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Review: 'Up in the Air' delivers the goods
IN DIRECTOR Jason Reitman's brilliant new dark comedy "Up in the Air," Ryan Bingham is the grim reaper of a modern America battered by an economic...
Oakland Tribune, 12/01/09 by Charlie McCollum · More from publication -
Jason Reitman flies high with 'Up In the Air'
JASON REITMAN'S new film, "Up in the Air," is very much of the moment -- a dark comedy set against the backdrop of America's ongoing "Great...
Oakland Tribune, 12/01/09 by Charlie McCollum · More from publication -
Holiday films: The big 10
FOR MOST Americans, the next few weeks constitute the holiday season. In the land known as Hollywood, though, it's the Oscar season. While it's...
Oakland Tribune, 11/19/09 by Charlie McCollum · More from publication -
Review: 'Pirate Radio' great music, foul sailing
YOU KNOW a film is in trouble when you and the people around you in the theater start looking at their watches halfway through the movie. In the...
Oakland Tribune, 11/12/09 by Charlie McCollum · More from publication -
Review 'This Is It' when Michael Jackson hits the big screen tonight
Michael Jackson's 50-concert engagement at the 02 arena in London -- both a comeback and a farewell -- was supposed to be the greatest show on...
Oakland Tribune, 10/27/09 by Charlie McCollum cmcollum@mercurynewscom · More from publication -
Review: "This Is It" gives us Michael Jackson's final performance
Michael Jackson's 50-concert engagement at the 02 arena in London -- both a comeback and a farewell -- was supposed to be the greatest show on...
Oakland Tribune, 10/27/09 by Charlie McCollum cmccollum@mercurynewscom · More from publication -
'Star Trek' exhibit beams into San Jose's Tech Museum of Innovation
For more than four decades -- from the debut of the original TV series in 1966 to director J.J. Abrams' wildly successful reboot of the franchise...
Oakland Tribune, 10/27/09 by Charlie McCollum · More from publication -
A return to the small urban farm
Home & Garden writer Holly Hayes -- that would be my spouse -- and I have been running a little experiment in urban farming with a series of raised...
Oakland Tribune, 08/28/09 by Charlie McCollum · More from publication -
Review: Ang Lee takes 'Woodstock' lightly
THERE ARE SOME truly sweet, funny and heartfelt moments in director Ang Lee's "Taking Woodstock." Too bad they are scattered throughout a film that...
Oakland Tribune, 08/24/09 by Charlie McCollum · More from publication -
Review: Meryl Streep cooks in delicious 'Julie & Julia'
SOMETIMES A MEAL can be less than perfect but still so thoroughly enjoyable that a missed ingredient here or a bit of overcooking there doesn't...
Oakland Tribune, 08/04/09 by Charlie McCollum · More from publication
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