March 3, 2007

Mad Men 1 (2007) ****

›

Skateboard Kink Freak (2007) ***

›

Dexter: Season 2 (2007) ***

›

The Sopranos: Season 6.2 (2007) ***

›

Extra Action (2007) ***

›

Babysitters (2007) ***

›

Californication: Season 1 (2007) ***

›

Weeds: Season 3 (2007) ***

›

Rome: Season 2 (2007) ***

›

Xperimental Eros (2007) ***

›

Under The Covers (2007) ***

›
February 2, 2007

There Will Be Blood (2007) **

›
This film is so expertly directed, so wonderfully acted, so well shot and so well designed, that it is very easy to overlook its mediocre na...

Margot At The Wedding (2007) **

›

The Simpsons Movie (2007) **

›
Uneven, preachy film.

The Gray Man (2007) **

›
Tense film about a serial killer.

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007) **

›

We Own The Night (2007) **

›

Smiley Face (2007) **

›
Uneven, but often hilarious comedy about one very, very bad day in the life of girl stoned out of her mind. Directed by Gregg Araki.

Lars and the Real Girl (2007) **

›
Uneven, but often funny comedy about a deranged and dysfunctional loner (Ryan Gosling) who falls in love with a sex doll named Bianca. Emily...

The Kite Runner (2007) **

›
Deeply disturbing, powerful tale about two Afghan boys. Memorable, but uneven. The first half is great, the second half is too conventional.

Norbit (2007) **

›
Tasteless, but often hilarious comedy starring Eddie Murphy in a triple role of a milquetoast husband, his obese shrew of a wife (both ...

Gone Baby Gone (2007) **

›
Gritty police drama about the kidnapping of a little girl. An adaptation of a novel by Dennis Lehane ("Mystic River"). Ben Affleck...

Sharkwater (2007) **

›
Excellent documentary about sharks.

Bee Movie (2007) **

›
Animated film about a bee.

The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford (2007) **

›
Overlong, interesting, but ultimately disappointing western about the murder of Jesse James.

Copying Beethoven (2007) **

›
Diane Kruger plays a female composer who befriends a deaf Beethoven (Ed Harris). Directed by Agnieszka Holland.

Sweeney Todd (2007) **

›
Tim Burton's adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's musical about an insane barber in Victorian London. The art direction, the cinematogra...

Michael Clayton (2007) **

›
A failed attempt to imitate a John Grisham legal thriller formula, with a bit of "Network" thrown in for good measure. George Cloo...
January 1, 2007

Shooter (2007) *

›
A bit too close to "The Fugitive" for its own good.

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) *

›
Boring pirate flick.

August Rush (2007) *

›
Boring drama about an orphan boy trying to find his parents.

Cassandra's Dream (2007) ***

›

Surf's Up (2007) *

›
The "fake documentary" concept is quite original for an animated film, but after a promising beginning, this "surfing penguin...

Transformers (2007) *

›
Pointless Hollywood trash.

Rush Hour 3 (2007) *

›
Mindless action comedy set in Paris.

The Savages (2007) *

›
Depressing drama about a brother and a sister taking care of their dying father. It's one of those films whose trailer misleadingly pr...

The Golden Compass (2007) *

›
A very disappointing adaptation of the first novel in Philip Pullman's magnificent trilogy, "His Dark Materials". But then aga...

Lions For Lambs (2007) *

›
Ridiculous and pointless film that includes every possible cliché about the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan without offering a sin...

I'M Not There (2007) *

›
A pretentious mess of a movie, all about the life of Bob Dylan, with six different actors embodying a different aspect of the musician's...

Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) *

›
Boring historical drama. Full of anti-Spanish bigotry and other historical inaccuracies.
December 12, 2006

Top 10 Films of 2006

›
1. ''Apocalypto'' (Mel Gibson, USA) 2. ''Children Of Men'' (Alfonso Cuaron, UK) 3. "Letters From ...