Archive for the ‘Featured’ Category

Harry Brown

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

There’s a deceptive gravitas to the British vigilante thriller Harry Brown that some are bound to mistake for class—

Multiple Sarcasms

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

When the movie arrives with a title as awful as Multiple Sarcasms, that’s more like a red bed-sheet—king-sized and flapping on the clothesline.

OSS 117

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

While Michel Hazanavicius’ OSS 117 movies most directly satire a staggeringly lengthy series of French novels—and their super-spy protagonist, who predated James Bond by a few years

Iron Man 2

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

The primary challenge for all blockbuster franchises is to be big yet fleet. Iron Man is as good a model as any, thanks largely to Robert Downey Jr.’s flamboyantly narcissistic Tony Stark, plus

Tombstone

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

The early ’90s saw the release of two films revisiting the story of Wyatt Earp, Tombstone and Wyatt Earp, with the latter looking far more likely to win crowds, draw plaudits, and withstand the test of time.