Email Author NICK PINKERTON

2010 Stories by NICK PINKERTON

• Wings of Desire

  published December 30, 2010

  In 1952, Manoel de Oliveira sketched a fable of impossible longing that became, finally, The Strange Case of Angelica. Though the... More >>

• The Focker Gang's All Here

  published December 23, 2010

  Just in time for the whole family to file into the multiplex on a silent Christmas night, when there’s nowhere else to go: a return to the... More >>

• Life On Narnia

  published December 9, 2010

  A massive project, taken up lightly by Disney in the giddy post-Lord of the Rings atmosphere and dropped upon failing to return the... More >>

• Capturing the Dursts

  published December 2, 2010

  Generously bankrolled (then shelved) by an imperiled Weinstein Co. and peopled with Oscar® nominees, it’s tempting to call All... More >>

• Blood Simple

  published September 30, 2010

  An orphan for all practical purposes, 12-year-old Owen (Kodi Smit-McPhee) has been left to sprout like a weed. At home, he gets sparse recognition... More >>

• 'Wall Street' Bailout

  published September 23, 2010

  Oliver Stone’s Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps doesn’t have the clean, fable-like arc of its predecessor, the tale of the Fox... More >>

• Ben Affleck: Townie Made Good

  published September 16, 2010

  Directing himself as a verifiable big-movie lead after some time in supporting-actor Triple-A ball, director/star Ben Affleck models a full... More >>

• 'The Romantics' Prove Romance Is Dead

  published September 9, 2010

  As Galt Niederhoffer’s comedy of no manners begins, seven college friends, now closing in on their 30s, come together for the wedding of... More >>

• 'The Last Exorcism' Twists the Demon Genre

  published August 26, 2010

  With a small, well-chosen cast; sly script; and slippery, ambivalent characters, The Last Exorcism gives a welcome twist to the... More >>

• Sly and the Family Stallone

  published August 12, 2010

  “If the money’s right, we don’t care where the job is.” So explains the leader of hired-gun task force the Expendables,... More >>

• Cop Out

  published August 5, 2010

  After obligatory helicopter views of New York’s skyline open Adam McKay’s The Other Guys, we’re introduced to Danson... More >>

• Dream a Little Dream of 'Inception'

  published July 15, 2010

  Inception is a chilling trip into the psyche . . . of writer/director Christopher Nolan, an Anglo-American action director who... More >>

• Kung Fu Hustle

  published June 10, 2010

  Like its predecessor, 2010’s Harald Zwart–directed The Karate Kid begins with an uprooting. Young Dre Parker (Jaden Smith)... More >>

• Bringing Up Baby

  published June 3, 2010

  Though Sundance-screened and sporting an upscale cast, writer/director Vincenzo Natali’s Splice has a mad-science quality. He has... More >>

• 'Iron Man 2' Was Built to Last

  published May 6, 2010

  As Iron Man 2 begins, Tony Stark—mechanical genius, Forbes 400 perennial, pop-star CEO of Stark Industries—has dropped any... More >>

• Love and Angst In 'Remember Me'

  published March 11, 2010

  Putatively a new romance starring Robert Pattinson, Remember Me begins like a vigilante movie: a Brooklyn subway platform in 1991, a... More >>

• Stuck on 'Shutter Island'

  published February 18, 2010

  Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island, a florid art shocker that Paramount welcomed into the world with the strained enthusiasm of a... More >>

• Cowboy Diplomacy From Our Man In Paris, John Travolta

  published February 4, 2010

  ReviewYippee Ki Yay, Fils de Putain! Cowboy diplomacy from our man in Paris, John TravoltaAs personal assistant... More >>

• Mel Gibson Gets Some Kind of Revenge with Semi-Successful 'Edge of Darkness'

  published January 28, 2010

  Back From the Edge?Mel Gibson gets some kind of revenge with a semi-successful vigilante... More >>

• Despite Its Made-For-TV Feel, 'Extraordinary Measures' Works On Its Own Terms

  published January 28, 2010

  A Measured SuccessDespite its made-for-TV feel, Extraordinary Measures works on its own... More >>

• The Postapocalyptic Theology In 'The Book of Eli' Is a Little Warped

  published January 14, 2010

  Kicking Ass for JesusThe Book of Eli’s post-apocalyptic theology is a little warpedDirectors Allen... More >>