Confessions of a Superhero

What does Superman do when he's not posing for snapshots with tourists in front of Grauman's Chinese Theatre? This documentary about Hollywood's ultimate poseurs tells all. SXSW Film Presents

"...I'm referring to is Christopher Lloyd Dennis (son of Oscar-winning Sandy Dennis), one of four street actors profiled in..."

Nov. 2, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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.

"...Bier’s first English-language film and her follow-up to the Oscar-nominated After the Wedding, and like that film, it’s an..."

Oct. 19, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Randy and the Mob

This Southern-fried comedy, directed by and starring Ray McKinnon, is a flat-footed take on the suburban Southern gentleman in disrepair.

"...surprisingly dopey offering from Atlantan McKinnon (who nailed an Oscar for his 2002 short, "The Accountant," but is probably..."

Oct. 19, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

2 Days in Paris

Julie Delpy debuts as a feature-film director with this smart and funny romantic comedy.

"...who has been nominated for a Best Original Screenplay Oscar for Before Sunset with co-authors Richard Linklater and Ethan..."

Aug. 24, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Rush Hour 3

It's The Bourne Ultimatum's evil twin, relying, as it repeatedly does, on tired, cookie-cutter, cliché action set-pieces.

"...Chinatown gag ever or a sure sign the diminutive Oscar winner has gone ’round the bend. Either way, this..."

Aug. 10, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Captivity

Captivity, wherein 24's Elisha Cuthbert is abducted and tortured, is the kind of film that gives torture porn a bad name; it's just soulless, hateful, and freakishly monotonous.

"...films, and the fact that it was directed by Oscar-nominated director Joffé (The Killing Fields) and co-written by Larry..."

July 20, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

La Dolce Rota

The Ultimate Best of Federico Fellini & Nino Rota

"...at the Academy Awards in February. Receiving an honorary Oscar “for his magnificent and multifaceted contributions to the art..."

June 22, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Red Road

This subtle psychological thriller from Scotland holds its cards close to the vest while keeping viewers intrigued but perplexed.

"...become apparent. The Scottish filmmaker Arnold, who received an Oscar for her short film "Wasp," makes a memorable debut..."

June 15, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Gracie

Davis Guggenheim (director of An Inconvenient Truth) tells this more-or-less true story of one New Jersey girl's struggle to play soccer in the male-dominated sports world of the late Seventies.

"...was developed by Andrew Shue and director Guggenheim (the Oscar-winning director of An Inconvenient Truth), who were Inspired by..."

June 1, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Perfect Stranger

The fishy smell that permeates Perfect Stranger comes from all of the red herrings flopping around this absurdly plotted Hollywood thriller.

"...of the films she’s headlined since winning her groundbreaking Oscar a few years ago. Maybe it’s time to change..."

April 20, 2007 Movie Review by Steve Davis

What Love Is

Writer/director Callahan keeps his characters talking from the first frame to the last – and like all great chatterers their preferred topic is love and all its variations.

"...pontificate. And like all great chatterers, from Socrates to Oscar Wilde, their preferred topic is love and all its..."

March 23, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Italian

An Italian couple’s decision to adopt a Russian boy creates a troubling situation for young Vanya, who doesn't want to leave the country without meeting his birth mother.

"...last year’s competition for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. Often as bleak in its perspective as the wintry..."

March 16, 2007 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Lives of Others

This recent Oscar winner for Best Foreign Film is the story of the small redemption of one man, who happens to be a hated East German Stasi officer.

"...Donnersmarck’s debut feature, which also just received this year's Oscar for Best Foreign Film (feel free to start hating..."

March 2, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Venus

Peter O'Toole, in an Oscar-caliber and -nominated performance, pulls off the tricky May-December relationship at the heart of Venus with colossal panache and sublime craft.

"...there into present lusts and penultimate grapples. It's an Oscar-caliber performance from O'Toole, which is as much of a..."

Jan. 26, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Freedom Writers

Although based on a true story, this is another movie in which the cute white lady goes into an irascible high school and makes everybody love learnin'.

"...real answers to the problems teachers face. Nonetheless double Oscar-winner Swank is a pleasure to watch; she’s fully tuned..."

Jan. 5, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Candy

Despite sporting Heath Ledger and Abbie Cornish as a pair of Australian junkies increasingly on the outs with family, reality, and rent, Candy is a washout.

