Metro Weekly

Film

  • Splish Splash

    By on July 26, 2006

    I'm feeling a little sorry for M. Night Shyamalan right about now. Slam-dunking his movies seems to have become an Olympic sport for critics. In...

  • Independent Spirit

    By on July 19, 2006

    It's always gratifying to watch independent filmmakers -- at least those with talent -- reach a point where they're working within the Hollywood system (meaning...

  • Swishbuckling

    By on July 12, 2006

    When Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl drifted into theaters three summers ago, few -- least of all myself -- expected it...

  • Fashion Statement

    By on July 5, 2006

    I can honestly say that, in all my years in journalism, I've never encountered an editor like Miranda Priestly, the powerful wicked witch at the...

  • Strangely Familiar

    By on July 5, 2006

    Throw out the name ''Sedaris'' in the community and the gay writer David is often who pops into people's minds. But his older, straight sister,...

  • Hero's Welcome

    By on June 28, 2006

    It's been quite some time, Superman, but now that you're once again among us, let me be among the first to say, welcome back. And...

  • Masked Unmarvel

    By on June 21, 2006

    ''Wrestling is ungodly,'' remarks Sister Encarnacion (Ana de la Reguera) to Friar Ignacio (Jack Black). ''It's a sin.'' ''Why?'' asks Nacho. ''Because these men fight...

  • Bad Omen

    By on June 14, 2006

    When I was a moviegoing teenager, two movies scared the devil out of me: The Exorcist and The Omen -- the first for its unrelenting,...

  • Broken

    By on June 7, 2006

    Early in The Break-Up, Brooke Meyers (Jennifer Aniston) asks her boyfriend, Gary Grobowski (Vince Vaughn), to help with the dishes after a dinner party. Absorbed...

  • Mutant Fortified

    By on May 31, 2006

    McKellen as 'Magneto' (3rd from left) and Janssen as 'Phoenix' (far right) X-Men: The Last Stand, the third installment in the ultra-popular movie series based...

  • Adult Drown

    By on May 17, 2006

    Well, they've gone and done it. They've stripped the ''adventure'' out of The Poseidon Adventure, leaving, fittingly enough, just Poseidon. That's not to say Wolfgang...

  • Mission Forgettable

    By on May 10, 2006

    Mission: Impossible III should end with a warning: ''This movie will self-destruct in 5 seconds.'' I'm not kidding. Five seconds after leaving the big kickoff...

  • Hard Satire

    By on April 19, 2006

    Satire in the movies. On the one hand, it can be sharp, biting, memorably dark. On the other hand, it can be crass, base, instantly...

  • Lucky Boy

    By on April 12, 2006

    One of Alfred Hitchcock's favorite recurring themes was that of the wrong man, an acute case of mistaken identity that often took the hero on...

  • Crime Solvers

    By on March 29, 2006

    As detective Keith Frazier (Denzel Washington) trudges home after a long day, he quietly enters his bedroom, and from the right side of the room...