Archive for 2008
Review: The Hitcher (2007)
The Hitcher is a remake released in 2007.
A young couple running from home almost hit a man in the middle of the road. They leave him stranded and drive off. Then when getting gas, the man was picked up by a trucker and dropped […]
Interview: Matthew Goode, Brideshead Revisited
Matthew Goode Delivers Career Performance in Brideshead Revisited’s Epic Journey of Love and Loss
By Lee Shoquist
Matthew Goode has arrived.
After a star turn in last year’s crime drama The Lookout and noteworthy performances in Woody Allen’s Match Point, Imagine Me & You and Copying Beethoven, the handsome, disarmingly candid and delightfully ribald young […]
Golden Memories
So long, Sophia. A fond farewell to Estelle Getty and a quick look back at a show that was the gold standard in sitcoms…
Interview: G.W. Bailey, The Closer
The Closer Star (and Working Actor) G.W. Bailey at Top of Game in Unexpected Hit Series
By Lee Shoquist
The Closer, TNT’s smash procedural detective drama about a no-nonsense LAPD homicide division, led by Kyra Sedgwick as an unorthodox Georgia detective transplanted to the City of Angels, has broken ratings records by amassing a legion of […]
Review: Perfect Stranger
Perfect Stranger was released in 2007.
A journalist goes undercover as a worker for a man who is rumoured to kill someone. She creates several instant messenger accounts posing as her undercover name Catherine Pogue, and a woman he slept with in the past. After investigating him for a […]
Review: The Dark Knight
* * *
Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Gary Oldman, Maggie Gyllenhaal. Screenplay by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan. Directed by Christopher Nolan. Rated PG-13. 152 minutes. Warner Brothers.
The deafening roar of The Dark Knight hype—fueled by Heath Ledger’s untimely death and stoked by obsessed bloggers, rabid fanboy […]
Review: Mamma Mia!
* * * 1/2
Meryl Streep, Amanda Seyfried, Pierce Brosnan, Julie Walters, Colin Firth, Christine Baranski, Stellan Skarsgard, Dominic Cooper. Written by Catherine Johnson. Directed by Phyllida Lloyd. Rated PG-13. 108 minutes. Universal Pictures.
Displaying impeccable, giddy comedy and strong singing voice, Mamma Mia! finds Meryl Streep more relaxed, carefree […]
DVD Review: Never Back Down (Extended Beat Down Edition)
Never Back Down stumbles in its attempt to appeal to both tweens and MMA fans, resulting in a film that doesn’t pack a serious dramatic punch or contain the brutality of a classic like Bloodsport.
DVD Review: Witchblade: The Complete Series
Witchblade: The Complete Series is an impressive adaptation, especially for TV, but encountered some bad situations that plunged it into cancellation and obscurity.
Your 2008 Emmy Nominees
The verdicts are in. Here’s a look at who got nominated for TV’s top award…and, yes, by process of elimination, who didn’t. Let the reacting begin.
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