"...our car stereos. No such luck, though: Candy sports Oscar nominee Ledger and Cornish (of rave-up One Perfect Day)..."

Dec. 15, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Infamous

It's another Truman Capote picture about how the author wrote In Cold Blood – and it stands solidly on its own merits.

"...Blood. Although Philip Seymour Hoffman received the Best Actor Oscar for his shape-shifting turn as the diminutive author, that..."

Oct. 13, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sophie Scholl: The Final Days

This Oscar nominee from Germany chronicles the last desperate hours of Sophie Scholl, a real-life German university student who, in 1943 Munich, ran afoul of the gestapo while distributing anti-Nazi leaflets.

"...and ever-darkening lunacy. Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (an Oscar nominee from Germany for Best Foreign Film this year)..."

May 19, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Tsotsi

Winner of the 2005 Best Foreign Language Oscar, this South African entry is a harsh but ultimately redemptive tale of a young gang leader who lives in a Johannesburg shantytown.

"...Benny Moshe. Winner of the 2005 Best Foreign Language Oscar, this South African entry is a harsh but ultimately..."

March 24, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Neil Young: Heart of Gold

Jonathan Demme dreams us back to the golden age of performance films, in which Neil Young unfolds his latest album Prairie Wind in concert at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium.

"...as well. With Neil Young: Heart of Gold, the Oscar-intimate rock & roll enthusiast not only records another The..."

March 17, 2006 Movie Review by Raoul Hernandez

Aquamarine

Based on a young adult novel by Alice Hoffman, the film is about two best girlfriends who meet up with … a mermaid!

"...it’s pretty okay. It’s not going to win an Oscar or anything. But I liked how it was actually..."

March 3, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

A Good Woman

Oscar Wilde's Lady Windermere's Fan is here set among Jazz Age expatriates cold-chillin' on the Italian coast, and the result is not quite as dishy as one might hope.

"...veteran Barker and his screenwriter (novice Howard Himmelstein) set Oscar Wilde (Lady Windermere's Fan) among Jazz Age expatriates cold-chillin'..."

Feb. 3, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Syriana

One of the most uncompromising movies of the year, Syriana is like a living tableaux composed from all the stories that lurk just behind the news, the stories that put human faces on the demand for oil.

"...the sweeter for having been earned. Like writer-director Gaghan’s Oscar-winning adapted screenplay for Traffic in 2000, Syriana is a..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Separate Lies

Julian Fellowes is two for two: The English actor’s first big screenwriting credit, Gosford Park, netted him an Oscar, and with this directorial debut, he again demonstrates a mastery of British uppercrust dramas.

"...whodunit Gosford Park, netted him a Best Original Screenplay Oscar, and now with his directorial debut, Fellowes again demonstrates..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Movie Review by Raoul Hernandez

Dark Water

Despite a dream cast, this Hollywood remake of a Japanese horror classic is all wet.

"...Japanese director Hideo Nakata’s 2002 original (Ringu) by the Oscar-nominated director of The Motorcycle Diaries and featuring something of..."

July 15, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Cinderella Man

Ron Howard and Russell Crowe have once again combined their efforts to create a big Hollywood biopic that exudes the strong whiff of Oscar bait.

"...big Hollywood biopic that exudes the strong whiff of Oscar bait. Like 2001’s A Beautiful Mind, Cinderella Man selects..."

June 3, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Up and Down

Director Jan Hrebejk’s stylishly interwoven tales of modern-day Prague add up to a melancholy, comedic riff on what it means to be European these days.

"...underground in Czech director Jan Hrebejk’s (Divided We Fall) Oscar-nominated black comedy, which comments not only on the current..."

May 6, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Interpreter

Although The Interpreter is intelligent, intriguing, and topical, it's hampered by its own good intentions, too many plot convolutions, and character ambiguities that try to pass for suspense.

"...appears in a minor role), are both bona fide Oscar winners. By all measures, The Interpreter should be one..."

April 22, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Downfall

Hitler's final days in the claustrophobic bunker are envisioned by the filmmakers, with an able assist from Bruno Ganz at the Fuhrer.

"...think, "This must have been how it was." The Oscar-nominated Downfall, which chronicles the final days of Hitler’s Reich,..."

April 1, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Jacket

This mix of amnesia, time travel, and Adrien Brody adds up to a fairly forgettable experience.

"...Brody retains that haunted look he parlayed into an Oscar in The Pianist, and Knightley has the most luscious..."

March 4, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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