	Movies Adventureland Moody Blues and Midsummer’s Romance By Rossiter Drake (Apr 3, 2009) Those expecting another hormonally charged, cheerfully outlandish sex comedy from Superbad director Greg Mottola may be surprised to discover that Adventureland, despite a deliberately misleading ad campaign, is nothing of the sort. It is a far more grounded, even somber affair, populated by thoughtful, unaffected characters whose misadventures ring invariably true. It is also one of the year’s best films. More
	Movies The Haunting in Connecticut Long Live the Dead… By Matt Forsman (Mar 26, 2009) The Campbell family hasn’t exactly had an easy time of things lately. Their eldest son Matt (Kyle Gallner) is battling cancer and the family just took up residence in a house that has a bit of ‘history’ to it. To say there are a few skeletons in the closet barely scratches the surface in The Haunting in Connecticut. More
	Movies Monsters vs. Aliens B-Movie Bouillabaisse By Rossiter Drake (Mar 26, 2009) When DreamWorks Animation chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg hit the road recently to show off the groundbreaking 3-D technology used to make Monsters vs. Aliens, he advocated nothing less than a revolution – a full-scale reinvention of the moviegoing experience intended to lure people back to theaters with the promise of a visually unprecedented communal experience. His company’s first foray into 3-D delivers just that in the form of a sly homage to ’50s B-movies like Attack of the 50 Foot Woman and The Blob. More
	Movies Tokyo! More Than Just a City By Martin Malloy (Mar 20, 2009) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars. This is the type of film where I don’t really want say much. It’s a fantastic experience set in a truly cinematic city. To say too much would ruin that experience. All I want to say is that you should go see it. Of course, I’ll give you a bit more than that. More
	Movies The Great Buck Howard Slight Satire By Mel Valentin (Mar 20, 2009) Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars. Written and directed by Sean McGinly, The Great Buck Howard, is a satirical show business comedy loosely based on McGinly’s experiences as the road manager to the Amazing Kreskin, a once-famous, still-active mentalist. Featuring a likeable, if passive, central performance by Colin Hanks and an eccentric performance by the eccentric John Malkovich, The Great Buck Howard makes for light entertainment, enjoyable enough during its running time, but forgettable minutes after the end credits roll. More
	Movies Sin Nombre An Auspicious Filmmaking Debut By Mel Valentin (Mar 20, 2009) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars. Writer-director Cary Fukunaga’s (Victoria para chino) feature-length filmmaking debut, Sin Nombre (“Without a name” or “Nameless”), arrives in movie theaters this weekend with high, perhaps impossibly high expectations. The film, one-part crime drama and one-part immigration drama, won the Directing Award and the Excellence in Cinematography Award only two months ago at the Sundance Film Festival. More
	Movies Knowing Know To Skip This By Martin Malloy (Mar 20, 2009) Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars. I’m not sure what I was expecting. Despite a few great performances, Nicolas Cage’s recent track record hasn’t been too hot. Still, I’m always rooting for the guy. I gave Knowing a fair chance but it, unsurprisingly, fell short. It wasn’t terrible, just painfully mediocre. More
	Movies I Love You, Man For a Freak and a Geek, True Romance Blossoms By Rossiter Drake (Mar 20, 2009) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars. Judd Apatow deserves plenty of credit for his contributions to comedy -- among them, TV’s late, lamented “Freaks and Geeks,” The 40-Year-Old Virgin and the discovery of Seth Rogen -- but one of his masterstrokes has been overlooked until now: the pairing of Paul Rudd and former “Freak” Jason Segel. More
	Movies Duplicity Spy vs. Spy By Matt Forsman (Mar 20, 2009) Rating: 3.75 out of 5 stars. Arguably, Clive Owen and Julia Roberts are two of the most smoldering actors around. Either one of them can easily carry a film with their own raw "charisma". Pairing the two of them in a romantic thriller is about as easy on the cinematic palate as cookies and milk. Fortunately, these two pretty faces (and bodies) bring a bit more to the table than their good looks in Tony Gilroy’s Duplicity. More
	Movies Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 Crimson Tie By Rossiter Drake (Mar 13, 2009) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars. One can be forgiven for not counting The Game -- the annual college football contest between the Harvard Crimson and the Yale Bulldogs -- among 1968’s most memorable events. During a year that witnessed the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy, the election of Richard Nixon and the escalation of Vietnam War protests, even one of the most exciting finishes in sports history -- Harvard, an apparently hopeless underdog against undefeated Yale, scored an unthinkable 16 points in the final 42 seconds to earn the now-famous tie -- might understandably be overlooked. More

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