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  • Killer Queen

    By on October 4, 2006

    In The Queen, Helen Mirren, portraying Queen Elizabeth II, gives perhaps her most remarkable performance in an already remarkable career. She vanishes completely into the...

  • Revenge of the Nerd

    By on September 27, 2006

    Watching Jon Heder in School for Scoundrels, one can't help but wonder what will happen to the 29-year-old's career once he outgrows his geekiness and...

  • Girl on Film

    By on September 27, 2006

    Eighteen years ago, Margaret Murray faked her way into a life in film. A single mom living in Florida, Murray was working in a bank...

  • Unsolved Misery

    By on September 20, 2006

    Vilmos Zsigmond, cinematographer. Dante Ferretti, production designer. Mark Isham, composer. Hilary Swank, actress. These are not film industry names normally associated with cinematic belly flops....

  • Ray of Light

    By on August 30, 2006

    The last few weeks of August are beyond miserable. At least where moviegoing is concerned. Every so often, however, a ray of sunshine peeps through...

  • Plain Snakes

    By on August 23, 2006

    In Snakes on a Plane, Samuel L. Jackson stars as FBI agent Neville Flynn, a man who must contend with, as you must know by...

  • Hero Worship

    By on August 16, 2006

    World Trade Center is likely the one summer release you least want to see. It is, after all, a brutal reminder of the horrifying events...

  • Down Under

    By on August 9, 2006

    I'm always up for a good scare at the movies. But it seems, more and more, today's so-called scary movies aren't up to the task...

  • Humor Most Foul

    By on August 2, 2006

    Recently, I've been on a Woody Allen retrospect kick. My Netflix queue is overflowing with his past works, back when they were funny (Bananas), back...

  • What Comes Around

    By on July 26, 2006

    For those of us who fell in love with our best friends growing up, Michael Thomas Ford's Full Circle appears to be a dream come...

  • 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...

  • Velvet Touch

    By on June 28, 2006

    Here is what Ed Bailey will be doing on Saturday, July 15, the closing night of Velvet Nation, the seven-year, mammoth dance event he created...