Review: “Punch Drunk Love”
One of the most eccentric romantic comedies you're ever likely to see, "Punch Drunk Love" does for Adam Sandler what "The Truman Show" did...
Review: “The Santa Clause 2”
Overblown like most family film sequels, the second "Santa Clause" film tries to do too many things all at once and never truly succeeds...
Review: “The Man Who Wasn’t There”
The Coens have made their names on making two very different styles of films - on the one hand there's the darkly comic dramas...
Review: “Shattered Glass”
A deftly compelling cautionary tale about modern day journalism gone wrong, 'Glass' is a meticulously constructed slow burn drama whose strength lies in not...
Review: “Saw”
Serial killer films are a tired genre. This year has seen a glut of stinkers with the likes of "Twisted", "Taking Lives" and "Suspect...
Review: “House on Haunted Hill”
Despite some lavish settings and great cinematography, "House on Haunted Hill" is a quite dull horror movie full of cheese and fake scares, but...
Review: “Donnie Darko”
If your the kind of person who loves life, the wonders of god's creation and the fact that everything in your life has been...
Review: “Saw II”
That serial killer Jigsaw is not only back, but front and center in the inevitable studio sequel to last year's surprise low-budget horror hit...
Review: “Stargate”
The best modern sci-fi thriller/adventures such as "Total Recall", "Alien" and "Predator" were films with great simple concepts that took effective story ideas and...
Review: “The Terminator”
It has been seventeen years since it hit theatres, yet James Cameron's sci-fi thriller has aged a lot better than most thanks to its...
Review: “Life as a House”
Coming off as a cross between a Hallmark TV movie and an "American Beauty"-esque dark comedy/drama about dysfunctional family life, this tale proves a...
Review: “Bones”
What is it with music star vanity projects all of a sudden. As if Mariah Carey's "Glitter", a woman who when she hits the...
Review: “Jackass”
Dumb but occasionally shocking or fun, "Jackass The Movie" takes the hit MTV show and expands it on the big screen in pretty much...
Review: “Ghost Ship”
Despite an admittedly cool concept and setting, "Ghost Ship" is sadly a failed spook house flick along a very similar (though somewhat better) vein...
Review: “Thir13en Ghosts”
"Thirteen Ghosts" is like the Hollywood system that manufactured it - looks great, is set in a stunning locale and is filled with a...
Review: “Doom”
Back in the early 90's, "Doom" came like a breath of fresh air to the world of the quickly developing computer gaming industry. The...
Review: “Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang”
Too often said to be the man behind the modern action/comedy buddy movie, Shane Black rose to fame with his scripts for the "Lethal...
Review: “Riding in Cars with Boys”
Some people see a glass either half full or half empty - some are just content with the their lot in life and what...
Review: “The Dish”
After creating two of the cleverest and most biting comedy shows ever with "The Late Show" and "Frontline", I was eagerly looking forward to...
Review: “The Last Castle”
This halfway cross between Shawshank and a Bruckheimer movie proves to be rather uninspiring fare. That's not to say its a bad film, its...
Review: “The Ring”
Still the concept, story and certainly some key moments of it do stick with you, and now comes the US version which manages to...
Review: “The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc”
The tale of the 'Maid of Lorraine' has been told countless times on the screen, with a new version every decade or so for...
Review: “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre”
The JFK assassination, large universities where lots of sex happens, the death penalty and Harry Knowles - as a foreigner that's about all I...
Review: “The Evil Dead”
Made on a shoestring budget of $85,000 in several weeks spread over 1979 & 1980, "The Evil Dead" may not have the more widely...
Review: “Fight Club”
I've been a big fan of Fincher's work for sometime. His previous films "Alien 3", "Seven" and "The Game" are movies I thoroughly enjoy....
Review: “The Fog (2005)”
Much like "The Game" was to David Fincher, the original 1980 "The Fog" was one of the lesser known early efforts of filmmaker John...
Review: “Bandits”
What in the world happened? After what starts out with a promising first 30-40 minutes, this new Barry Levinson film just slides into inanity...
Review: “Mulholland Drive”
A combination of intriguing mystery, off the wall Hollywood satire and trademark Lynch ultra-weirdness, "Mulholland Drive" proves one of the more refreshingly engaging and...
Review: “Bowling for Columbine”
Hilarious and yet chilling, "Bowling for Columbine" stands out not only as a truly superb documentary but one of the best films of the...
Review: “The Rules of Attraction”
It has been a long time coming, but at last we have a revolutionary new effort from the teen film arena. "Rules of Attraction"...