IN THEATRES...
* Departures, the Academy Award-winner for Best Foreign Language movie this year is good, but not great.
* Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Pirnce, an uneven bridge between films 5 and 7. Spirited direction can't save the slow-moving icky bits. Kissing is gross!
* The Hurt Locker, Kathryn Bigelow's down and dirty drama about members of the bomb squad in the Iraq War. No politics, just soldiers doing a job. Prepare to spend two hours fully clenched.
* Moon, Duncan Jones sends Sam Rockwell to our orbiting satellite, and oh, what he finds there!
* Tetro, the new Francis Ford Coppola effort is written and directed by the maestro. Gorgeous to look at, but overambitious and frustratingly empty.
* Whatever Works confirms that Larry David and Woody Allen belong together. A light comedy from a master of light comedies.
ON DVD...
* The 10th Victim, a 1960s Italian mod sci-fi grandpappy to Running Man and reality TV. With Marcello Mastroianni reading comic books and Ursula Andress watching him.
* The Diary of Anne Frank: 50th Anniversary Edition proves that just because something is a classic, doesn't mean it's great.
* Grey Gardens (2009), the dramatic adaptation of the 1970s documentary is pretty good and definitely better than expected. Starring Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange, both turning in exceptional performances.
* Mad Men: Season 2, in which the much-hyped show finally rises to its reputation. Brilliant.
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