http://www.inlander.com/spokane/articles.sec-62-1-movie-review.html There’s no escaping the grim, foreboding title. In this sequel to J.J. Abrams’ good-but-not-quite-great reboot of the universe’s best known sci-fi saga, lots of bad stuff happens. Th]]> Disconnect updates the timeworn theme of technophobia for the Aughts, a decade that ended three years ago. Granted, mocking a movie for being passé is a lazy form of criticism, but this mo]]> Hollywood has been trying to get to the heart of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel about the American Dream gone wrong almost since its publication in 1925. The first version, long lost, came out in 1]]> In the days before the annual 50 Hour Slam filmmaking competition was to kick off, Ted Means knew he wanted to make a movie for the contest. He didn’t know, however, who would act in the film...]]> The comic-book purists are going to howl over Iron Man 3 for various reasons, the least of which is the fact that Tony Stark, the billionaire genius playboy philanthropist who now has i]]> Nothing in a Kubrick film is arbitrary, according to one of the five narrators in Room 237. This documentary dissects Stanley Kubrick’s classic 1980 horror film The Shining, exploring symbolism ]]> Robert Redford hasn’t exactly been shy about his passionate, progressive political commitment over the years. So why does it seems so hard for him to make movies about passionately committed peo]]> There are two things to deal with before giving in to this surprisingly terrific film. First, it’s produced and directed by Michael Bay. C’mon, folks, there was some pretty good pre-]]> If you’re a high school student struggling to fit in, catch the eye of the hot blonde or make jump shots, there’s a solution. All that’s required to rocket up the social ladder is to]]> Go ahead. Indulge in the very best movie promo tie-in ever: the Oblivion-branded Mandatory Memory Wipe, available at the concession stand with the popcorn and nachos. It’s so]]> Put Harrison Ford in front of a few journalists with a few questions, and in moments the rugged Indiana Jones and the swaggering Han Solo becomes a grump. He’s not mean or rude, but he doesn&rsq]]> If you didn’t know that Jack Kerouac’s novel On the Road was a seminal influence on postwar America, that it helped define a generation and even determined the course of sig]]> In June 1993, I stood in line at a Northern California multiplex with my then-roommates, awaiting our showtime for Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park. One of them in particular had been giddy for ]]> The outdoors, in all their cinematic glory, are coming to Spokane. On Wednesday, April 10, the Selway-Bitterroot Frank Church Foundation brings the Telluride Mountainfilm festival, featuring eight fil]]> You get the G.I. Joes for Christmas. Hooray! You make them cross the demilitarized zone near the china cabinet to rescue Barbie. pawft pawft pawft — enemy fire. Wheeeeeee boom barrrrumm]]> Tina Fey fans probably won’t be disappointed in this lightweight film, even though Fey plays it more bland than funny, as is called for her character. But fans of the novel it’s based on a]]> You get the G.I. Joes for Christmas. Hooray! You make them cross the demilitarized zone near the china cabinet to rescue Barbie. pawft pawft pawft — enemy fire. Wheeeeeee boom barrrrumm]]> Sure, I may be a film critic €” but I’m also an American. I’ve got my pride in our nation’s accomplishments, and I don’t like seeing its institutions in peril. Which is why Olym]]> Provocateur: It’s such a loaded, even lazy, term. It might seem to apply to Spring Breakers writer/director Harmony Korine more than most filmmakers. After all, he’s the guy whose career l]]> It was easy to pin down Jim Carrey in his early days, when he was the token white male cast member on In Living Color. He was in it for the laughs. He was doing crazy physical gags, using his rubber f]]>