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Review: I Don't Know How She Does It

Having it all
Sarah Jessica Parker plays a Boston investment manager — not a baker or a caterer — in a this movie by Douglas McGrath ( Emma ) that's otherwise as retro as a Katherine Heigl chick flick.
By ANN LEWINSON | September 13, 2011

Review: Oceans

Disney dumbs down nature yet again
Despite the talents of Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud — the Oscar-nominated duo behind Winged Migration , who once again contribute their amazing, in-the-midst-of photography — the most striking thing about Oceans is its banality.
By TOM MEEK | April 21, 2010

Review: The Greatest

Mawkish, clumsy family drama
Carey Mulligan’s Oscar-nominated performance in An Education must have prompted the belated release of this mawkish, clumsy family drama that screened at Sundance 2009.
By GERALD PEARY | April 07, 2010

Review: Remember Me

Robert Pattinson trades his fangs for James Dean's cool
Director Allen Coulter bites off more than he can chew in this rote romantic drama.
By BRETT MICHEL | March 10, 2010

Review: The Ghost Writer

Competent but dull
How odd that the two latest films by two of the world's greatest living filmmakers should be adaptations of bestsellers set on islands off the coast of Massachusetts.
By PETER KEOUGH | March 02, 2010

All a-Twitter

Seven microblogging books worth scrolling upward for
Seven microblogging books worth scrolling upward for
By MIKE MILIARD | January 14, 2009

Wish-fulfillment for a burning world

The 2008 heroic holiday DVD and Blu-ray gift guide
From the shining big-screen debut of Iron Man to the large amounts of green produced by the Incredible Hulk, this was the year the public couldn't get enough of their favorite heroes.
By BRETT MICHEL | December 11, 2008

Bad schooling

McCain’s education advisor has the whiff of debacle around her
When it comes to top advisors, it’s good to see John “Dubya” McCain keeping up his streak of employing clapped-out old political whores like Phil Gramm and Trent Lott, not to mention a rich lobbyist who represent brutal foreign dictators.
By PHILLIPE AND JORGE | July 23, 2008

Mamma Mia!

Passable, frothy fun
The Abba musical, helmed by stage director Phyllida Lloyd, sails to a real Greek island with its fairy-tale aura intact.
By BETSY SHERMAN | July 16, 2008

Crossword: ''I'm going to have to cut you off''

You've had one too many
You've had one too many
By MATT JONES | July 02, 2008

Married Life

The world of half-baked ideas
Maybe Sam Mendes’s upcoming adaptation of Richard Yates’s Revolutionary Road will offer a more genuine look at the moral and cultural battleground of this period.
By PETER KEOUGH | March 12, 2008

Crossword: 'Fresh start'

First nu-metal, now this.
First nu-metal, now this.
By MATT JONES | March 07, 2007

Bond traders

Why Pierce got booted
The latest casualty of the war on terror: Pierce Brosnan. Five car stud: Daniel Craig delivers a meaty Bond
By GARY SUSMAN | November 15, 2006

Politics as usual?

Or will Hollywood cover the issues in 2006?
Conspiracy, corruption, catastrophe — politics and world events sure can be exciting. Even the mainstream news is taking an interest.
By PETER KEOUGH | January 26, 2006

An unlikely Bond

Brosnan and Kinnear hit it off in The Matador
Having ceded his signature role to a younger Bond, Pierce Brosnan couldn’t have planned a better escape route from the clutches of SPECTRE than with his portrayal of a profane, boozy killer.
By BRETT MICHEL | January 17, 2006

Die Another Day

Director Richard Shepard hopes The Matador revives his career, too
How often do you get a second chance at making a first impression? In Hollywood, it’s likely never.
By BRET MICHEL | January 05, 2006