Drama Rated R
“…the definitive mafia epic.”
Action/Adventure Rated R
“How would today’s actors look in the sort of hats once worn by James Stewart, Alan Ladd and John Wayne? If Crowe and Bale are any indication, pretty good.
Comedy Rated R
“Chances are Hollywood won’t be making Dumb and Dumbererest, so The Brothers Solomon will have to do.
An action comedy in the kinetic sense. The jokes here aren’t the result of buddy banter or witty one-liners. Instead, they’re the stunts themselves – acrobatic endeavors so deliriously over-the-top that you can’t help but laugh. Clive Owen is in Sin City mode as Mr. Smith, a strong silent type who reluctantly finds himself between
Before his sweet Amelie, director Jean-Pierre Jeunet (and co-director Marc Caro) made this surreal black comedy about a post-apocalyptic butcher who has had to improvise in order to stay in business. Yes, I mean cannibalism. Despite the bleak subject matter, Delicatessen is stuffed with magical, life-affirming moments – the movie drips with blood and irony.
Comedy Rated NR
“Everything Hulot does is elaborately and unnecessarily complicated, which means every moment is ripe for comedy.”
Horror Rated R
“…most compelling as a metaphorical manifestation of Laurie Strode’s sexual fears.”
Action/Adventure Rated PG-13
A would-be blockbuster that is only notable now for its colossal waste of Laura Linney. As one member of a jungle expedition in search of a lost city full of diamonds, Linney is a bore, but that’s preferable to the over-the-top histrionics of Tim Curry and Ernie Hudson. And the less said about Dylan Walsh
This was the first attempt to rejuvenate Warner Bros.’ comic-book franchise and it turns out director Joel Schumacher and new Bruce Wayne Val Kilmer weren’t exactly what the doctor ordered. The former drowns the film in excess, while the latter is as stiff as the cowl he wears (the same could be said for love
Drama Rated PG
Ron Howard reached another level of filmmaking with this recreation of the nearly disastrous 1970 NASA mission to the moon. When an explosion on board Apollo 13 causes the crew to lose oxygen, power and guidance, they suddenly have only one objective: to return to Earth alive. Howard brings such a detailed intensity to the
