Email Author Jim Ridley
Even as the first girders were laid in the mid-1960s, something about the World Trade Center — that twin-pronged erection jutting from the... More >>
Of the summer's many revenge-of-the-nerd fulfillment fantasies, Wanted stands the best chance of dislodging Fight Club from... More >>
You want a history lesson? Take a class. You want clanging swords, sneering villains, storybook romance, and bloody vengeance? Here's a brawny... More >>
No adult has ever been able to codify what separates a good movie from a classic. In kid terms, though — those favored by Son of... More >>
As John Simon once said of Jeanne Moreau — cast in a virginal role — making Simon Pegg a fat guy is like casting Lassie as a... More >>
For the crime of obliterating high culture, for the crime of getting off on vicarious degradation — and, above all, for the crime of sitting... More >>
No Reservations (Warner Bros.) From its cheap, mid-'90s-looking package to its woefully scant extras (one pre-chewed... More >>
A fourth Rambo? The question isn't why; it's what took him so long. Was America's avenging angel of meat just planning to sit out Fallujah and... More >>
The King of Kong (New Line) Seth Gordon's best-of-2007 documentary about the battle for Donkey Kong supremacy remains a work in... More >>
Having a child destroys your immune system to horror, real or imagined. Before the blessed event, you could laugh off The Exorcist, The... More >>
It's that time of year again. Our six critics don't always (or often) agree, but we've combined their top 10 lists (allowing for ties) to pretend... More >>
How tough is it for a movie to find its audience, above the din of blockbuster marketing and beyond the clogged distribution pipeline? Tsai... More >>
The year: 2505. Your viewing choices tonight: an oldie but a goodie — a picture called Ass, a feature-length screensaver of butt... More >>
