A Nightmare on Their Street

The Lovely Bones
Running time 135 minutes
Written by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson
Directed by Peter Jackson
Starring  Saoirse Ronan, Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Susan Sarandon, Stanley Tucci

I’m no fan of Peter Jackson, but as much as I hated the 2005 remake of King Kong and all of those silly, Read More

The Week in DVR: Peter Berg’s Trauma Premieres and Sam Rockwell’s Genius (and Other Things) are on Display in Choke

Monday: Trauma
Not to be confused with Mercy, here comes Trauma. This new NBC series—which has the snazziest ad campaign of the fall (non-Man Men edition)—eschews whiny nurses for tough-as-nails EMT workers and hopes to give action junkies a boost of adrenaline. Of course, that all sounds perfectly generic, but remember: Peter Berg Read More