Action/Adventure Rated PG-13
“…the deep-seated look of absolute fear never leaves Zahn’s red-ringed eyes.
Action/Adventure Rated R
“Distressing flickers of incoherence here and there serve as foreshadowing for the chaotic climax, which doesn’t resemble Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey as much as it does The Shining.
Musical Rated PG
Pure joy, held together by lots of beauty products. John Waters’ effervescent musical revels in great ’60s pop, bad acting, outrageous hairdos and a “pleasantly plump” teen girl (a luminous Ricki Lake) in 1962 Baltimore who yearns to earn a spot on an “American Bandstand”-type dance show. It’s a message movie too, laboriously about the
“…singing her heart out and swinging her hips, Blonsky is oblivious to the prejudices and insecurities of the real world. Her ignorance is our bliss.
Drama Rated R
“…only captivates when Forman and his production designers echo some of the painter’s more famous tableaus.
Drama Rated NR
"…focuses on a pervert who thinks he’s a romantic. The more sincere this guy gets about his leering, the more he creeps you out."
Comedy Rated PG-13
“There is a lot of overcompensation going on here.
Thriller Rated R
Realizing you can’t shoot at a virus, director Wolfgang Petersen transforms this initially chilling scientific thriller into a generic action flick. Army disease expert Sam Daniels (Dustin Hoffman) has enough on his hands while fighting a lethal African virus, but then he stumbles across a government conspiracy as well. Gunfights, helicopter chases and other predictable
Romantic Comedy Rated PG-13
Johnny Depp – softly comic, genuinely romantic, all seemingly on a whim – nicely embodies the tone of this quirky little romantic fable, in which Depp plays a young man who believes he is the world’s greatest lover and Marlon Brando is the doctor who intends to cure him of his amorous delusion. Of course,
A movie of epic proportions told on a personal scale, My Family follows three generations of Mexican-Americans living in L.A.’s East Side. Director and cowriter Gregory Nava uses the Sanchez family itself as the movie’s protagonist, and the result is a full-bodied portrait of an entire clan. That said, special notice should go to Jimmy
