Drama Rated PG-13
“Penn is … playing the part of Great Actor more than the part of Willie Stark.
Comedy Rated PG-13
There’s a plot – in which a restless entrepreneur (Ice Cube) regrettably sells his late father’s title business – but Barbershop doesn’t really need one. Its best moments are those spent eavesdropping on the conversations, arguments and debates the barbers have with their customers and with each other. The result is a feel-good glimpse at
Family Rated PG
As overblown as an electrical socket with too many Christmas lights plugged into it, this is a lamentable distortion of Theodor S. Geisel’s 1957 children’s book (kids who get over-stimulated by the movie likely won’t have the patience for the gentle, kind-hearted original story). What’s worse, the Grinch has been transformed from a villain into
If Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas was a distortion of the original, this is more like an extension of its source material. It helps that spastic action is inherent in the story and that Mike Myers has the right affinity for monkey business for the title role. There are problems, such as an
Family Rated G
The fifth installment in the Pokemon film franchise exhibits all of the qualities that have made the series one of the most inexplicably successful kiddie enterprises: rudimentary animation, aggressively generic background music and a barely coherent storyline. Subjecting tykes to such shoddy junk should count as cinematic child abuse (no matter how loudly they plead
Comedy Rated R
Can a movie be too creative for its own good? This latest cinematic art project from director Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) once again expands your definition of what a movie can be, but this time you’re left feeling exasperated rather than elated. The construction-paper plot follows a daydreaming artist (Gael Garcia
Pedro Almodovar broke onto the international scene with this vibrant sex farce, which whirls about like a brightly painted spinning top. With its skewed camera angles, brash colors and outrageous characters, the movie is as much a live-action cartoon as its fellow 1988 release, Who Framed Roger Rabbit? Women gets off to a slow start,
Drama Rated R
“…mostly lingers on the sort of behavior Ricci’s Rae needs to be redeemed from.”
Action/Adventure Rated PG-13
Touchstone Pictures went to the time capsule for this one, hauling out every cliche you can think of from those generic 1980s adventure movies. As such, a plot synopsis should suffice as critique: Ashton Kutcher plays a hotshot Coast Guard recruit who matures and blossoms under the guidance of a legendary swimmer (Kevin Costner) who
I never imagined I would be able to not only endure, but even enjoy, the combined presence of Martin Lawrence and Ashton Kutcher. All it took was stripping them of everything but their voices. Other than the verbal riffing of its two stars – Lawrence provides the voice of a grizzly bear who has been
