Even Paul Bettany can’t save “Legion”
Isn’t it funny, that when it comes to the end of the world, we’ll buy monsters, zombies and aliens as the harbingers of Apocalypse, but we won't give the man (or woman) upstairs the time of day...
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Conor McPherson & Ciarán Hinds discuss “The Eclipse”
Writer/director Conor McPherson’s “The Eclipse,” based on a short story by Billy Roche, is a bittersweet romance with a gothic horror twist set in a sleepy Irish seaside town. The film...
“The Lovely Bones”: flawed, but gorgeous
“My name is Salmon, like the fish. First name Susie. I was fourteen years old when I was murdered on December 16th, 1973. I wasn’t gone. I was alive in my own perfect world. But in my heart, I...
James Purefoy shines in “Solomon Kane”
Believe it or not, there is an upside to mourning “The Sopranos.” Like a heroin addict trying to kick the smack, you look for a methadone replacement amongst the countless DVD box sets. At the...
Gerald Johnson’s “Tony”: sympathetic, terrifying, British
Dalston weirdo Tony Benson is the host with the most. Come and relax in his bachelor pad after a hard day mooching, trying to score smack. Been to the local gay trance night at the “Joiner’s...
Mel Gibson on the “Edge of Darkness”
Director Martin Campbell has twice brought the Bond franchise back from the dead with “Goldeneye” and “Casino Royale,” so who better than the man who saved 007 to resurrect Mel Gibson’s...
“Red Riding”: surprisingly epic
I can’t decide whether Red Riding is the greatest movie trilogy since Satyajit Ray’s Apu films or simply the smoothest job of making three episodes fit together seamlessly while also working as...
“Big Love” can mean all kinds of love: gays on HBO’s hit show
“Big Love,” which airs Sunday nights on HBO, is the story of a family trying to follow The Principle (i.e fundamentalist Mormon beliefs) in modern-day Utah. Because "Big Love" centers on a...
Andy Serkis is pure “Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll”
The opening 20 minutes or so of “Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll” is like being in a fight on a bouncy castle; exhilarating, exhausting and leaving you with a dickie tum. The biopic of...
“44 Inch Chest”: secondhand embarrassment galore
Watching “44 Inch Chest” is like being stuck in a bad karaoke bar with a pissed up divorcee screeching through “Without You” before breaking down into a crumpled heap on stage. Imagine...