Three Days of the Condor

February 13, 2009 at 9:01am PST

Tags: All the President's Men, Behind the Scenes, Clive Owen, Naomi Watts, The Conversation, The International, The Parallax View, Three Days of the Condor, Tom Tykwer

Photos: Columbia Pictures

From 1974 to 1976, American cinema rode a wave of paranoid political thrillers, all inspired by events like Watergate, Nixon’s resignation, an oil crisis, the crash of the stock market and the long sought end to the Vietnam War.

The ghost of those films, including The Parallax View, The Conversation and Three Days of the Condor, can easily be seen in The International, opening today.

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See it or Skip It: The International

February 13, 2009 at 6:39am PST

Tags: Clive Owen, Naomi Watts, Run Lola Run, The Conversation, The International, The Parallax View, Three Days of the Condor, Tom Tykwer

Photos: Columbia Pictures

Following in the footsteps of early 70s, paranoid, post-Nixon political thrillers like The Parallax View, The Conversation and Three Days of the Condor, The International is a taut, tense, riveting thriller about the fight against corruption and overarching power by civilians in way over their heads.

The movie follows Interpol Agent Louis Salinger (Clive Owen) and Manhattan District Attorney Eleanor Whitman (Naomi Watts), two colleagues determined to take down of the world’s most powerful banks who they believe are involved in a myriad of illegal operations.

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Law Abiding Citizen See It or Skip It

F. Gary Gray's latest effort, Law Abiding Citizen, starring Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler, is a knockout! Exhilirating, wry and breathcatchingly paced, it's a stellar accomplishment for everyone involved. Hell yeah you should see it!

The Boys Are Back See It or Skip It

Scott Hicks, the director of Shine, and Clive Owen teamed up for this gloriously beautiful if underwhelming project. It's not that it's bad, it's just not that memorable and with such supreme talent attached, I was hoping for and expecting a lot more.

Jennifer's Body See it or Skip it

Oh, Diablo Cody, why'd you have to do it? I love you so long...and then you made this. Megan Fox does what she always does, she looks hot. At least there's that. Sophmoric, unfunny and obsessively idiosyncratic, it's a painful movie going experience.

See It or Skip It: World's Greatest Dad

Chocolate and peanut butter. Spaghetti and meatballs. Bobcat Goldthwait and profanity. Two great tastes that taste great together. Gone is the Bobcat of the Police Academy movies and in his stead is a fantastic writer-director who's able to orchestrate the most brilliantly, hilarious vulgarity imaginable. World's Greatest Dad is a fantastic dark comedy (very dark) that features Robin Williams' best performance since Good Will Hunting. See it!