you’re probably thinking of. It should be this quietly beautiful, fiendishly gripping Swedish import which is likely to stay with you longer than your average teen romance novel.
Baz Luhrmann’s epic story of love and adventure isn’t quite the classic it hopes to be, but it paints a vivid portrait of the titular continent on the brink of World War II.
The latest Bond entry is Bourne again – it delivers the action goods, but is it a Bond movie?
A tight, first-rate espionage thriller that casts a bleak light on American involvement in the Middle East.
Even Michael Cera’s unique brand of awkwardness can’t save this frustratingly weak adaptation.
Director George C. Wolfe’s overly-crafted adaptation of the Nicholas Sparks novel is a bit much. But the two leads are so charismatic that they manage to sell the material far more than it deserves.
Joe recaps his predictions for the ten most anticipated films of Summer 2008.
Our resident film guru was so appalled by the new “X-Files” rip-off, “Fringe”, that he was moved to rant about it.
| ★★★★★ | Perfection |
| ★★★★☆ | Outstanding |
| ★★★☆★☆ | Excellent |
| ★★★☆☆ | Very good |
| ★★☆★☆☆ | Good |
| ★★☆☆☆ | OK |
| ★☆★☆☆☆ | Pretty Bad |
| ★☆☆☆☆ | Poor |
| ☆★☆☆☆☆ | Blech! |
| No Stars | Fail! |