Archive for August, 2008

- New York Times News Service Comedy. With Matt Lanter, Vanessa Minnillo, Kim Kardashian and Carmen Electra. Written and directed by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer. (Rated PG-13. 90 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) "Disaster Movie," the latest...

'College' Comedy. With Drake Bell, Kevin Covais, Andrew Caldwell, Haley Bennett and Nick Zano. Directed by Deb Hagan. (Rated R. 97 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) Pity today's teenage audience. Their latest cinematic temptation is yet another tiresome...

IBabylon A.D.I is Vin Diesels entire career in microcosm. He starts out as a gritty, amoral, selfish murderer a la IPitch BlackI, gets in a few car chases, pulls off some X-Games stunts, attempts some dramatic stuff which never really works, gets all sci-fi with confusing futuristic plot exposition, and by the end hes morphed into IThe PacifierI.

ICollegeI is painfully stale, pathetically unfunny, and I cant think of a single reason why you should sit through this piece of shit other than to maybe snicker at how awkward IAmerican IdolsI Kevin Covais looks trying to make an o-face. For ninety-four minutes, this regrettable abortion dodges and weaves through every tired clich and moronic sixteen year old male fantasy ever conceived.

RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE)What We Do Is Secret: Starring Shane West and Bijou Phillips. Directed by Rodger Grossman. (R. 90 minutes. At the Lumiere in San Francisco, and the Shattuck in Berkeley. For complete movie listings and show times, and to buy tickets...

RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE) Drama. Starring Lee Young-Hoon and Lee Han. Written and directed by Leesong Hee-Il. In Korean with English subtitles. (R. 112 minutes. At the Embarcadero Cinema Center.) Even a melodrama can be made credible in the hands of a skilled...

RATING: (ALERT VIEWER) Animated fantasy. Written and directed by David Kaplan. With An Nguyen, Tsai Chin, Ken Leung, Randall Duk Kim. (Not rated. 96 minutes. At the Sundance Kabuki in San Francisco and the Shattuck Cinemas in Berkeley.) Too raw for kids and...

RATING: (WILD APPLAUSE) Days and Clouds: Drama. Directed by Silvio Soldini. With Margherita Buy, Antonio Albanese, Alba Rohrwacher. In Italian with English subtitles. (Not rated. 115 minutes. Presented by the San Francisco Film Society at the Sundance Kabuki.)...

RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE) Documentary. Directed by Darryl Roberts. (R. 105 minutes. At the Sundance Kabuki.) Darryl Roberts admits he made a mistake. He had a wonderful girlfriend, but he had the conceit to think he could find somebody more perfect and...

RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE)I Served the King of England: Drama. Starring Ivan Barnev, Oldrich Kaiser and Julia Jentsch. Directed by Jirí Menzel. In Czech with English subtitles. (R. 118 minutes. At the Embarcadero.) For his latest film, director Jirí Menzel has...