Not that it’ll make Alan Moore feel any better, but the Watchmen movie actually turned out pretty good. True, even a completely faithful, 100% successful adaptation would have thrown the reclusive writer into fits, but considering that his work had previously been adapted into the disastrous League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, […]

I’ve been noodling with a way to start this review for more than an hour. So rather than try to do something all clever, I’ll just put the lead right out front: Gran Torino is awesome. I’m a huge fan of Clint Eastwood – Unforgiven is my favorite movie of […]

It seems hard to believe, but there are still shows that haven’t been released on DVD yet. More to the point, there are shows I would buy that haven’t been released on DVD yet. I’m sure there are dozens of delightful unreleased sitcoms about men who are successful and well-respected […]

Back when Kevin Smith made Clerks, his style was legitimately refreshing. It was a poorly-directed little movie, made of nothing more than passion and credit card debt. Youthful enthusiasm rendered it immune to criticism, and it stood as a very funny, very dirty movie. His eighth film, Zack and Miri […]

Sometimes it seems like the Coen Brothers are actively working to stymie moviegoers. After last year’s multiple Oscar-winning triumph, No Country for Old Men, they’ve returned to their long-running obsession with idiots for the comedy Burn After Reading. Their longtime fans have come to accept massive tonal shifts between movies, […]

If it pleases the court, I’d like to enter a single statement into evidence before I proceed with a review of Tropic Thunder. My statement is as follows: Danny McBride is freaking awesome. Between his role in this movie, The Foot Fist Way, and his scene-stealing in Pineapple Express, he […]