A guy Scrapper and I grew up with directed the documentary, which is about the 2002 mayoral race in Newark and how scrappy it got between the incumbent, Sharpe James, and the challenger, Cory Booker, …

It’s wonderfully done — so sad and uncomfortable to watch, but unadorned and straightforward and captivating from the first minute. I liked Hoop Dreams a lot — it’s the same guy — but I didn’t …

I  really liked it, although I really didn’t like most of the kids, honestly. I guess I should allow for the fact that they’re At That Age, some of them, but a couple of them …

Gregory Peck is sooooo young and cute in it, and Bergman is amazing; I could listen to her speak all day.That accent is like a cold drink.The movie itself is on the affected side, though, …

Can you believe I never saw this before? I really liked it, too. A lot of it is not believable, and a lot of it was literally lifted verbatim from the Ken Burns miniseries…but I …

I liked it a lot; I loved the performances. I’ve said it before, but Paul Giamatti is just outstanding, and I hope we see more of Sandra Oh; she’s excellent. But it never quite caught …

Why I love Truffaut: he doesn’t feel the need to explain everything, and if he wants to get into a 20-minute flashback in a movie that’s only 84 minutes long to begin with, he just …

Good stuff. It’s tough to watch in spots, but in a good way, and Maggie Gyllenhaal is really good — plus it’s one of the few movies that gets Jersey right. The accents are right, …

Disappointed! The Amazing Masters part is a faux-cumentary hosted by The White Shadow about why martial arts are so amazing, which…we know. Get some worthwhile footage so we can actually see what you’re talking about …

Yow. I liked it more than I usually like Fincher’s stuff, but watching it eight years after it came out, I couldn’t stop thinking about how overrated Spacey is as an actor — and Brad …