Just how big was the second weekend of Alice in Wonderland? The four new releases—Green Zone, She’s Out of My League, Remember Me and Our Family Wedding—could only account for 65 percent of Alice‘s total; somewhere, the Mad Hatter is doing a CGI-enhanced Irish jig to celebrate. As we do each Monday, here’s a Read More
Spring is finally in the air and, apparently, it brought a bunch of movies along for the ride. An overwhelming six titles hit theaters today, meaning as you slowly come out of your winter hibernation, Hollywood is encouraging you to sit in a dark room for two hours. As we do every Friday, here’s a Read More
GREEN ZONE
Running time 115 minutes
Written by BRIAN HELGELAND
Directed by PAUL GREENGRASS
Starring MATT DAMON, GREG KINNEAR, AMY RYAN, BRENDAN GLEESON
2 Eyeballs out of 4
A Superman epic masquerading as a political exposé The Green Zone is one of those crypto-technical thrillers I usually have to consult a Read More
Writer-director Paul Greengrass’ United 93 has by now been widely—and, I believe, extravagantly—overpraised for not exploiting or sensationalizing the last catastrophic flight of United 93 on that fateful morning of Sept. 11, 2001. But how could he exploit the event if he were not to invent words or actions neither he nor we could ever Read More
Writer-director Paul Greengrass’ United 93 has by now been widely—and, I believe, extravagantly—overpraised for not exploiting or sensationalizing the last catastrophic flight of United 93 on that fateful morning of Sept. 11, 2001. But how could he exploit the event if he were not to invent words or actions neither he nor we could ever Read More
If United 93 is to be the first entry in what threatens to become an archival library of depressing movie projects about the tragedies of 9/11, it will pretty much depend on success or failure at the box office, not to mention the tolerance level of an audience that extends beyond the families and friends Read More
