Film
Film: Hail, Caesar!
As Coen Brothers films go, Hail Caesar! (2016) is slight, a quirky, elaborate love letter to old-school Hollywood that…
April 20, 2020-
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Film, SpiesFilm: The Peacemaker
Released twenty years ago, The Peacemaker (1997) feels twice that old, a soulless thriller with a hollow, pre-9/11 terrorism…
November 7, 2017 -
Film, Science Fiction, ThrillerFilm: Gravity
I finally saw Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity (2013), and found it utterly gripping from start to finish. Sandra Bullock stars…
November 25, 2013 -
Drama, FilmFilm: The Ides of March
A political drama based on a play, The Ides of March (2011) delivers just about what you would expect…
July 30, 2012 -
Drama, Film, Spies, Spy 100 Project, ThrillerSpy 100, #35: Syriana
A convoluted tangle of a film, Syriana (2005) is impeccably crafted, challenging and highly political. It skims across the…
October 31, 2011 -
Drama, Film, Spies, ThrillerFilm: The American
I love movies like The American (2010), international thrillers with brooding, paranoid spy protagonists. Sadly, I didn’t much care…
February 14, 2011 -
Comedy, Drama, FilmFilm: The Men Who Stare at Goats
“More of this is true than you would believe.” So says an early title card for The Men Who…
December 9, 2010 -
FilmFilm: Fantastic Mr. Fox
I either didn’t read Roald Dahl’s Fantastic Mr. Fox or simply don’t remember it, so I had no idea…
August 3, 2010 -
Comedy, Drama, FilmFilm: Up in the Air
Up in the Air (2009) is an engaging and timely blend of comedy and drama, with a solid grasp…
March 16, 2010 -
Film, Spies, Spy 100 Project, ThrillerSpy 100, #91: The Good German
I rented The Good German (2006) a couple years ago and it didn’t make a great impression on me…
February 20, 2010 -
Film, Spies, Spy 100 ProjectSpy 100, #92: Burn After Reading
I reviewed Burn After Reading (2008) here at the site just over a year ago. But in the true…
February 7, 2010 -
