The late George Hickenlooper’s Casino Jack is an improbably blithe cautionary tale, recounting the rise and fall of D.C. super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff. “You’re either a big-leaguer or you’re a slave clawing your way onto the C train,” the avid antihero (Kevin Spacey) tells his mirrored reflection in the pre-credit sequence;…
10. Enter the Void I can’t fully condone director Gaspar Noe’s trip—in my review, I called it a “mashup of the sacred, the profane, and the brain-dead,” and I stand by that. But I’ve come to appreciate its stoner stoopidness as part of its charm. And nothing else in 2010…
Sofia Coppola had her 21st birthday party at the Chateau Marmont — a fact she had forgotten until Phil Pavel, the manager of the hotel, reminded her while she was there shooting her new film, Somewhere. It’s the first feature to be granted clearance to shoot extensively inside the rooms…
Enter the Void at Coral Gables Art Cinema
Burlesque squanders its hottest asset, Christina Aguilera
Morning Glory: Rachel McAdams is married to her job and loving it
Due Date: Zach Galifianakis steals another Todd Phillips buddy comedy
Machete: Robert Rodriguez’s latest is LOL-funny
The Switch: Jennifer Aniston seeks attractive sperm donor in attractive comedy
Salt: Angelina Jolie’s contradictions buoy the otherwise rote movie
Robin Hood rails against the tax-and-spend Nottingham elite
Kick-Ass sets itself up as an unadulterated exposé of the teenaged mind. Tired of being mugged by high school thugs in a Manhattan that’s notably scummier than the real thing, our hero Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson, a hot young thing given a perm-and-glasses nerdover) wonders, in a hilariously put-on and…
Date Night: Tina Fey and Steve Carell go lowbrow and chemistry-free
The Runaways: Sex, drugs, and feminism
Valentine’s Day has too many stars and too many story lines
