Articles by Will Sloan

Shutter Island

Martin Scorsese

PUBLISHED Feb 18, 2010

It is said that film noir arose from an atmosphere of post-WWII despair, and Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island is like an articulation of th...

Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief

Chris Columbus

PUBLISHED Feb 11, 2010

So, Brooklyn teenager Percy Jackson (Logan Lerman) has just learned that he's the demigod son of Poseidon, and he's been escorted by his hu...

Universal Soldier: Regeneration

John Hyams

PUBLISHED Feb 10, 2010

During his string of lowbrow '90s action movies, and even lower brow '00s direct-to-video atrocities, Jean-Claude Van Damme was one of the...

The Sarah Silverman Program: Season 2, Volume 2

PUBLISHED Feb 10, 2010

In a nutshell, Sarah Silverman's stand-up comedy derives its impact from the tension between her sunny, childlike demeanour and the shockin...

I Hate Valentine's Day

Nia Vardalos

PUBLISHED Feb 10, 2010

So many reviews of I Hate Valentine's Day focus on Nia Vardalos's strange perma-smile that I had hoped to be original by not mentioning it....

From Paris With Love

Pierre Morel

PUBLISHED Feb 4, 2010

From Paris with Love is a pretty good movie, as far as bad movies go, and that's about all there is to say about it. Alas, the traditional...

Turner Classic Movies Greatest Classic Films: Marx Brothers

PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2010

"Anarchy" is the word most closely associated with the Marx Brothers, and in their films for Paramount from 1929 to 1933, Groucho, Harpo, C...

Free Style

William Dear

PUBLISHED Jan 29, 2010

I can't think of any justifiable reason for Free Style to exist, but funnily enough, I don't think the filmmakers could either. I'll bet yo...