Family Rated PG
“…gets one thing crucially right about the 1963 Maurice Sendak picture book on which it’s based: Max, the young hero, is not a nice kid.
“Were the filmmakers behind Up scared by their own movie’s seriousness?
Comedy Rated R
At once dated and timeless. The fabulous 1970s fashions don’t hold up too well, but what still resonates is the movie’s empathetic attention to what it’s like if your sexual identity doesn’t neatly fit into traditional norms. Renato (Ugo Tognazzi) and Albin (Michel Serrault) have been a committed gay couple for more than three decades
“What a pleasure to see a couple who genuinely love each other in a movie – and what a surprise to see them in a movie directed by Sam Mendes.
Thriller Rated R
“…a quintessential 1970s New York picture, full of prickly characters and urban tension.
“A superior zombie comedy – and the competition in that genre is stiffer than you might think.
Romantic Comedy Rated PG-13
Did you ever notice that the best romantic comedies are often the cynical ones? Look at those from the classic era. Something like The Awful Truth – in which Cary Grant and Irene Dunne play a perfect couple who happen to be in the midst of a divorce – even had cynicism dripping from its
Action/Adventure Rated PG-13
“If you’re lucky – and this is rare – you can figure out which robots are fighting and, eventually, who won.
It’s safe to say that nothing on the screen has ever looked quite like The Dark Crystal. Jim Henson took his Muppet artistry to another level with this ambitious feature, in which not a single human face appears. Instead, elaborate costumes, intricate marionettes and meticulously designed soundstages paint this fantasy realm, in which a young
Comedy Rated PG
If Mel Brooks has a masterpiece, it’s this homage to the Universal horror movies of the 1930s and ’40s. Victor Frankenstein’s grandson Frederick (Gene Wilder, whose hairdo suggests he’s already been struck by lightning many times before) picks up where the infamous mad scientist left off, resulting in a towering, tap-dancing monster (Peter Boyle). Fans
