Review: “Twilight”
Perhaps the least likely event movie in the history of cinema, "Twilight," after a full year of fire-stoking from fangirls of all ages and...
Review: “Bolt”
Emerging from Disney's wounded in-house animation arm, "Bolt" is as routinely arranged a tale as the Mouse House is capable of telling. However, the...
Review: “Quantum of Solace”
Following up one of the best Bond films made with one of the worst, 'Quantum' is nothing less than a crushing disappointment - a...
Review: “Role Models”
"Role Models" is not a product that needs much effort to be funny. Not only does the comedy troupe "The State" more or less...
Review: “The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas”
I imagine "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" will become required viewing for junior high schools just beginning to explore the history of the...
Review: “House”
A Christian horror film? Well, I suppose every person with access to plenty of money wants in on the spooky genre these days. Unsurprisingly,...
Review: “Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa”
Like any improbable sequel, "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa" is a more potent creation when acting as a carefree joke blender than a believable sample...
Review: “Soul Men”
', 'While not his last feature film, the late Bernie Mac is served well by the comedy "Soul Men," putting in a feral performance...
Review: “The Haunting of Molly Hartley”
From the studio that brought the world "In the Name of the King" and "Dragon Wars" comes "The Haunting of Molly Hartley." Perhaps Freestyle...
Review: “Pride and Glory”
"Pride and Glory" is undeniably routine, wading into murky New York police drama waters with little hesitation. However, it takes only a minute to...
Review: “Saw V”
"You won't believe how it ends" is the official tagline for "Saw V," but the real question is, will you care? Admirers will undoubtedly...
Review: “High School Musical 3: Senior Year”
Presenting a movie like "High School Musical 3: Senior Year" to film critics is a bizarre situation. Let's be real here: nobody who wants...
Review: “The Secret Life of Bees”
"The Secret Life of Bees" is really "Oprah Book Club: The Movie." A sluggish attempt to marry histrionic behavior best left in soap operas...
Review: “Sex Drive”
The curse of "American Pie" strikes again with "Sex Drive," a dreary teen comedy that attempts to pass off an endless series of bodily...
Review: “What Just Happened”
Barry Levinson has returned the fun in making fun of Hollywood, and that's saying something if one takes into consideration the last decade of...
Review: “W.”
A George W. Bush bio-pic in the calloused hands of filmmaker Oliver Stone provides so much promise, it'll make your head throb to simply...
Review: “City of Ember”
"City of Ember" is a sci-fi fantasy film with forbidding apocalyptic overtones, extravagant set design, and an edge that mixes high-flying questing with significant...
Review: “Flash of Genius”
Behold, the sordid, twisted tale of...the intermittent windshield wiper! While a kindly underdog story, "Flash of Genius" is digging pretty low for a concept...
Review: “Blindness”
To shamelessly purple nerple a popular catchphrase: "What happens in depressing, unfilmable novels stays in depressing, unfilmable novels." "Blindness" is a great candidate for...
Review: “How to Lose Friends and Alienate People”
As a comedic performer, there are few as sharp as Simon Pegg these days. However, Pegg was introduced to American audiences through witty,...
Review: “Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist”
"Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist" is based on the novel by Rachael Cohn and David Levithan, a fact that is constantly reinforced to the...
Review: “An American Carol”
Liberal? Conservative? Our nation has been split in two; a gangland of citizens who love to bicker over political minutiae, choosing sides with the...
Review: “Eagle Eye”
The re-teaming of Shia LaBeouf and director D.J. Caruso yields "Eagle Eye" - an overcooked, far-fetched, break-neck paced thriller that has plenty of action...
Review: “Appaloosa”
The western doesn't get much play these days. It's a genre that's losing ground to the candied thrills of the multiplex, but when a...
Review: “Igor”
As second-rate as its protagonist feels, "Igor" is yet another mediocre CG-animated family feature vainly hoping to cash in. The French studio designed...
Review: “Lakeview Terrace”
Mixing that healthy suspicion we all share about our neighbors being the next Jeffrey Dahmer with some not so subversive racial tension and...
Review: “The Duchess”
A costume drama that has even less support than the many corset-enhanced busts that populate it, "The Duchess" is a very straightforward and...
Review: “Bangkok Dangerous”
Considering how the once exotic South-East Asian city has been gentrified and militarized in recent years, underage transsexual hookers lifting the wallets from inebriated...
Review: “Disaster Movie”
Having abandoned all attempts at simple parody, let alone something as sophisticated or challenging as the satire in your average CBS family hour sitcom,...
Review: “Babylon A.D.”
A disheveled and incoherent jumble, "Babylon A.D." sadly loses the few bits of intriguing groundwork it lays amidst a cacophony of mangled editing, lethargic...