A former editor of millimeter, the magazine about the technology of making movies, I’ve written about movies for the World and Independent Film Page on About.com. the Kansas City Star and local site KCActive. I’m a guest critic on the independent, foreign and documentary review episodes of Steve Kraske's "Up to Date" on KCUR, the Kansas City NPR affiliate and a former member of the Kansas City Film Critics Circle.

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The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)

March 23, 2011

For the big-screen adaptation of Michael Connelly's L.A.-based crime novel, director Brad Furman overshoots a faulty script by John Romano (Nights in Rodanthe, Hill Street Blues) in the hopes of turning a dull, predictable storyline better suited for a small-screen, hour-long crime drama into a sleek yet gritty vehicle for the wise-guy dealings of a Los Angeles criminal defense lawyer. As a result, The Lincoln Lawyer plays like a Get Shorty or Jackie Brown knock-off, but without the substance and only a poor facsimile of the style. Read the rest of the review on KCActive.com.

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