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'Eagle Eye': The Man Who Knew Too Littlenew

DJ Caruso's latest isn't like anything Alfred Hitchcock ever made (it's much too loud for that), but it does offer clear evidence that Caruso learned almost everything he knows about storytelling from the Master.

Baltimore City Paper | Cole Haddon | 09-30-2008 | Reviews

Tags: action, thriller, Eagle Eye, DJ Caruso

'Burn After Reading' Has No Story Linenew

That's the joke of the film: There is no point.

Baltimore City Paper | Cole Haddon | 09-16-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Ethan and Joel Coen, Burn After Reading

Anna Faris Produces Her Way to Ditsy Comedic Successnew

The twist here is that Faris not only conceived of the idea but also produced the movie for Adam Sandler's Happy Madison Productions -- a feat sure to inspire legions of young women, who are rarely taken seriously in big-screen comedy, even a woman who is one of her generation's funniest actresses.

Baltimore City Paper | Cole Haddon | 08-26-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Anna Faris, Fred Wolf, The House Bunny

'Mongol' Desperately Wants to be 'Braveheart'new

You can see these aspirations in every shot, but its meandering, anti-climactic story arcs and an unrealized main character handicap the movie from early on.

Baltimore City Paper | Cole Haddon | 06-24-2008 | Reviews

Tags: WAR, Drama, Channing Tatum, Aliya, Mongol, Sergei Bodrov, Tadanobu Asano, Tegen Ao, Ying Bai