‘Kick-Ass’ spoiled by seriousness; ‘The Secret in Their Eyes’ deserves its Oscar win Becquer Medak-Seguin April 22, 2010
‘Hot Tub Time Machine’ not as self-conscious as its title suggests; Dreamworks still lags behind Pixar with ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ Becquer Medak-Seguin April 15, 2010
Predictability, cliché bog down stellar cinematography in ‘Green Zone’ Becquer Medak-Seguin April 8, 2010
Burton, Depp combo botches ‘Alice in Wonderland’; bad accents ruin ‘Shutter Island’ Becquer Medak-Seguin March 30, 2010
Minor problems don’t keep Saffron from offering solid, if untraditional Mediterranean fare Becquer Medak-Seguin March 1, 2010
T. Maccarone’s new Olive Marketplace and Café taps into excitement, experiments with café/marketplace hybrid Becquer Medak-Seguin February 17, 2010
New director Cooper garners Oscar buzz with ‘Crazy Heart’; ‘American Radical’ captures professorial life Becquer Medak-Seguin February 17, 2010
Marshall’s Oscar-nominated ‘Nine’ fails to meet basic requirements of film Becquer Medak-Seguin February 11, 2010
Humor simmers in ‘Pirate Radio,’ Emmerich lugs ‘2012’ plot along Becquer Medak-Seguin November 18, 2009
‘Where the Wild Things Are’ captures child’s psyche, avoids children’s movie traps Becquer Medak-Seguin October 22, 2009
The best of current cinema: ‘District 9’ and ‘Inglourious Basterds’ Becquer Medak-Seguin September 17, 2009
Foreign, ‘art-house’ cinema provide much-needed escape from Hollywood Becquer Medak-Seguin April 2, 2009
Penelope Cruz dazzles audience in Woody Allen’s latest feature Becquer Medak-Seguin September 25, 2008
The forgotten BRIC: Why Brazil might be the next world superpower Becquer Medak-Seguin October 25, 2007
Petraeus-Crocker report slaps America with harsh reality of Iraq Becquer Medak-Seguin September 19, 2007
Chavez’s rise in Venezuela contains his own seeds of destruction Becquer Medak-Seguin September 12, 2007