Predators: Better than its predecessors?
{Predators opened in Seattle today, Friday July 9 at The Metro, Cinerama, and AMC Pacific Place} Almost everyone I know loves the 1987 Ahhn-old flick…
Reality heightened with noir style in three mind-bending new titles from Fantagraphics
For those who were thrilled by the tribute to film noir at this year's Seattle International Film Festival, and are craving that same sexy, dark…
Winter's Bone
{Winter’s Bone opened in Seattle on Friday, June 25 and is currently playing at The Guild 45th and Uptown Cinemas} This affecting human drama focuses…
Toy Story 3
Not that there was ever any question Pixar would deliver an awesome third film in the Toy Story series, but just in case you were…
Please Give
Contrary to the subdued tone of the rest of the film, Nicole Holofcener’s Please Give opens with a series of naked women’s breasts being arranged…
The punk rock life and unsolved death of the mastermind behind "New Wave Theatre" is extraordinary reading
Have you ever seen Eraserhead? In David Lynch's first B&W Surrealist mind-hump of a movie, there is scene with a little song the "Lady in…
Ten days of SIFF '10
Ah, SIFF. Back again, so soon, in all its magnificent, bloated, astonishing, brilliant, annoying, magical, all-consuming glory. "Go inside film, get outside yourself," says this…
Sex and the City 2: Really?
It would not be an exaggeration to tell you that thoughts of how bad Sex and the City 2 was kept me awake all night…
Mid-August Lunch: Mangia Italiano
{Mid-August Lunch (Pranzo di Ferragosto) opens in Seattle Friday, April 30 at The Guild 45th} Mid-August Lunch is just about the cutest movie I’ve ever…
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2010: Completely Unnecessary
{A Nightmare on Elm Street opens in Seattle on Friday, April 30 and is playing at The Metro, AMC Pacific Place, and Oak Tree Cinemas}…