Revenge is a dish best served by Michael Caine. My review of Harry Brown.

A solid trio of retrospectives opening up at the AFI this week, with Nichols, Caine, and Kurosawa. A rundown of those, and the rest of this week's picks: Popcorn & Candy: Three Kings

Iron Man 2: same great taste, now with more 'splodiness. My review.

My review of Alex Gibney's new documentary about Jack Abramoff, Casino Jack and the United States of Money.

Popcorn & Candy: ...and Justice for All

My review of The Cartel, a new documentary about the state of American education and the push for school choice.

My review of Brian Cox and Paul Dano in the first English-language feature by Icelandic director
Dagur Kári, The Good Heart.

This week's film picks, in which I fawn lovingly all over one of my alltime favorite films, Orson Welles' 'F for Fake': Popcorn & Candy: The Illusionist

Can't say I'm on board with all the folks jumping on to this "Petition to remove facebook group praying for President Obama's death" group. I'm really uncomfortable with the notion of only supporting free speech when it's speech you find inoffensive. And this is hardly a shout of "fire" in a crowded theater situation ( Read more... )

Jeff Daniels as a blocked writer, Ryan Reynolds, his spandex-clad imaginary friend. My review of Paper Man.