Collin SoutereFilmcritic ArchiveeFilmcritic Archive: "Elektra" (2006)“A superhero movie in January? Wow!” I thought. “Fox must LOVE this movie so much that they CAN’T WAIT to get it out there! They’re...
Collin SoutereFilmcritic ArchiveeFilmcritic Archive: "Dreamgirls" (2006)I almost always walk into a musical with a positive attitude. I want them to be good. As a lifelong movie and music fanatic, I’m never...
Collin SoutereFilmcritic ArchiveeFilmcritic Archive: "The Devil Wears Prada" (2006)I’ve had the Boss From Hell once or twice in my life. Most recently, I had a few bosses at once who could have been molded into one...
Collin SoutereFilmcritic ArchiveeFilmcritic Archive: "The Da Vinci Code" (2006)There is a group of people who believe that if you go see “The Da Vinci Code,” you will go to Hell. I think they got it backwards. I...
Collin SoutereFilmcritic Archives: "Dave Chappelle’s Block Party" (2006)“I like things that are unpredictable. I would love for this to be something that came out of nowhere, that nobody saw coming.” That’s...
Collin SoutereFilmcritic ArchiveeFilmcritic Archive: "Children Of Men" (2006)A few years ago, I took a class at film school called Visual Analysis. It turned out to be a three hour weekly time-killer in which we...
Collin SoutereFilmcritic ArchiveeFilmcritic Archive: "Crank" (2006)One thing’s for certain: You’ve never seen a movie quite like “Crank” before. Sure, the movie has been inviting comparisons to the...
Collin SoutereFilmcritic ArchiveeFilmcritic Archive: "Chicken Little" (2005)I have to make this vow. I can’t take it anymore. It has to stop. So help me God, if I have to hear “I Will Survive” in any movie ever...
Collin SoutereFilmcritic ArchiveeFilmcritic Archive: "Cinderella Man" (2005)Let’s not pretend that Ron Howard’s “Cinderella Man” is anything more than superficial committee-based Oscar Bait disguised as The...
Collin SoutereFilmcritic ArchiveeFilmcritic Archive: "Cursed" (2005)For too long now, the studios have been cutting the balls off the horror genre in order to make it possible for the young kids to gain...
Collin SoutereFilmcritic ArchiveeFilmcritic Archive: "Closer" (2006)“Closer” tells the story of four people who each get what they want in a relationship, but haven’t a clue as to how to hang onto it. ...
Collin SoutereFilmcritic ArchiveeFilmcritic Archive: "Blood Diamond" (2006)The Important Desert Movie has become a new genre. Around this time every year, we get a barrage of Important political thrillers meant...