The Daily Utah Chronicle

Reviews from the trailer park

By By John Fitzgerald | December 11, 2008

Instead of supplying a general list, we decided to look at a few of the trailers for holiday releases and judge them on those two minutes alone.

An evening with Dustin Lance Black

By By John Fitzgerald | December 4, 2008

He and I spoke for about half an hour regarding his childhood as a gay Mormon in Texas, the process of writing "Milk" and what he thinks Harvey Milk might have to say about gay rights in America if he were alive in these volatile times.

Penn gives the world hope in ‘Milk’

By By John Fitzgerald | December 4, 2008

From beginning to end, the film had a firm grip on my attention. My mind and eyes were fixated on the screen as a previously unfamiliar story was unfolded before my eyes8212;the biographical story of Harvey Milk.

Eastwood loses his way in ‘Changeling

By By John Fitzgerald | November 6, 2008

With all that experience and all that academy gold, it's a complete mystery how the highly anticipated "Changeling" turned out so bad.

Sexy Jesus does not rock

By By John Fitzgerald | August 27, 2008

By John FitzgeraldThe hype at the Sundance Film Festival this year regarding "Hamlet 2" set the benchmark pretty high. Viewers seemed to really want another festival jackpot winner like "Little Miss Sunshine"...

The state of cinema

By By John Fitzgerald | July 30, 2008

"The Dark Knight" is one of, if not the best movie of all time. Now that I've gotten that off my chest let me try and demonstrate the source for such a bold statement. After asking myself what the current state of cinema is these days I quickly found the question to be more complicated than I had anticipated.

Pixar’s latest winner offers entertainment, important message

By By John Fitzgerald | July 2, 2008

My initial inclinations when watching a new movie are 1) to make sure my son is sound asleep, so I won't be disturbed and 2) to catch the really early show or the really late show, so, just like the first reason, I won't be disturbed. With "WALL?E" I decided to take an unorthodox approach.

Retro Review: ‘I was 12 going on 13 the first time I saw a dead human being.’

By By John Fitzgerald | July 2, 2008

Summertime is movie time. More often than not we hear the boring term "summer blockbuster," which refers to a recent big-budget Hollywood juggernaut ("Wanted" comes to mind). Picture a giant beach ball getting tossed around-it might be fun to play with for a while, but in the end delivers little.