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The Men Who Stare at Goats

Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009

The story of an elite unit of soldiers armed with psychic powers was plenty nutty on its own—playing it for broad laughs in "The Men Who Stared at Goats" only renders it surprisingly toothless.

The Cove

Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009

If you’re looking to be entertained, forget The Cove.

Amelia

Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009

Amelia Earhart was a woman in a male-dominated field, and Amelia beats that fact into the ground until it coughs up blood.

The Stepfather

Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009

The 1987’s low-budget sleeper The Stepfather has long been championed as an uncommonly intelligent thriller, though it’d really be more accurate to call it primo schlock.

Where the emo things are

Spike Jonze turns a children’s classic into a twee indie-rock lyric

Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009

Spike Jonze turns a children’s classic into a twee indie-rock lyric.

Bright Star

From the director of The Piano comes the story of 19th-century poet John Keats and the love of his life

Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009

Here’s the deal: Either you’re the kind of person who’s going to get excited by a movie about the chaste romance between 19th-century poet John Keats and the love of his life, Fanny Brawne, or you’re not. If you are, keep reading.

Love, Michael Moore-style

More sarcastic muckraking from the liberal prankster

Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009

If there are two people I never want to see in a motion picture again, they are Michael Moore and some poor, low-paid security guard who is just trying to do his/her goddamn job.

Homicide

Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009

Long unavailable on home video, David Mamet’s 1991 film Homicide remains the most weirdly personal work he’s written directly for the screen, and still ranks among his finest.

Groovy nonsense

Steven Soderbergh transforms corporate malfeasance into zany comedy with The Informant!

Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009

Steven Soderbergh transforms corporate malfeasance into zany comedy with The Informant!

Julia

Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009

Easily one of the best films to be released this year—albeit not in Las Vegas—Julia finds perpetually cool Oscar-winner Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton) taking a flamethrower to her image.