Romantic Comedy Rated R
“…wants to position itself as a first-date movie, but it’s a first-date movie for those who don’t believe in second ones.
Comedy Rated PG-13
“The filmmakers must have known the concept was a loser fairly early on, but they stubbornly plow ahead anyway. Sitting through the movie is like watching a car careen through a stop sign.
Drama Rated R
“Even if you agree with the picture’s politics, Lions for Lambs is a prime example of loony Hollywood liberalism.
Drama Rated NR
A hothouse melodrama that gets dizzy from its own steam, Gilda nonetheless transfixes thanks to Rita Hayworth in the title role. Unfortunately, she’s not on screen enough, and is sometimes misused when she is. The “hero” here, instead, is Glenn Ford’s Johnny Farrell, a con man who winds up running a South American casino,
Action/Adventure Rated R
“…the movie’s ending shoves any rah-rahs right back into your throat.
“Does anyone else want to start a petition demanding that Morgan Freeman no longer play kindly old codgers who dispense valuable advice?
Family Rated PG
“Parents, load up on the No-Doz and get inoculated for multiple Bedazzler jokes.
This is the loosest, freest film Sean Penn has done as a director, perhaps because he’s made a movie about one man’s heedless quest for personal freedom. It’s a beautiful match of mood and material, and a major step forward for Penn as a filmmaker. Based on Jon Krakauer’s nonfiction book of the same name,
Drama Rated PG-13
“There is something subversive going on here, though you have to be willing to poke fun of your own reading habits in order to see it.
Thriller Rated NR
Alfred Hitchcock once again implicates us, the audience, in this adaptation of a Patricia Highsmith novel about a tennis star (Farley Granger) who contemplates murder for about half of a second, and it proves to be half a second too long. On a train ride, Granger’s Guy Haines meets Bruno Anthony (Robert Walker), one of
