Movie Reviews
| Forget the Sherlock Holmes you've read; this one's more a Victorian James Bond, but a heck of a lot of fun | |
| Opinion > Movie Reviews | December 24, 2009 |
| It's not (quite) steampunk, but this Victorian Sherlock Holmes is far beyond what Conan Doyle dreamed, and a heck of a lot of fun... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.) | |
| Jedi Warriors on Earth, training Obi-Wan—The Men Who Stare at Goats | |
| Opinion > Movie Reviews | November 6, 2009 |
| They don't claim it's speculative fiction, but The Men Who Stare at Goats is a wonderfully speculative—and funny—look at some outre military projects... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.) | |
| Young Wizards in Love—a review of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | |
| Opinion > Movie Reviews | July 13, 2009 |
| The newest Harry Potter film is a worthy adaptation of the novel, and a satisfying and expert film production... | |
| Beside Himself—a review of Moon | |
| Opinion > Movie Reviews | June 29, 2009 |
| Moon is truly a science fiction movie, in which the characters and story are far more important than the special effects, which are great in themselves... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.) | |
| Please, sir, I want some more (fantasy)—a review of Imagine That | |
| Opinion > Movie Reviews | June 11, 2009 |
| A sweet, endearing movie that could have been better. The fantasy elements are almost non-existent (unless you've worked on Wall Street, too)... | |
| Insert Your Own "I'll Be Back" Joke Here—a review of Terminator Salvation | |
| Opinion > Movie Reviews | May 21, 2009 |
| Not as violent as it should be, but this is a worthy successor to the famed film franchise... | |
| Breaking the Tie: One More Review of Star Trek | |
| Opinion > Movie Reviews | May 12, 2009 |
| "On the third hand…": A tie-breaking review of Star Trek that lands somewhere in the middle of our previous two... | |
| Star Trek: I may be the only one who had trouble with the movie, but man… | |
| Opinion > Movie Reviews | May 9, 2009 |
| I admit it: I'm like the only person on the planet who was disappointed with the new Star Trek. And here's why… (Warning: lots of plot spoilers. If you haven't seen the movie yet, you probably want to see it before reading this grumbling.) | |
| The Future Returns—a review of Star Trek | |
| Opinion > Movie Reviews | May 7, 2009 |
| Everything is going to be different, but this isn't just a great Star Trek film; it's a great film, period... | |
| ...but for the right audience...—another view of Battle for Terra | |
| Opinion > Movie Reviews | April 29, 2009 |
| While the movie may be too simplistic and too overwrought for parents, it may be ideal for children: read on... | |
| Battle for Believability—a review of Battle for Terra | |
| Opinion > Movie Reviews | April 29, 2009 |
| Battle for Terra keeps tripping over its own message, rather than just letting the story flow. And it's a very heavy-handed message... | |
| The Ghota Are Coming!—a review of Alien Trespass | |
| Opinion > Movie Reviews | April 2, 2009 |
 Alien Trespass is the best new film of the 1950s. Three out of four stars...
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| Contemplating Watchmen | |
| Opinion > Movie Reviews | March 4, 2009 |
| Trying to satisfy two different audiences may be the film's undoing, or it may be, as fans have long said, that Watchmen is unfilmable, but the filmmakers did try... | |
| Alien Trespass will be the newest film of the 1950s | |
| Opinion > Movie Reviews | February 5, 2009 |
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R.H. Goodwin's new move, Alien Trespass, might have been made 50 years ago, but it's a wonderfully new entry into the 1950s monster movie genre...
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| X-Philia—a review of The X-Files: I Want to Believe | |
| Opinion > Movie Reviews | July 25, 2008 |
| This is the movie X-Files fans have been waiting for: not the flash of a summer blockbuster, but the spookiness of The X-Files... (There is a spoiler marker about half-way through this review.) | |
| Kickin' ass, literally and figuratively—a review of The Dark Knight | |
| Opinion > Movie Reviews | July 17, 2008 |
| Christian Bale has made Batman his own; Heath Ledger's Joker is stunning; and you do not want to bring the kids to see The Dark Knight, but you sure want to see it yourself... | |
| No Goody Two Shoes Superhero—a review of Hancock | |
| Opinion > Movie Reviews | July 1, 2008 |
| Forget those nancy-boys like Superman and Spider-Man; a man with true superpowers is probably going to end up alone and drunk. But Will Smith makes him a heck of a lot of fun... (Warning: this reviews contains spoilers.) | |
| Encoding Humanity—a review of The Andromeda Strain | |
| Opinion > Movie Reviews | May 29, 2008 |
| This updating of the 1971 movie—both of which are based on Michael Crichton's novel—is a good modernization, bringing in modern sensibilities and science... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.) | |
| The Self-Made Hero—a review of Iron Man | |
| Opinion > Movie Reviews | May 6, 2008 |
| Iron Man flies, especially when he isn't flying... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.) | |
| Dreams With Sharp Teeth; filmmakers with sharp tongues | |
| Opinion > Movie Reviews | April 9, 2008 |
| Dreams With Sharp Teeth is a wonderful movie about one of the greats of American fiction. Harlan Ellison is not only the focus, but the star of a movie that feels far too short... | |
| Review of Martian Child | |
| Opinion > Movie Reviews | November 1, 2007 |
| It's not science fiction, nor fantasy, but it's a great movie about the love of a child and the alienness of children... (Warning: this review contains spoilers.) | |
| Review of In the Shadow of the Moon, opening 7 September | |
| Opinion > Movie Reviews | September 7, 2007 |
| In the Shadow of the Moon interviews nearly all the surviving Apollo astronauts, bringing them together for perhaps the only time since they were flying, and intersperses it with never-before-seen film footage. It's a great movie... | |
| The Last Mimzy | |
| Opinion > Movie Reviews | March 23, 2007 |
| A review of the new film The Last Mimzy, based on the 1943 Lewis Padgett story "Mimsy Were the Borogoves." Short form: it's a good movie. Long form: read the article... | |
