![]() | Every once in a while, a film comes along that moves audiences deeply — yet unexpectedly so.
Even against a rather obscure backdrop and in a language not widely spoken, a movie can still make a powerful impact. 2008/11/21 - Drama |
![]() | The Good, the Bad, the Weird” western film directed by Kim Ji-woon.
Premiering at the Cannes Film Festival last May, Kim said the premise for the shoot-em-up was inspired by Sergio Leone’s classic 1966 spaghetti western “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.” 2008/11/21 - Action/Adventure |
![]() | Taiwan’s latest Warner Brothers adoption “Miao Miao,” an exploration of the sexual and emotional friction between friends, treads over a broad range of themes, leaving its viewers as muddled as each of the film’s leading characters. 2008/11/14 - Drama |
![]() | Simon Hunter’s latest foreboding ballad of bloody carnage “Mutant Chronicles” teeters between attacking cinemas as a ferocious — yet often tedious — rip-em-up gore monger, and some strain of deformed psalm on faith in times of darkness. 2008/11/14 - Action/Adventure |
![]() | Not your average boy-meets-girl chick flick, raunchiness meets revulsion meets love in the romantic comedy “My Best Friend’s Girl.” 2008/11/14 - Comedy |
![]() | Though not quite measuring up to a quantum, 007 has certainly been recaptured in stunning new form by this winter’s 22nd Bond offering and remake. 2008/11/7 - Action/Adventure |
![]() | Christmas has come early this year, yet with such repetitive undertones that you might not be sure whether you were glad to see it again. 2008/11/7 - Documentary |
![]() | Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? Clint Eastwood knows, and in the brooding, disturbing “Changeling,” he puts that knowledge on screen and combines it with a testament to the strength of a mother’s hope and love. 2008/11/7 - Drama |
![]() | Ben Stiller handed them out to cast and crew at the conclusion of a punishing 13-week location shoot as a gesture of thanks, but also contrition: T-shirts that read “I SURVIVED BEN STILLER’S COMEDY DEATH CAMP.” 2008/10/31 - Comedy |
![]() | Director Srdan Golubovic has pushed the envelope of human morality, threatenning the very reasons we uphold the rule of law before sticking a camera through the cracked walls to probe the aftermath. 2008/10/31 - Thriller |














