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The Best Superspy Yet
Daniel Craig more than capably fills 007's shoes in a Bond film that shatters formula constraints and delivers nail-biting action in a considerably darker mode.
Tags: Casino Royale, Martin Campbell
Richard Linklater Cuts Up the Fast Food Industrial Complex
Former Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren produced this film version of Eric Schlosser’s best-selling 2001 nonfiction expose “Fast Food Nation,” about the disgusting, illegal, and dangerous aspects of America’s fast food industrial complex.
Menace To Society
Harsh Time is a modern and raw reflection of the disastrous effects of war on the soldiers that survive them and the potential danger they pose.
Tags: David Ayer, Harsh Times
Almodovar's Latest Muse
Penelope Cruz talks about Volver.
Maui Time |
Cole Smithey |
11-02-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Pedro Almodóvar, Volver
A Pinnacle of Comedy
Bawdy, quick-witted, and unrelentingly hilarious, Borat is possibly the funniest movie ever made.
Connecting Apartheid to Today
Noyce applies his authentic sense of cinematic storytelling to the real-life story of Patrick Chamusso, an apolitical South African oil refinery engineer who joins a revolution against the violent apartheid regime.
Tags: Catch a Fire, Philip Noyce
Can Amy Berg Deliver Us From Evil?
Berg's riveting, persuasive, and brave documentary about Father Oliver O'Grady is more frightening than any horror movie you have ever seen.
Maui Time |
Cole Smithey |
10-18-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Amy Berg, Deliver Us From Evil
Deconstructing Heroism
Clint Eastwood distills a wartime story of epic proportions and personal truths from Iwo Jima, the worst single engagement of WWII.
Barry Levinson Throws a Cinematic Softball at Voter Fraud
Writer/director Barry Levinson (“Rain Man”) squanders an attempt to stir debate over republican voter fraud that marred the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections, and that threatens to cloud the upcoming 2008 balloting, with an imploding satire about a television comedian who runs for President of the United States.
Tags: Barry Levinson, Man of the Year
Whitaker Makes the Ground Shake
The buzz is strong for a Best Actor Oscar nomination for Forest Whitaker for his profoundly nuanced and fearless performance in Kevin Macdonald's adaptation of Giles Foden's historical novel The Last King of Scotland.
Maui Time |
Cole Smithey |
09-30-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Scorsese's Lion Roars
With The Departed, Leonardo DiCaprio completes a trilogy of films under the direction of America's preeminent master filmmaker.
Maui Time |
Cole Smithey |
09-30-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Martin Scorsese, The Departed
Underground Boston Undercover
Scorsese scores a stunner with The Departed.
Tags: Martin Scorsese, The Departed
School’s Out
School For Scoundrels relies on Thornton's hovering performance to drive the film.
A Grand Martial Arts Finale
Jet Li's Fearless isn't just a martial arts movie; it is a truly great one.
Tags: Ronny Yu, Jet Li's Fearless
Harlin Phones It In
Darkly lit blue-tinted fog accompanies nearly every scene as a group of teenage descendants of witches, called the Sons of Ipswich, turn their Massachusetts prep school into a chamber of minor horrors.
Tags: Renny Harlin, The Covenant
