philmguy

Maybe it seems a little weird to have a guy who's only been here for a couple months to start rattling off best-of-year/decade lists, but I've been reviewing

Inglourious Basterds — Quentin Tarantino had talked up his way-way-way over-the-top World War II magnum opus for so long that it was nearly impossible for the

Clint Eastwood has been many things through his decades-long career — action icon, composer, director, politician and many times an Oscar-winner. What he's

Julie & Julia — I've gotta be upfront here. I hate this movie, and all the drama did was convince me of two things: That Meryl Streep is a bad actress when she

George Clooney is the member of his own personal Mile-High Club in the high-flying seriocomedy Up in the Air, which sneaks existentialism and sly humor into the

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian — Ben Stiller makes a fool of himself once again for the entertainment pleasure of the young'ns. He reprises his

“Fantastic” may be a little overboard when it comes to descriptors for Mr. Fox, but “entrancing” is about right. Even when Wes Anderson’s bizarre venture into

Angels & Demons – Sans the greasy mullet from The Da Vinci Code, Tom Hanks plunges into another three-quarters-baked adaptation of a Dan Brown conspiracy yarn,

Fight Club 10th Anniversary Edition – David Fincher packs a clever little gag into the Blu-ray’s menu – a sign of the subversive wonders to come within the

Cars Ultimate Gift Set – A re-release of the 2007 Blu-ray comes packed in with a DVD version of the 2006 movie and two toy replicas of the primary characters in

Nazis and Soviets aren’t the only armies that got to dabble in crazy psychokinesis experiments. Apparently the U.S. Army explored supernatural battle techniques

North by Northwest 50th Anniversary Edition — Alfred Hitchcock’s indelible 1959 Cary Grant thriller races to Blu-ray in a package that doubles as an insightful

Battlestar Galactica: The Plan Star Edward James Olmos takes over the directorial reigns for this two-hour companion piece to the acclaimed SyFy series, which

No one uglies it up when going for an Oscar like Hilary Swank. When Academy voters see the beautiful actress slum it as, say, a gawky, gruff cross-dresser in