Email Author Tim Grierson

2009 Stories by Tim Grierson

• Busta Rhymes Carries Low-Rent Breaking Point

  published December 1, 2009

  You'd figure by this point in cinematic history that there'd already be a low-rent crime thriller starring Tom Berenger and Armand Assante... More >>

• Gena Rowlands as One Complicated Lady in A Woman Under the Influence

  published October 20, 2009

  Although it'll be screening at MOMA right before Halloween, the holiday that most comes to mind when watching A Woman Under the... More >>

• Over-Cooked Not Forgotten Hard to Take Seriously

  published September 8, 2009

  A thriller that wants to be taken seriously probably shouldn't feature Borat's hairy, rotund comic, Ken Davitian, in the role of a... More >>

• X Games 3D: The Movie Tests Your Tolerance to Awesomeness

  published August 18, 2009

  No one expects a film titled X Games 3D: The Movie to be The Hurt Locker of action-sports documentaries—i.e., a sober... More >>

• A Perfect Getaway Is Good for a B Flick

  published August 4, 2009

  Because they're usually so badly made, B-movie thrillers rarely merit more than a chuckle and a roll of the eyes, but with A Perfect... More >>

• Bollywood Takes L.A. in Kambakkht Ishq

  published July 1, 2009

  The Bollywood–gone–Hollywood Kambakkht Ishq makes a convincing argument that the problem with comparably cheesy American... More >>

• Tennessee Tunes in to its Beaten-Down Characters

  published June 3, 2009

  Fourteen years after they fled their abusive father, brothers Carter (Adam Rothenberg) and Ellis (Ethan Peck) drive from New Mexico to... More >>

• Owl and the Sparrow Breathes Life into a Staid Genre

  published May 27, 2009

  The humanistic ensemble drama has gotten such a bad name in recent years, thanks to ponderous high-profile entries like Crash and Babel, that a... More >>

• Matthew Crouch’s The Cross

  published March 25, 2009

  Imagine what an inquisitive filmmaker like Errol Morris or Werner Herzog could have done with the peculiar true-life story of Los Angeles... More >>

• Super Capers Is Dumb Parody For Next Generation Geeks

  published March 18, 2009

  The geeks that came of age thrilling to blockbusters like the original Star Wars trilogy and Back to the Future are... More >>

• Oscar Nominated Shorts At IFC

  published February 4, 2009

  Those who have never attended the annual festival of Oscar-nominated live-action and animated shorts should be advised: Don't expect all 10... More >>