• February 8, 2007
• At Home, Crime, Drama

Based on his own memoirs, Monteil’s drama is told in profanity-laden (seriously, I wonder how man f**ks are in this film!) flashback by an adult Dito (Robert Downey Jr.),...

• November 28, 2006
• At Home, Crime, Drama, Mystery

I can’t believe it—I did it again! I found another so-bad-it’s-good Christopher Plummer movie! With The Spiral Staircase I’m two for two! And Eyewitness is full of before-they-were-megafamous faces!...

• November 28, 2006
• At Home, Crime, Drama, Thriller

I watched The Silent Partner at the end of a day spent convalescing with a horrible headache and listening to Christopher Plummer read The Nutcracker on tape. By evening...

• November 18, 2006
• Action, At Home, Crime, Thriller

I’d like to take this opportunity to thank Daniel Craig for doing something that no other actor playing superspy 007 has ever been able to do before: get me...

• October 27, 2006
• At Home, Crime, Mystery, Thriller

I first saw this film a few years ago at a film festival, enjoyed it, and was later appalled when I heard that Brad Pitt has optioned the rights...

• October 27, 2006
• Action, At Home, Crime, Drama

With the success of Martin Scorcese’s The Departed, a remake of the original Infernal Affairs, there has been a renewed interest in the Hong Kong trilogy of films that...

• September 11, 2006
• Action, At Home, Crime, Drama

OK, OK, let me say say it outright: I think Lucas Black is adorable. Call me surprised to be totally enamored of this actor’s thick-as-molasses Texas accent (especially since...

• May 28, 2006
• Action, At Home, Crime, Thriller

In historic Japan, “ronin” were samurai who had lost or been betrayed by their masters—warriors that were renegade swords-for-hire. With that in mind, we are introduced to a handful...

• March 29, 2006
• At Home, Crime, Drama, Thriller

An albino alligator is a freak of nature. It is weak and vulnerable, and serves one purpose: bait. The alligator posse it belongs can use the albino to lure...

• March 24, 2006
• At Home, Crime, Drama, Thriller

There are a number of things I didn’t understand in director Spike Lee’s latest film, and I subsequently wound up leaving the theater a little confused. I’m pretty sure...

• December 6, 2005
• Action, At Home, Comedy, Crime

As I settle in to write this review, I can’t help wishing I had more than eight slices of pie to bestow upon Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. I’m not...

• October 30, 2005
• Action, At Home, Crime, Drama

I have to admit, my expectations for Four Brothers was very low. I wasn’t particularly excited about seeing it since John Singleton’s films have been getting progressively worse (2...