Posts Tagged ‘ Michael Goldberger ’

“I Love You, Man” – Mandatory Viewing – 3 popcorns

March 27, 2009
“I Love You, Man” – Mandatory Viewing – 3 popcorns

 by Michael S. Goldberger, film critic   Because in truth there is humor, in “I Love You, Man” there is hilarity. Mining an untapped wealth of philosophy about male friendship,...

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“Watchmen” – Alternate Entertainment – 3 popcorns

March 13, 2009
“Watchmen” – Alternate Entertainment – 3 popcorns

By Michael S. Goldberger, film critic Finally, someone’s gotten this comic book-to-film thing right, or at least as right as the transport of different mediums, philosophies and the very definition of art itself...

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“Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li” – The Movie, Lost in Translation – 2 popcorns

March 6, 2009
“Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li” – The Movie, Lost in Translation – 2 popcorns

By Michael S. Goldberger, film critic Several years back, a N.Y. Times columnist eloquently worried that emerging writers concerned with those lucrative motion picture rights...

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“Madea Goes to Jail” – Too Severe a Sentence – 1 & ½ popcorns

February 27, 2009
“Madea Goes to Jail” – Too Severe a Sentence –  1 & ½ popcorns

By Michael S. Goldberger, film critic When you were little and the cartoon’s protagonist didn’t realize who the villain was, it drove you nuts. You...

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“The International” — Sleuther Not Quite World Class — 2 & ½ popcorns

February 20, 2009
“The International” —  Sleuther Not Quite World Class — 2 & ½ popcorns

by Michael S. Goldberger, film critic Funny, how it works. When you’re hungry but too hurried to stop, you can’t help but pass one enticing food...

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“Getting The Oscars All Wrong”

February 13, 2009
“Getting The Oscars All Wrong”

  By Michael S. Goldberger, film critic  By now you’ve been inundated with Oscar picks. It has become a full-fledged pastime, a key component of that unofficial holiday between St. Valentine’s Day and St. Patrick’s...

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“New in Town” – Same Old, Same Old – 2 popcorns

February 6, 2009
“New in Town” – Same Old, Same Old – 2 popcorns

By Michael S. Goldberger, film critic  Too bad for Renée Zellweger. Plopped into a production company of virtual unknowns, aided only by co-star Harry Connick, Jr., she’s expected to...

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“Underworld: Rise of the Lycans” – No Place for Crybabies – 1 & ½ popcorns

January 30, 2009
“Underworld: Rise of the Lycans” – No Place for Crybabies – 1 & ½ popcorns

  By Michael S. Goldberger, film critic  The great thing about Patrick Tatopoulos’s “Underworld: Rise of the Lycans” is that you really don’t need to...

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“The Wrestler” – No-Holds-Barred Storytelling – 4 popcorns

January 24, 2009
“The Wrestler” – No-Holds-Barred Storytelling – 4 popcorns

By Michael S. Goldberger, film critic  You couldn’t tell my Dad wrestling was fake. In his favorite chair, our little dog Tibble on his lap, he’d root with a fervor that we...

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“Bride Wars” – Something Old, Nothing New, Everything Borrowed, and Sure to Make you Blue

January 17, 2009
“Bride Wars” – Something Old, Nothing New, Everything Borrowed, and Sure to Make you Blue

  By Michael S. Goldberger, film critic  Hearing yourself utter the plot description of “Bride Wars” makes you wonder if either you or the world...

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