Film Shorts: October 2007

Quick takes on new releases

By D.K. Holm

Film critic D.K. Holm offers up witty (and pithy) analyses on a handful of this month's new theater releases...

The Heartbreak Kid The Farrelly Brothers take on one of the ‘70s most beloved, but harshest, comedies (starring Ben Stiller)…

Michael Clayton A corporate “fixer” (George Clooney) gets in over his head…

Blade Runner Ridley Scott just can’t stop tinkering with the damned thing…

The Good Night A loser (Martin Freeman) chases the girl of his dreams, who appears only in his dreams…

Weirdsville Dead girlfriends, drive-ins, and satanic rites figure in this latest film from the director of Pump Up the Volume…

Things We Lost in the Fire Halle Berry as a recent widow invites Benicio Del Toro (her late husband’s troubled friend) to live with her family…

Lars and the Real Girl A small town loser (Ryan Gosling) takes on a sex doll as a “wife”…

The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising  The latest variation on Buffy the Vampire Slayer…

Sleuth This remake comes with a casting flip: Michael Caine, who was in the first version, now plays the Laurence Olivier role, while Jude Law, as he did in Alfie, takes the Caine role…

Rendition The latest Iraq drama, with Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal…

30 Days of Night Vampire movie that rides the clever notion that the bloodsuckers gather in Alaska, where it is night for months at a time…

Reservation Road The guy who hits-and-runs a child gets all mixed up with the grieving family…

Gone Baby Gone Ben Affleck’s directorial debut, from a Dennis Lehane novel and with, unfortunately, little brother Casey in the lead…  

The Comebacks An inspirational sports film spoof…

Elizabeth: The Golden Age The Godmother, Part II…

Saw IV Jigsaw is dead but not stopped, in this “real-time” addition to the series…

Dan in Real Life The latest Steve Carell feel good movie…

Why Did I Get Married? The latest Tyler Perry extravaganza…

Feel the Noise A rapper makes it big as a reggae star in Puerto Rico…