Sep 25th, 2008 · Hyperkinetic jump-cut editing and a clangorous Mission Impossible-style score can't cover up the essential idiocy of D.J. Caruso's paranoid thriller, which seems cobbled together from random elements of far better movies.
Mar 7th, 2008 · When a Portland teenager accidentally kills a security guard at the local skate park, he pulls into himself rather than talking to the police. Gus Van Sant's film explores the teen's thoughts and actions in a free-form style that critic David Edelstein calls "a raging success."
May 30th, 2007 · The biography Richard M. Nixon, the latest installment in the American Presidents Series, portrays the 37th president as a paranoid leader who abused alcohol and drugs, had few friends and was obsessed with his image. Elizabeth Drew, the book's author, says she now believes Nixon to have been unfit.
May 30th, 2007 · The biography Richard M. Nixon, the latest installment in the American Presidents Series, portrays the 37th president as a paranoid leader who abused alcohol and drugs, had few friends and was obsessed with his image. Elizabeth Drew, the book's author, says she now believes Nixon to have been unfit.
Jul 17th, 2006 · "State of the Union" finds David Ford at his crankiest and most distinct, as he crafts a bitter, paranoid screed -- "With friends like these, well, who needs politicians?" -- that still mixes the personal and political while still sounding strangely lovely.
Jun 7th, 2006 · Commentator Laura Lorson always paid close attention to her father's advice while growing up. He was always very concerned that she and her sisters would get hurt while doing something mundane. She used to think he was paranoid, but now she thinks that he gave her a great gift - the art of being prepared for the most minor of emergencies.