All America Reviews

Young stars, just like the old stars, about to go supernova

Star Trek.

May 10th, 2009

“Star Trek” meekly goes where every blockbuster picture has gone before—it’s a blow-stuff-up, blow-up doll, shrink-wrapped piece of entertainment.


Clive Owen, channeling Cary Grant, in "Duplicity"

Duplicity.

May 3rd, 2009

“Duplicity” is a love story enthralled by love stories, a romance written by a hopeless romantic, who longs for a time when the movie never ended, when you couldn’t tell where the character stopped and the movie star began.


The Vagina Monologues

The Vagina Monologues.

April 27th, 2009

“The Vagina Monologues” is the most liberating, lively, electrifying time you could have at the theatre this year. It carries you inescapably towards its celebration of women, of femininity, of, well… vaginas.


Recycled characters from old texts

The Haunting in Connecticut.

April 26th, 2009

“The Haunting in Connecticut” is a letdown, for its director and for horror fans. Like a birthday party magician, we’ve seen all its tricks before, usually in older, better movies.


Colored Girls

Colored Girls.

April 12th, 2009

Colored Girls is a work of intense pain, the pain of living a life doubly disadvantaged—being black and female in America—without any crutches except those you fashion for yourself.