Articles by Allan Tong

Pirate Radio

Richard Curtis

PUBLISHED Apr 14, 2010

An audio commentary by the director and his stars, plus some deleted scenes, can't save an unfunny comedy. That's the problem with Pirate R...

Nowhere Boy

Sam Taylor Wood

PUBLISHED Mar 11, 2010

Based on the memoirs of John Lennon's half-sister, Nowhere Boy is an ambitious, but flawed, dramatization detailing the formative years of...

Beer Wars

Anat Baron

PUBLISHED Feb 18, 2010

If you ever wondered why American beer is like making love in a canoe, this is your film. Former Mike's Hard Lemonade executive-turned-docu...

Mary Tyler Moore: Season Six

PUBLISHED Feb 10, 2010

We're getting there. Since 2002, Fox has been erratically releasing on DVD each season of one of the greatest sitcoms ever made. They no lo...

The Paper Chase: Season Two

PUBLISHED Feb 10, 2010

Somehow this smart, well-written dramatic series from the late '70s and early '80s endures. Based on the 1970 novel and 1973 hit film, The...

Outrage

Kirby Dick

PUBLISHED Jan 21, 2010

Approach this documentary by parsing the title into "out" and "rage." Director Kirby Dick is renowned for exposing society's ugly secrets,...

It Might Get Loud

Davis Guggenheim

PUBLISHED Jan 7, 2010

This entertaining doc from the makers of An Inconvenient Truth is more a celebration of three rock stars than an ode to the electric guitar...

Invictus

Clint Eastwood

PUBLISHED Dec 10, 2009

In 1995, South African President Nelson Mandela joined forces with the captain of South Africa's rugby team to help unite their racially di...