Articles by James Keast

Gone Baby Gone

Ben Affleck

PUBLISHED Feb 22, 2008

It was a surprisingly good year for the Afflecks. Younger brother Casey took on Brad Pitt in that Jesse James flick and carries the lead —...

Be Kind Rewind

Michel Gondry

PUBLISHED Feb 21, 2008

There’s often been a sense of whimsy in the films of French director Michel Gondry, whether it’s the fantastical Eternal Sunshine of the Sp...

Michael Clayton

Tony Gilroy

PUBLISHED Feb 8, 2008

If there’s any doubt that George Clooney has matured into not just a powerful movie star but an actor with a wide range of tools at his dis...

Damages: The Complete First Season

PUBLISHED Feb 6, 2008

Damages, the latest in a string of acclaimed, quality dramas coming out of pay cable in the U.S., flips some well-worn television clichés....

King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters

Seth Gordon

PUBLISHED Feb 6, 2008

Grown men bickering over the high score of a videogame invented more than 25 years ago hardly seems like the subject of a compelling docume...

There Will Be Blood

Paul Thomas Anderson

PUBLISHED Jan 29, 2008

Exclaim Critics Pick - 2008! Breathe the dust, feel the weight of hard labour and admire the dedication to craft from Daniel Day Lewis as D...

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The Exclaim! Questionnaire

PUBLISHED Jan 26, 2008

What are your current fixations? I’m fixated on getting ready to go on the road. Name something you consider a mind-altering work of art:...

Comic

Fight Club

PUBLISHED Jan 26, 2008

Scott Pilgrim, hero of the ongoing music-obsessed tale of literally fighting through a girlfriend’s past in order to win her heart, is the...