No Country for Old Men
This Coen Brothers adaptation of the Cormac McCarthy novel may be their darkest film yet. It’s also one of their best.
This Coen Brothers adaptation of the Cormac McCarthy novel may be their darkest film yet. It’s also one of their best.
The real heartbreak in this Farrelly Brothers remake of 1972’s Neil Simon comedy trifle is that the second half is so much worse than the first.
Solid, complex character study from the team that’s single-handedly championing the genre. This one finds the ever-improving George Clooney as a legal "fixer".
Promising debut from writer-director Jake Paltrow about a sleep-obsessed man who meets the literal girl-of-his-dreams has some perceptive moments amid a lot of tossing and turning.
HBO exposes its basest instincts with the gimmicky "Tell Me You Love Me", a show about couples having hard-core sex interrupted with cliched relationship drama.
A reader wonders what films have most suffered from repeat viewings.
Like it or not, the Russians have their very own "Godfather" with David Cronenberg’s dark, brutal thriller about the inner-workings of London’s Russian mafia featuring another powerful performance by Viggo Mortensen.
Unforgivably slow and over-titled attempt to dramatize the ignoble murder of the notorious outlaw features a fine performance by Casey Affleck as Ford.
A fierce performance by Tommy Lee Jones as a father searching for his son, AWOL after returning from Iraq, anchors this flawed but important film from flawed but important writer-director Paul Haggis.
Another addition to the Comedy of Humiliation genre plays like "Meet the Parents" with a lot less warmth.
| ★★★★★ | Perfection |
| ★★★★☆ | Outstanding |
| ★★★☆★☆ | Excellent |
| ★★★☆☆ | Very good |
| ★★☆★☆☆ | Good |
| ★★☆☆☆ | OK |
| ★☆★☆☆☆ | Pretty Bad |
| ★☆☆☆☆ | Poor |
| ☆★☆☆☆☆ | Blech! |
| No Stars | Fail! |