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Wild Thing, I Wish I Loved You

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:16:54 -0400

Where the Wild Things Are
Running time 100 minutes
Written by Dave Eggers and Spike Jonze
Directed by Spike Jonze
Starring Max Records, Catherine Keener, James Gandolfini, Lauren Ambrose, Paul Dano, Catherine O’Hara, Forest Whitaker, Chris Cooper

I’m the first to admit that I went into Where the Wild Things Are with perhaps too high expectations. I blame part of this on the most excellent trailer—remember that teaser, released back in March,...

A Melting Pot of Mush

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:55:36 -0400

New York, I Love You
Running time 110 minutes
Written by Emmanuel Benbihy (concept) and Tristan Carné (premise), and various others
Directed by Fatih Akin, Yvan Attal, Allen Hughes, Shunji Iwai, Wen Jiang, Shekhar Kapur, Joshua Marston, Mira Nair, Natalie Portman, Brett Ratner, Randall Balsmeyer
Starring Shia LeBeouf, Bradley Cooper, Blake Lively, Julie Christie, Robin Wright Penn, Orlando Bloom, John Hurt, Ethan Hawke, Christina Ricci, Chris Cooper, Irrfan Khan

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Without a Hitch, Swank Married Life Puts Brosnan on McAdams’ Tail

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:27:04 -0500

MARRIED LIFE
Running Time 90 minutes
Written by Ira Sachs and Oren Moverman
Directed by Ira Sachs
Starring Chris Cooper, Patricia Clarkson, Rachel McAdams and Pierce Brosnan

The masks we all wear to hide our true intentions in matters of the heart are cannily exposed in Ira Sachs’ compactly directed, superbly acted Married Life. In this postwar period piece replete with great 1940’s cars, clothes and suburban organdy,...

Hugh and Drew Are Kinda Cute

Sun, 18 Feb 2007 19:00:00 -0500

Music and Lyrics is not a milestone in cinema history, but after the plethora of alleged comedies we’ve been getting lately, this feel-fine rom-com with Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore is a perfect warm-hearted, heart-shaped antidote to the winter blahs. It is also the perfect date-flick valentine. The affable Mr. Grant, who is finally showing his age (agreeably, I must add) by playing something besides Peter Pan in an Armani suit, is...