88 Minutes

Al Pacino stars in this dull and formulaic procedural.

"...the name of Forster (McDonough, creepy enough) to the death house. As Forster's execution time approaches, Gramm gets a..."

April 25, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Another Drug War Casualty: Young Mother Shot While Holding Infant Son

Ohio prosecutors charged police Sgt. Joseph Chavalia with two misdemeanor crimes related to the January shooting death of 26-year-old Tarika Wilson in botched SWAT raid

"...with two misdemeanor crimes related to the January shooting death of 26-year-old Tarika Wilson, who Chavalia killed during a..."

March 28, 2008 News Post by Jordan Smith

The Band's Visit

A lost band of Egyptian musicians from a police orchestra find refuge with some Israeli townspeople.

"...history. She and her friends are simply bored to death in Bet Hatikva and therefore happy to take the..."

March 7, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Badland

Badland is a well-meaning but pointlessly overblown drama about an American vet with post-traumatic stress disorder.

"...its protagonist, troubled vet Jerry (Draven), who shoots to death his pregnant wife and two sons before going on..."

Feb. 29, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Over Her Dead Body

In this DOA romantic comedy, Eva Longoria Parker plays a ghost who haunts her former fiancé-to-be when it's time for him to move on.

"...her head on her wedding day. But not even death can stop a force as vindictive as Kate. Instead,..."

Feb. 1, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Into the Wild

Sean Penn adapts Jon Krakauer's bestselling mystery adventure to the screen with frequently stunning but ultimately unsatisfactory results.

"...the unsettling feeling that the haunted life and solitary death of Christopher McCandless would remain forever unknowable. Unfortunately, an..."

Oct. 19, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Things We Lost in the Fire

This film starring Halle Berry and Benicio Del Toro is an impeccably constructed and perfectly paced drama of domestic and internal volatility.

"...who’s forced to re-examine his life after the violent death of his best and only friend, Steven Burke (the..."

Oct. 19, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Darjeeling Limited

Wes Anderson boards another train of ironic whimsy, although this time the train is quite literal and not just the train of thought in his head.

"...The three have been physically apart since their father's death a year ago, so the compulsive Francis, like the..."

Oct. 12, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Callous Keller Strikes Again

Judge lies in zeal to send convict to the death chamber.

"...Court of Criminal Appeals’ decision to ignore the last-minute death row appeal of Michael Richard (clearing the way for..."

Oct. 9, 2007 News Post by Jordan Smith

The Kingdom

Initially, The Kingdom seems like it might be another of this season's politically charged movies, but it actually plays more like an explosive episode of CSI: Riyadh.

"...movie. Largely a crime-scene whodunit, The Kingdom culminates in to-the-death shoot-outs in which people wearing kaffiyehs die by the..."

Sept. 28, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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