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Gutsy, Smart, & Entertainingnew

Eastwood turns traitor and makes a terrific film.

Dig Boston | David Wildman | 01-10-2007 | Reviews

Tags: Clint Eastwood, Letters From Iwo Jima

Eau de WTFnew

Perfume doesn't stink so much as it just kinda smells disturbingly weird, like when you visit the house of that friend nobody else wants to hang out with.

Dig Boston | David Wildman | 01-03-2007 | Reviews

Tags: Perfume: The Story of A Murderer, Tom Tykwer

Drafting a Kid for an Oscar Bidnew

Happyness sort of has the spirit of Life Is Beautiful, only without all the Nazis and genocide.

Dig Boston | David Wildman | 12-13-2006 | Reviews

Tags: Gabriele Muccino, The Pursuit of Happyness

Total Bullshitnew

Apocalypto is more long-winded than a booze-sloshed tirade.

Dig Boston | David Wildman | 12-06-2006 | Reviews

Tags: Apocalypto, Mel Gibson

Boring, Pretentious and Shoddynew

The Brothers Quay should have stuck with puppets.

Dig Boston | Chris Braiotta | 11-29-2006 | Reviews

Tags: The Brothers Quay, The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes

Like a Butchered Cownew

Linklater spills his guts.

Dig Boston | David Wildman | 11-15-2006 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Fast Food Nation, Richard Linklater

Stranger Than Fiction is ultimately a B-minus movie that raises -- but only nominally explores -- potentially brain engaging themes like the nature of free will and the primacy of art as a creative force.

Dig Boston | David Wildman | 11-08-2006 | Reviews

Tags: Marc Forster, Stranger Than Fiction

He Almost Did!new

After watching this bug's-eye view of Jeff Smith's astounding assault on the 2004 Democratic primary, anybody who concludes that the archetypical man of the people can't get to Washington anymore is a hopeless pessimist.

Dig Boston | Lissa Harris | 11-01-2006 | Reviews

Tags: Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore?, Frank Popper

A Fresh Approachnew

If you aren't a card-carrying KKK member, you have to agree that apartheid was a pretty much a shit idea, right up there with pre-emptive invasion and Coldplay.

Dig Boston | David Wildman | 10-25-2006 | Reviews

Tags: Catch a Fire, Phillip Noyce

Eastwood Falls Into Old Glory Holenew

Oh god, please make the nostalgia stop.

Dig Boston | David Wildman | 10-18-2006 | Reviews

Tags: Clint Eastwood, Flags of Our Fathers

A Dirty Old Man Has His Saynew

Is Clark a crass exploiter of teen sex, or does he have an honest (if kinda pervy) motivation?

Dig Boston | Chris Braiotta | 07-05-2006 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Larry Clark, Wassup Rockers

Keanu Gets Dicked Overnew

After years of having his unique sci-fi plots Cruised and Schwarzenegger-ized for big bucks, the really dark and disturbing side of Philip K. Dick has finally found the spotlight.

Dig Boston | David Wildman | 07-05-2006 | Reviews

Tags: Richard Linklater, A Scanner Darkly