In & Out was the first movie I reviewed for the Hermiston Herald. I published it at the end of my first month at the paper; when I was preparing to start my job, which included editing the arts-and-entertainment listings, I'd gotten permission from Michael my editor to do reviews. Nearly 150 followed between then and summer 2000. I'm proud that my ( Read more... )

I think I was slightly talking out my ass about this one, but not in a conscious way; I'm not sure I was really conveying what works about this filmMy favorite character was the cameraman ( Read more... )

On Friday night, a few hundred Portlanders watched The Karate Kid while wearing their slash goggles ( Read more... )

( '[The movie] does everything it can to make you feel wary, and weary, and overwhelmed by an overwhelming war.' My review of the 1998 war film. )

My enthusiastic review of the new Star Trek is, I'm happy to say, live at Geek in the City, thanks to the good offices of Aaron Duran.

Here's what I said, including spoilers and the surprising comparison I make about the villain Nero.

( Here's another copy of my review, under the cut: )

( I enjoyed this film maybe more than I should've, but hey, my first exposure to Charlize Theron! )

This time I did capsule reviews. My cover blurb was “If you want reviews, you just can’t lose! Four flicks get short shrift on page 3”:

In New York City, it’s possible to go from movie house to movie house and see films nonstop 24 hours a day if you’re up to it.*

Recently, from Thursday to Sunday, I saw South Park, American Pie, Lake Placid, The ( Read more... )

My first attempt to review South Park. I wrote another review later.

This is NOT a review of the new movie South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut (very much RFirst of all, first confessions: Yes, I’ve seen it. Yes, I enjoyed it. In fact, I laughed forcefully. One woman in the audience I was in Wednesday night got even more caught up in it, shooting ( Read more... )

( One of my more antisocial, heh heh, reviews: )

( Gene Siskel picked this as the best movie of 1998. It deserves to be remembered. Here's what I wrote about it at the time. )