• April 10, 2017
• At Home, Drama

Rather than let the story and the character unfold, the opening credits of Queen of the Desert tell us who the important historical figure Gertrude Bell was. She was...

• March 25, 2015
• At Home, Documentary

Early in Encounters at the End of the World, director Werner Herzog muses in his voice-over narration about the hierarchy of power in the animal kingdom… which leads him...

• April 21, 2013
• Adventure, At Home, Drama

Someone needs to give Christian Bale a sandwich and some diet counseling. If this guy continues to gain and lose alarming amounts of poundage for movie roles (see also...

• December 21, 2012
• Action, At Home, Crime, Drama

Unlike the millions of fans of Lee Child’s Jack Reacher books, I had never heard of the guy. I may as well be the equivalent of Richard Jenkins’ jaded...

• May 1, 2010
• At Home, Documentary

OK, I love Werner Herzog. He can literally do anything, from dramatic narrative films like Rescue Dawn with Christian Slater, to documentaries that range from quirky (Encounters at the...