Mez, Mo'Nique and other Oscar musings

CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY (2009). It goes without saying that Michael Moore's most recent documentary hardly shows the United States of America at its best. The sobering afterth...

THE BOX (2009). The Box is the latest picture from writer-director Richard Kelly, who with the cult fave Donnie Darko proved that he's one filmmaker able to think outside the b...

THE BEST OF ALL-STAR FAMILY FEUD (various years). How's this for an irresistible blast of nostalgia? Mill Creek Entertainment has recently released five DVD compilations showca...

AMELIA (2009). In its effort last fall to be one of the first Oscar-bait titles out of the gate, the stately but sterile Amelia ended up stumbling over its own feet. A handsome pro...

  COUPLES RETREAT (2009). For all its visual splendor, Couples Retreat never feels as liberating as its locale. Working from a script by Vince Vaughn, Jon Favreau and Dana Fo...

WARNER ARCHIVES (1941-1981). Selected titles from the recent batch of films available only through the Warner Archives label include vehicles featuring Marlene Dietrich, Chevy Chas...

THE BOYS ARE BACK (2009). A low-key melodrama based on Simon Carr's memoir, The Boys Are Back features a star turn by Clive Owen that's not quite enough to compensate for e...

CHE (2008). Upon its original theatrical release, director Steven Soderbergh's epic look at revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara was screened in some cities as two sep...