Tuesday, February 19
Multiple Oscar-nominated legal drama Michael Clayton, starring George Clooney and Tilda Swinton, leads this week's impressive crop of new releases. Also arriving on DVD are Noah Baumbach's dysfunctional dramedy Margot at the Wedding, Ang Lee's saucy Lust, Caution, Tommy Lee Jones and Charlize Theron's somber Iraq drama In the Valley of Elah and Reese Witherspoon's political drama Rendition.
Our pick for the week is American Gangster, which inexplicably managed to score only two Academy Award nominations, for Best Art Direction and Best Supporting Actress (Ruby Dee). Go figure.
Posted 2/19/2008 by reelz
Related: Michael Clayton | Lust, Caution | In the Valley of Elah | American Gangster | Rendition | Margot at the Wedding
Tuesday, November 6
The Santa Barbara Film Festival has announced that it will give this year's American Riviera Award (for strong influence in American cinema) to Tommy Lee Jones.
Jones has been receiving quite a bit of awards buzz for his performances in both No Country for Old Men and In the Valley of Elah. And whither Santa Barbara goes, Oscar has been known to follow--just ask previous American Riviera winners Forest Whitaker (Best Actor 2006 for The Last King of Scotland) and Philip Seymour Hoffman (Best Actor 2005 for Capote).
Source: Variety.
Posted 11/6/2007 by reelz
Related: Tommy Lee Jones | In the Valley of Elah | No Country for Old Men
Friday, September 14
With all three of this weekend's major releases, The Brave One, Mr. Woodcock and Dragon Wars, receiving mediocre reviews, folks heading to the movies this weekend might be best advised to skip the Cineplex entirely and hit up the local arthouse theater instead.
A rundown of our reviews of this weekend's new releases:
The Brave One 
"The director tries to distract you with lots of fancy shots, but the script...I don't know what's worse, the storyline or the dialogue." [Full Review]
Mr. Woodcock
"The movie's first ten minutes, in which coach Billy Bob viciously berates his meek pupils, are intermittently hilarious, but it's all downhill from there." [Full Review]
In the Valley of Elah 
"It's heavy, it's sad, and flaws aside, I liked it...Tommy Lee Jones's performance is quiet, intense, and stunning."