Metro Weekly

Film

  • Law and Disorder

    By on October 10, 2007

    ''I'm not a miracle worker,'' scowls Michael Clayton (George Clooney) to a self-important client of Kenner, Bach & Ledeen, a corporate law firm for whom...

  • Spiritual Shenanigans

    By on October 3, 2007

    Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful trip... Maybe I have TV Land on the brain, but director...

  • Dangerous Liaisons

    By on September 26, 2007

    David Cronenberg's films have always been uneasy creations, disturbing excursions into the human psyche and its corporeal container. His earliest gore-enriched works, The Brood, Scanners...

  • Beatle Mania

    By on September 19, 2007

    Like space, Across the Universe has supernovas shining bright, and black holes that suck all matter into oblivion. In between, there are a lot of...

  • Super Duper

    By on August 22, 2007

    Since the early '80s, the high school male coming-of-age comedy has become almost as much a rite of passage as the actual event itself. Each...

  • Graceland

    By on August 15, 2007

    Next week I take my umpteenth trip to Provincetown. Why do I keep going back? Because there is something warm and comforting about returning to...

  • Star Bust

    By on August 8, 2007

    So many stars, so little shine. Stardust seems like it should have a lot of glimmer. It boasts a surprisingly strong cast -- Michelle Pfeiffer,...

  • Bourne Again

    By on August 1, 2007

    Damn, another dropped call: Damon Jason Bourne is back -- and this time he's meaner, leaner and cheesier than ever before. The third, and potentially...

  • Homer's Odyssey

    By on July 25, 2007

    Cast of 'The Simpsons Movie' WOO-HOO! With super-duper hype and hullaballoo, The Simpsons Movie finally arrives in theaters and lands with... a big comic BANG!...

  • Power Spray

    By on July 18, 2007

    When sporting have a buzz cut, what need do you have for Hairspray? So I missed both John Waters' 1988 original movie starring Ricki Lake...

  • Kid Stuff

    By on July 11, 2007

    My inner child is one happy camper. It's like I woke up to find that today is the first day of summer, and my birthday,...

  • Medical Incredible

    By on July 4, 2007

    The main problem with any Michael Moore movie these days is that Michael Moore made it. Before the reels begin to turn, a lot of...

  • Death Becomes Him

    By on June 27, 2007

    When was the last time an alcoholic hit man was a breath of fresh air? Perhaps never, but You Kill Me provides a wonderfully refreshing...

  • Summer Splash

    By on June 20, 2007

    Saturday, June 23 may go down as the ''day'' the Hillwood Gardens ''rocked'' when Pillow Talk screens on the Lunar Lawn of this sprawling estate...

  • Banal Bunch

    By on June 20, 2007

    Well... it's better than the first one. Faint praise, indeed, but it's really the best you can say for the second installment of the Fantastic...