Cinema Sentries

Sean Connery’s return to the role of James Bond is less than thrilling.

It’s Bond like you’ve never seen him before: that awkward transitional boyfriend.

If you were to wake up floating in the ocean with two bullet wounds in your back, who would you like to be?

A delightful (albeit admittedly minor) comedy.

Jim Jarmusch’s third feature film is nothing short of extraordinary.

Looking for truth, love, and a better exchange rate on the Won in a stretch limo.

Welcome to the basement where the dead things live and where gothic horror subject matter makes a welcome return.

Thankfully, it doesn’t take itself too seriously.

In terms of its importance to the franchise, it’s significant in several ways.

Just because you’re not doing wrong doesn’t mean you’re doing right.

An inspirational, though not completely objective, look at one man’s dedication to mixed martial arts.

More double entendres than in the entire eight-year run of Three’s Company.

Not a strong thumbs-up, but it is definitely a solid one.

An interview with Anita Coulter about TR!CKSTER and the art of setting up shop.

This cartoon broke my heart.

Comedy and horror don’t always mix, but when you get the alchemy right it’s really gory good fun.

It does a little too much telling.

The gang go to India, Italy, and the U.S.

I have mixed feelings about it.

Sometimes a kammerspielfilm shoots itself in the foot and that’s the problem with The Ledge in a nutshell.

A tale of loss, despair, and innocence meets its Blu-ray release.

An outstanding HBO film about the recent U.S. financial meltdown.

In its genre, John Carter gives you exactly what you’re expecting to see.

The aging courtesan and her young gentleman companion are not in love, they merely have a mutually beneficial arrangement.

It’s not simply the shiniest turd in the punchbowl of MTV Original Programming; it’s a quality show!

It didn’t light any fires for this reviewer.

Like a 1960’s Spider-Man comic with all of the angst and none of the spandex.

If CSI: Pigs in Space was an actual television program, it might look a bit like this.

Knowing is half the battle, but not knowing is a far greater victory.

Sometimes it’s not enough to want revenge and justice, you have to have a plot too.

A classic in its own right.

It disappointed more than it charmed.

It exists somewhere between generic indie and art/experimental film.

An event 25 years in the making.

Believe the hype: The acclaimed 2010 feature from the writer/director/star of HBO’s “Girls” brings early Woody Allen to mind.

Remember when the Blonde Ambition tour made a pitstop in Bosch’s depiction of Hell?

A star-studded songfest. And if you’re not careful, you might just learn something.

A worthwhile addition to any film lover’s collection.

Korean Gothic horror underpinned by psychological drama and literary Naturalism.

If Mystery Science Theater ever featured cartoons, Shazzan would be a perfect pick.

Sorry Wizard World, your reign is over.

Not the best Flash Gordon collection, but worthy of its place on a collector’s bookshelf.

Sho Kosugi redefines revenge in this martial arts classic!

There always seemed to either be something missing or an abundance of effects and tricks intended to cover up a sparse plot.

Could be aptly re-titled Surviving Greed.

Could it be…SATAN?!?!

Paranoia, insecurity, and Cold War espionage, all wrapped up in a beautifully drab 1970’s package.

You’re supposed to be laughing with the sinners instead of crying with the saints, not just laughing at the plot line.

Films that don’t quite fit anywhere else.