Synecdoche, New York

There's a certain kind of movie that pulls you in with a tractor beam and rivets your corneas so that you relish every detail and miss it once it's over with the sort of ache you reserve for a recentl...

Transsiberian: Trip of a lifetime!

Ladies and gentlemen, Transsiberian finally made its way transamerica (whoa, another movie) to Richmond, VA amid accolades and fanfare and a Rotten Tomatoes rating of like 5000. And I could not be mo...

The Host: Lizard-Alien-Fish Terrorizes Its Way Into Our Hearts

Joon-Ho Bong, 2006 4.5 out of 5 stars I feel so effusive and enthusiastic about The Host that I’m worried I may come across as one of those Reading Rainbow book reviewers from when we were kids (...

The Host: Lizard-Alien-Fish Terrorizes Its Way Into Our Hearts

Joon-Ho Bong, 2006 4.5 out of 5 stars I feel so effusive and enthusiastic about The Host that I’m worried I may come across as one of those Reading Rainbow book reviewers from when we were kids (...

LEAVE WORK IMMEDIATELY AND GO SEE LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE (At Your Earliest Convenience)

Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, 2006 I feel stupid for giving any glowing reviews to any other movies this year because, in retrospect, they’re not worth the paper their tickets were printed on....

Steve Martin Wrote Shopgirl (So Phil in Marketing Didn’t Have To)

Tucker, 2005 I wonder how many people in Hollywood go home at night, look in their bathroom mirrors, and cry into their sinks because they’ve shamelessly lied to Steve Martin’s face. Probably jus...

Steve Martin Wrote Shopgirl (So Phil in Marketing Didn’t Have To)

Tucker, 2005 I wonder how many people in Hollywood go home at night, look in their bathroom mirrors, and cry into their sinks because they’ve shamelessly lied to Steve Martin’s face. Probably jus...

The Look…the Feel…of Bubble

Soderbergh, 2005 My poor friend Thara spent one Saturday in March waiting patiently for me to make the most elaborate cake ever. Not only did she wash a lot of dishes for me, she also helped me with ...

Birth Wusses Out

Jonathan Glazer, 2004 Look, it’s Big!! Wait, no, it’s the opposite of that. That joke didn’t work as well as I wanted. Anyway, my brother’s been on my case to watch Birth for a long time, but...