The Son’s Room concerns a family’s reaction to the tragic death of a teenaged son, a conflict also examined in the recent In the Bedroom. Both films have received critical acclaim and accolades (The Son’s Room won the prestigious Palme d’Or at Cannes and is an Academy Award nominee for best foreign film; In the … Continue reading
After discovering her recently murdered husband stole $6 million, Regina (Thandie Newton) must defend herself from his cohorts, who subsequently show up thinking she has the loot. When a mysterious stranger (Mark Wahlberg) comes to her aid, she finds herself simultaneously suspicious and smitten. The action in this remake of the Audrey Hepburn/Cary Grant thriller … Continue reading
Nickelodeon’s popular animated series about a girl who can converse with animals hits the big screen in a rollicking film that combines action-packed adventure with heartfelt ecology lessons. After being shipped off to boarding school in London by her globetrotting nature documentarian parents (voiced by Tim Curry and Jodi Carlisle), Eliza (Lacey Chabert) must make … Continue reading
“For all its rhapsodic qualities, Till Human Voices Wake Us is not so much a poem as a riddle, and one of sphinx-like inscrutability at that.” Poetic Injustice Supernatural mystery suffers from a lack of concrete clues Till Human Voices Wake Us takes its name from a poem, “The Love Song of Alfred J. Prufrock,” by … Continue reading
“After seeing The Time Machine, I wished I, too, could take a trip back in time – to avoid seeing this movie altogether.” It’s always frustrating to see a film that has everything going for it but still manages to be unwatchable. The Time Machine contains all of the ingredients for a fantastic movie: a … Continue reading
With Detective Slocumb in hot pursuit, the girls are left with only visions of Thelma (Geena Davis) and Louise (Susan Lucci) to guide them. Hollywood generally considers sequels as easy money. Consequently, rather than alienating fans of a movie by trying something new, filmmakers tend to serve up a rehashed version of the original. As … Continue reading
“In this adventure, which giddily combines Greek mythology, Egyptology, and a whole lotta 21st-Century mumbo jumbo, she’s got a sexy new sidekick, Terry (Gerard Butler), a menacing ex-con with a killer six-pack and an even more lethal Scottish brogue.” In her second outing as Lara Croft, Angelina Jolie definitely rocks this Cradle After weeks of false … Continue reading
“Do yourself a favor and skip this one. Anything would be better, even just catching up on some sleep.” At its most basic level, Too Much Sleep is about a guy searching for his stolen gun. Presumably, writer/director David Maquiling was also trying for some larger meaning or greater significance. Regrettably, he didn’t achieve it. … Continue reading
“With a populace of antediluvian oddballs and nary a Starbucks in sight, Collinwood doesn’t seem to have changed much in the last forty or fifty years.” A quirky throwback to the screwball comedies of the ‘30s and ‘40s, Welcome to Collinwood follows a gang of misfit thieves and their attempts to rob a local pawnshop. … Continue reading
“Why am I telling you so much about Amanda rather than her new movie? Mainly because there’s not much to say about What a Girl Wants…” I didn’t know much about Amanda Bynes before I saw What a Girl Wants. I had a vague recollection that she’d been a big star on Nickelodeon, but that’s about … Continue reading
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