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Sunday, November 22nd, 2009
The three tenets of the Modern American Guy Movie — a car, Las Vegas, and a night of drunken debauchery — combine in delightful proportions in Todd Phillips film that will have you saying ‘Vegas, baby!’ more than ‘Dude, Where’s My Car?’
Friday, October 23rd, 2009
Mistaken identities, vicious killers, dogged cops and a femme fatale. It takes a deft hand to make even the most simple and tired plot new again. Such is the case in Jérôme Salle’s thriller — but, as always, there is a twist.
Friday, October 2nd, 2009
Bollywood made the slacker rich man’s son an icon. So what happens when one of them has to grow up?
Monday, September 28th, 2009
The normal and the paranormal intertwine in Michael Winterbottom’s spellbinding tale of loss, love and a new, old city.
Monday, August 10th, 2009
Michael Mann takes digital cameras & Johnny Depp to the 1930s in this interesting movie that tries to be both classic gangter romp and reinventive art film. But is it more like Collateral and less like Miami Vice?
Tuesday, August 4th, 2009
It’s Love modern style versus Love 1965 style in this romantic comedy/drama from the director of Socha Na Tha & Jab We Met. But is twice the romance enough to live up to the director’s previous juggernauts, or does it leave you heartbroken?
Friday, July 3rd, 2009
Can a frenzied blockbuster sequel about giant robots beating the scrap out of each other possibly be one of the most important movies of our times?
Tuesday, May 12th, 2009
More pedal-to-the-metal street racing, car chases, Jordana Brewster, and Vin Diesel repeatedly making bad car/girl puns in his gravely voice? Yes please!
Monday, April 20th, 2009
Anne Hathaway grabs an Academy Award nomination for her role in this Jonathan Demme masterpiece that perfectly captures families, weddings, and Life itself.
Thursday, April 2nd, 2009
Kung-Fu action meets Bollywood madness in this cross-culture caper about a bumbling cook from India who travels to China to save a village from an evil gangster. The ingredients are all there, but is this fusion dish perfectly balanced, or just an overcooked mess?