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 An American Carol
Politics aside, "An American Carol" is abysmal. Sure, with the right touch, any subject matter can be turned into something amusing. This clunky, rhythmless, wit-deficient disaster has the wrong touch every step of the way.Read Full Review »
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 Appaloosa
In a film with so little going for it outside of the performances, Ed Harris, Viggo Mortensen and Renee Zellweger do their best to raise the lackluster material. These days, westerns are a dying breed, uncommonly found in multiplexes. "Appaloosa" is the latest reason why.Read Full Review »
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 Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Little kids will most likely enjoy "Beverly Hills Chihuahua" for the barebones reason that it involves cute animals chattering up a storm. For everyone else, this is an unctuous waste of time that sends out as many wrong messages as it does valuable ones. What did the lovely Jamie Lee Curtis see in this project that she felt warranted coming out of semi-retirement for?Read Full Review »
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 Blindness
If a film can be both flawed and a triumph at the same time, then "Blindness" fits that description. Based on the Nobel Prize-winning novel by Jose Saramago, this is an unnerving, disorienting fable of the darkest order. Undernourished scripting details aside, "Blindness" does not confuse its grand trajectory. Grim, provocative and tough to take at times, the film is not frothy fare at the movies, nor should it be.Read Full Review »
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 Flash of Genius
Climactic missteps aside, "Flash of Genius" cleanly tells its story and musters up enough dramatic weight for the final scenes to satisfyingly resonate. With minimal saccharine emotions and a reliance on low-key realism, "Flash of Genius" is a formulaic underdog tale carried out with decided intelligence.Read Full Review »
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 How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
For viewers who can get past the turn-off of a title, they will find a film as entertaining and easy to like as it is shrewd about its subject matter. This is a sparklingly handled comedy, not always free of clichés, but embracing of its occasional bad taste and respective softer side.Read Full Review »
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 Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
Like a movie that '80s-era John Hughes never made, "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist" is candid, thoughtful, touching and hugely entertaining. By never talking down to the characters or the audience, it should endure as a teenage romantic comedy staple, loved and identified with by those old enough to remember when it was released and future generations not born yet. Lofty accolades, indeed, but deserving of them.Read Full Review »
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 Religulous
"Religulous" is not deeply penetrating—Bill Maher has gone into the project with a singular, one-sided purpose, and is only able to skim the surface—but it is absorbing, amusing and rather educational. Maher is a lively, self-deprecating host who keeps "Religulous" snappy and jestful.Read Full Review »
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