Eugene Weekly

Let me gush a second: I pretty much loved Star Trek. It did a lot of things right, and it looked gorgeous, especially to eyes disappointed by the terrible effects in X-Men Origins: Wolverine. I loved Karl Urban as Dr. McCoy the best of all, but John Cho is a respectable Sulu, Sylar Zachary Quinto a perfect Spock (I really only thought of Sylar once, when he glares at the council) and Zoë Saldana a whip-smart Uhura. The bad guy was a little stock, but the time-split really thing works for me. Continue reading →

In 2006, a little movie called Brick surprised the hell out of me. A high school noir, thick with complicated, stylized detective language, mysterious figures and femme fatales? Skepticism levels were high — and for some people, the conceit didn’t work. Continue reading →

Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart in Adventureland. Immediate thought upon leaving the theater after Adventureland: I want to hug that movie and everyone involved with it. I’d also like to buy them all a beer. Though that would probably be a lot of beer. Continue reading →