Reviews

  • ‘WALL-E’ is Not a Kids Movie, It’s an Everyone Movie

    Just as Disney’s early animated films seem to have something magical about them, Pixar has ushered in a new era of delighting audiences. And with WALL-E, they seem to have found the magic once again.

  • Tokyo Gore Police

    Japan! Yes, I know, we were just there three weeks ago with The Machine Girl, but I was lucky enough to catch the West Coast…

  • ‘Get Smart’ Breaths New Life Into an Old Favorite

    When Peter Segal and Co. set out to make this new version of Get Smart, they set out not to remake, but to reinvigorate. In that light, their film can be seen as a significant accomplishment.

  • In Bruges

    Foreign Objects travels the world of international cinema each week to highlight films worth visiting. So renew your passport and get your shots, because this…

  • ‘Get Smart’ is Hilarious Spy Goodness

    Steve Carell leads a great cast of classic characters that deliver a spy van full of laughs and do the original TV series slapstick justice.

  • Indie Spotlight: The Graduates

    Writer and Director Ryan Gielen calls his film The Graduates, “a love letter to Ocean City,” but it could just as easily be a love letter to that month in everyone’s life when they don’t know whether they’re still in high school or already in college.

  • The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

    Last week we descended into the bowels of The Machine Girl and came out sticky, tingly, and feeling just a little bit dirty… so this…

  • The Machine Girl

    The 9th Annual Golden Trailer awards honored the best previews of the year this week, with one very obvious omission — the best trailer of the year: The Machine Girl.

  • Jackie Chan’s Armour of God I & II

    In honor of Indiana Jones week here at FSR, today’s installment of Foreign Objects will take a look at the best Raiders of the Lost Ark homage/rip-off ever made. Luckily (and not coincidentally) it just so happens to be a foreign film.