Everybody's Got One: The Home of Tim Grierson

This Spanish-language heist film is targeted toward mainstream Latino audiences, but I can't help but think, "Hey, couldn't you...

This ultraviolent, cheekily irreverent action thriller starring Clive Owen is strictly a love-it-or-hate-it affair. I'm with the lovers.

Congratulations: You've come to the blog of the only film critic in the world who actually liked War , the not-screened-for-reviews acti...

Perhaps you're on the fence about whether to invest your hard-earned dollars on Balls of Fury . Let me help make up your mind for you.

Kinski are a band from Seattle that specializes in instrumental avant-rock. Don't be scared by that description: They're actually pr...

When on vacation, my wife and I have a guilty pleasure: watching HGTV in our hotel room for hours. (Scandalous, I know.) It's easy to un...

Challengers is the fourth album from the Canadian power-pop collective. My review appears in the new issue of Under the Radar , the indie-mi...

At long last, after much worrying and cynical naysaying, The Simpsons Movie comes to us. So what did I think? Check here -- and also see my...

The Colour and the Shape just celebrated its 10th anniversary with a new reissue, including bonus tracks. Idolator may not see the point , b...

Discriminating comedy audiences may be hoping that Death at a Funeral , director Frank Oz's British farce, will be a respite from dumb H...

The Academy, as part of its "Great To Be Nominated" series, will be showing a 70mm print of Howards End on Monday, August 20 . My ...

It's not a question of whether or not Daddy Day Camp is good -- it's a matter of just how bad it is. The answers are here .

With the St. Louis Cardinals' chances for making the playoffs looking dimmer and dimmer, let's focus on the St. Louis Rams for a mom...

Both films open this Friday, catering to much different audiences. But these two movies suffer from the same problem of diminishing returns:...

It wouldn't even be a fair fight: El-P would pound that sniveling little wizard. Both reside in this week's Consumables , as do revi...

At long last, No End in Sight , the exceptional documentary about the failures of the Bush administration in Iraq, comes to Los Angeles. My ...

If you have small children in your life, the chances are good they're dying to see Underdog , the new Walt Disney movie based on the old...

Ingmar Bergman died this week, and of all the terrific appreciations of the filmmaker that have popped up since, the best probably comes fr...

The Shakespeare in Love of romantic comedy-dramas about the young life of the French playwright Moliere. But not as good.

Charles Ferguson, the writer and director of the great new documentary No End in Sight , talks to me about the film in this week's LA We...