2008
Review: Hancock
Dear Will Smith: You’re a naturally likable guy. That’s why you’re one of the biggest movie stars in the world — because people like you. So why in the world would you want to appear in a movie in which you’re so not likable — especially in a disaster like HANCOCK?
Review: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button gives its audience many, many bits and pieces of information which never connect, never quite come together into anything resembling a cohesive whole; in fact, the entire notion of causation seems to be almost entirely absent from the movie. Things happen, to be sure, but not for any reason. [...]
Review: The Dark Knight
If Batman Begins represented a step or several forward from the superhero movies that came before, so does The Dark Knight represent another leap. The Dark Knight retains all that I loved about its predecessor – note-perfect acting[1], solid writing, gorgeous cinematography and art direction – and adds several new flavors to its casserole [...]
Review: WALL-E
For all of the usual Pixar brand of amazing technical virtuosity on display in WALL-E (and believe me, there’s plenty of it), it’s the wonderful characterization which makes the movie such a joy to watch. That director Andrew Stanton and his wizards at Pixar were able to draw such well-developed characters with such little dialogue [...]
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