Reel Reviews | The Queen
by Tim Gordon Several years ago, Jamie Foxx donned a pair of dark shades and delivered one of the best performances ever captured in the [read more]
Film Reviews
Reel Reviews | The Hitcher
by Tim Gordon Let me say for the record that I’m not a big fan of horror films. In fact they’re probably my least favorite [read more]
Reel Reviews | Stomp the Yard
by Tim Gordon Almost twenty years ago, Spike Lee introduced mainstream America to African-American life at a fictional historically black college. His film, School Daze, [read more]
Reel Reviews | Arthur and the Invisibles
by Tim Gordon Some years ago, I remember getting into a heated argument on a television show with a film colleague as we were discussing [read more]
Reel Reviews | Alpha Dog
by Tim Gordon Thirty years ago in Animal House, Dean Wormer once told a student that “Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go [read more]
Reel Reviews | Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
by Tim Gordon Last month, I was in the middle of cinematic “agony and ecstasy.” As president of the Washington Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA), [read more]
Reel Reviews | Freedom Writers
by Tim Gordon When you begin watching Freedom Writers a certain sense of déjà vu washes over you. You know the subject matter; you’ve seen [read more]
Reel Reviews | Pan’s Labyrinth
by Tim Gordon I watched the trailer for Mexican director Guillermo del Toro’s latest film, Pan’s Labyrinth and I was excited but cautious. Time after [read more]