THE FOURTH KIND
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  Year Released: 2009 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Running Time: 98 minutes |
“The Fourth Kind” musters all its strength to set up a purportedly true-life scenario about alien sightings, only to give itself away at every turn.
Posted on November 6, 2009 by Matthew Sorrento
THE BOX
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  Year Released: 2009 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Running Time: 115 minutes |
TWILIGHT ZONE FRIDAY! Like in the better moments of “Donnie Darko,” Kelly serves up suspense and dread – until he moves into act three by sending his story into a nebulous orbit.
Posted on November 6, 2009 by Matthew Sorrento
SHADOW BILLIONAIRE
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  Year Released: 2009 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 86 minutes |
“Shadow Billionaire” sports many twists and turns, with the intrigue and insight of top-tier journalism.
Posted on October 28, 2009 by Matthew Sorrento
ON GREENING THE CITY: INTERVIEW WITH FILMMAKER IAN CHENEY
In “The Greening of Southie,” filmmaker Ian Cheney documents the excitement and consequences of an environmentally conscious construction movement.
Posted on October 26, 2009 by Matthew Sorrento
ANTICHRIST
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  Year Released: 2009 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 109 minutes |
This wretched thing should have been snuffed out at the drawing board.
Posted on October 23, 2009 by Matthew Sorrento
AMELIA
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  Year Released: 2009 MPAA Rating: PG Running Time: 111 minutes |
Hilary Swank settles into a stylized groove that’s miles from the viscerally realistic approach to her best work.
Posted on October 23, 2009 by Matthew Sorrento
A SERIOUS MAN
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Year Released: 2009 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 105 minutes |
As in “Barton Fink,” all these roles are stylized, artificial; like dream images, they represent fears and desires more than people.
Posted on October 19, 2009 by Matthew Sorrento
URS
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Year Released: 2009 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 10 minutes |
Moritz Mayerhofer cleverly revises an ancient narrative archetype. “Urs” is cinema as a fleeting dream image.
Posted on October 17, 2009 by Matthew Sorrento
WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
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  Year Released: 2009 MPAA Rating: PG Running Time: 100 minutes |
Jonze’s camera gazes upon Carrol and company just like countless readers have, and thus “Where the Wild Things Are” tributes and adds to its inspiration.
Posted on October 16, 2009 by Matthew Sorrento
BRIGHT STAR
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Year Released: 2009 MPAA Rating: PG Running Time: 119 minutes |
Masterpieces of literature-to-film are a rare breed; this film falls short with satisfaction.
Posted on October 10, 2009 by Matthew Sorrento
IN A DREAM (DVD)
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Year Released: 2009 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 77 minutes |
The elements of this documentary on mosaic artist Isaiah Zagar hum into a glorious experience, with its narrative as captivating as its visualization.
Posted on October 2, 2009 by Matthew Sorrento
TURN ME ON, DEAD MAN
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Year Released: 2009 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 22 minutes |
The filmmakers allegorize a theory about the popular “Paul is Dead” rumor: that it signaled the band’s death by hoaxing its member’s.
Posted on September 27, 2009 by Matthew Sorrento
CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS
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Year Released: 2009 MPAA Rating: PG Running Time: 81 minutes |
The fantastic journey stems from the kids’ housebound daydreaming – dinner time is inescapable, after all.
Posted on September 20, 2009 by Matthew Sorrento
THE BURNING PLAIN
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Year Released: 2008 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 111 minutes |
Fate breeds fatalism in a tale that Guillermo Arriaga masterfully writes and directs. It’s realized so beautifully and viscerally that – I hate to say it – Alejandro González Iñárritu now seems a little obsolete.
Posted on September 19, 2009 by Matthew Sorrento
ONCE AGAIN, “NY POST’S” KYLE SMITH ASKS FOR A BEATDOWN…
Must a children’s film be politicized?
Posted on September 16, 2009 by Matthew Sorrento
