Articles by Travis Mackenzie Hoover

Becoming Jane

Julian Jarrold

PUBLISHED Aug 2, 2007

For a split second, Becoming Jane looks like it might have some cinematic intelligence — not too much but more than you’d expect from the d...

The Woman in the Window

Fritz Lang

PUBLISHED Jul 27, 2007

There’s a tail ending to The Woman in the Window, possibly ordered by the studio, that’s unfortunately stupid enough to have you shaking yo...

Kansas City Confidential

Phil Karlson

PUBLISHED Jul 27, 2007

You don’t have to stretch much to imagine Tarantino taking a page from this deliciously bizarre crime drama for his Reservoir Dogs. Still,...

The Joan Collins Collection

PUBLISHED Jul 19, 2007

Joan Collins is primarily known for her dastardly role in Dynasty, and on evidence of this five-film set, that’s how it’s going to stay. Wi...

Esma's Secret

Jasmila Zbanic

PUBLISHED Jul 19, 2007

Esma’s Secret has such an important subject and is so close to the events it describes that I wish I liked it more. Still, this picking up...

The Untouchable

Benoît Jacquot

PUBLISHED Jul 19, 2007

Whatever else can be said against The Untouchable, it’s still one very creative piece of failed filmmaking. Director Benoit Jacquot proves...

Factory Girl

George Hickenlooper

PUBLISHED Jul 19, 2007

Not being a connoisseur of the celebrity demimonde, I can’t claim to have any special knowledge of Edie Sedgwick and her rise and fall in t...

The Last Mimzy

Robert Shaye

PUBLISHED Jul 19, 2007

I went into this with the lowest possible expectations; it was, after all, a kid pic directed by a studio head. Still, I was pleasantly sur...