Articles by Travis Mackenzie Hoover

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  Déjà Vu

  Tony Scott

  PUBLISHED Apr 30, 2007

  Normally, and against my better judgment, I like Tony Scott and his pointless visual élan. But there’s no denying that he’s buried a more i...

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  Everything's Gone Green

  Paul Fox

  PUBLISHED Apr 26, 2007

  This is the much-vaunted screenwriting debut of Gen-X icon Douglas Coupland, and it manages to fall into a middle zone: it’s neither the tr...

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  Black Book

  Paul Verhoeven

  PUBLISHED Apr 26, 2007

  Paul Verhoeven, king of the cynical blockbuster (Robocop, Showgirls), turns in a black-hearted directorial performance in a film that’s gua...

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  The Condemned

  Scott Wiper

  PUBLISHED Apr 26, 2007

  If you’re an action fan, nothing I can say against The Condemned will spoil your fun, not that I’m in the market for trying. Brush aside th...

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  Thieves Like Us

  Robert Altman

  PUBLISHED Apr 20, 2007

  Thieves Like Us isn’t just good, it’s amazing — a tonal masterpiece that’s all the more startling for its being largely neglected. Robert A...

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  Night at the Museum

  Shawn Levy

  PUBLISHED Apr 20, 2007

  Do people in Hollywood read anything other than children’s books? On the evidence of late, the answer is no, and Night in the Museum is pro...

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  Death of a President

  Gabriel Range

  PUBLISHED Apr 20, 2007

  This is the movie Errol Morris would make if he faked his footage and wasn’t very bright: an ominous, button-pushing pseudo-documentary tha...

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  Fracture

  Gregory Hoblit

  PUBLISHED Apr 19, 2007

  There’s not a lot I can say against Fracture; by the standards of big studio courtroom thrillers, it’s more credible and less ridiculous th...