Like a less-dark version of 2010’s “Blue Valentine,” “Like Crazy” (2011) zeroes in on one couple and follows them through the ups and downs of their relationship. “Blue Valentine” has more downs and “Like Crazy” has more ups, but they’re both intimate rom-droms (romantic dramas) that demand great performances in the central roles.
“Young Adult” (2011) might be the most depressing movie ever made, but despite that high praise, I have to caution that it’s not for everybody. About a decade ago, I recommended “The Good Girl” (2002) to everyone who would listen, and no one liked it. (It’s about a depressed wife who meets an even-more-depressed younger guy. […]
“The Walking Dead” wrapped up its mostly great second season on Sunday with the epic farmstead battle we expected, plus a couple new elements — a hooded figure hauling two tamed zombies on chains (!) and a prison that looks like it would be nicely fortified against walkers. The most impressive part of this show is […]
The “Star Wars” saga has a weird tendency to tell stories out of order. Most notably, the film saga started with Episode IV. The books and comics are rife with stories that fill in the gaps of continuity, such as “Shadows of the Empire” chronicling the search for Han Solo and “Darth Plagueis” telling the […]
Maybe it’s because I’m in the midst of some serious “Angel” geekery with my “Rewatching the classics” project, but the Shane-Rick showdown in last night’s “The Walking Dead” (8 p.m. Central Sundays on AMC) reminded me of Faith begging Angel to kill her in Season 1’s “Five by Five.”
With the planet Dathomir and its notorious natives, the Nightsisters, figuring prominently in recent episodes of “The Clone Wars,” it’s a good time to re-read “The Courtship of Princess Leia” (1994), Dave Wolverton’s novel that introduced those elements.
I don’t spend too much time anymore worrying about whether a show will be canceled; I take the “enjoy it while it lasts” approach to everything. So Season 3’s penultimate episode of “Parenthood” took me off guard, first with the sad-tears moment of Julia not getting to adopt the baby, then with the happy-tears moment of […]
TV commentary: “The Walking Dead” gang deals with trust issues when confronted by an outsider named Randall in the latest episode.
TV review: “Angel” Season 3 features the most ill-conceived main plot of any Joss Whedon show. But the season does boast a few standout episodes.
Daniel Radcliffe no doubt took the lead role in the horror film “The Woman in Black” in part to distance himself from Harry Potter. Ironically, it’s because we already like him from “Potter” that we’re willing to stalk the candlelit halls of a spider web-covered haunted house with him.