Crime and Gangster Films

New York Cop Drama 'Pride and Glory' Holds the Audience Hostage

Keanu Reeves and Forest Whitaker in 'Street Kings,' a Shallow Look at Dirty Police

LYT's Film Pick of the Weekend 3-14-08

FLASH POINT This is, admittedly, a slightly qualified pick. I wanted to pick DOOMSDAY, but the fact that it didn't screen for review even to the geek websites is a really bad sign. As is the fact that it stars Rhona Mitra. And that Malcolm McDowell seems to have been removed from all advertising ma ... More >>

[DVDish] Three the Hard Way: Reviews of 'No Country for Old Men,' More

FLASH POINT This is, admittedly, a slightly qualified pick. I wanted to pick DOOMSDAY, but the fact that it didn't screen for review even to the geek websites is a really bad sign. As is the fact that it stars Rhona Mitra. And that Malcolm McDowell seems to have been removed from all advertising ma ... More >>

Who says there's nothing good at the movies?

On February 23rd, which will be Oscar Eve unless some kind of strike-related silliness postpones the show, the AMC 30 at The Block in Orange will be one of approximately 80 theaters nationwide to screen a quintuple-feature of all the nominees for Best Picture. Thirty bucks gets you a pass to all fiv ... More >>

Oscar Nominations are announced

And yes, I'm up prior to the crack of dawn to get them to you. The biggest surprise, if you can call it that, is the strong showing by MICHAEL CLAYTON, with six nominations. Not so surprisingly, THERE WILL BE BLOOD and NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN each have eight. Via CNN, because it announced even befor ... More >>

Village Voice Media Film Poll 2007

Our sister publications LA Weekly and Village Voice just published their annual, massive film critics' poll for 2007, which includes 102 of the nation's critics, some of whom you know and some you don't, though all of the critics you regularly read in our paper are included. (My own page in the poll ... More >>

Hova-rated

Jay-Z’s American Gangster Proves He Ain’t All That—and Never Was

Harlem Knight

Ridley Scott’s portrait of a ’70s dope CEO may not be epic, but it’s still superfly

Beantown Boys Make Good

The Brothers Affleck come through with a complex, sophisticated Boston crime drama

The Joy in the Bubble

Cannes 2007 was a success, but how many of its movies will you actually get to see?

We Aren't the World

How the Americans fared at Cannes

Everyones a Winner

Cannes jury spreads out awards, giving Romanian the big prize