03 Oct 2007

War Is Hell: "In the Valley of Elah," "The Kingdom" and "Resident Evil: Extinction"

By Mike Schulz

Charlize Theron and Tommy Lee Jones in In the Valley of ElahIN THE VALLEY OF ELAH

Paul Haggis' In the Valley of Elah continually approaches greatness without ever really getting there.

09 Nov 2004

This Fall, It's All Good!: "Birth," "Ray," and "The Incredibles"

By Mike Schulz

Danny Huston and Nicole Kidman in BirthBIRTH

It's pretty easy to see why audiences hate Jonathan Glazer's Birth, which features Nicole Kidman as Anna, a grieving widow who believes that the soul of her late husband, Sean, is alive in the body of a 10-year-old boy with the same name.

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