Punch-Drunk Love (2002)

Comedy Rated R

Writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson (Boogie Nights, Magnolia) and unlikely star Adam Sandler team up for the best film in either of their careers. As Barry Egan, a shy small-business owner given to fits of rage, Sandler dials down his manic persona a notch or two, bringing it a bit closer to real life. Meanwhile, Anderson’s

Ant Bully, The (2006)

Family Rated PG

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Underworld (2003)

Action/Adventure Rated R

Romeo and Juliet had nothing on the brooding antiheroes of Underworld. She’s a vampire (Kate Beckinsale) and he’s a budding werewolf (Scott Speedman), and their respective species have been at war for centuries. It makes for a dark, Gothic romance, set among lots of Matrix-style action ably executed by first-time director Len Wiseman.

Nativity Story, The (2006)

Drama Rated PG

Didn’t The Passion of the Christ make this sort of sluggish, impersonal Biblical costume drama obsolete? The Nativity Story suffocates Scripture with the usual play-it-safe elements: pokey drama, tentative performances and a paint-by-verses script. The picture doesn’t blow the dust off those musty old costume dramas – it buries itself under just that sort of

Apocalypse Now Redux (2001)

Drama Rated R

“…a harrowing, visionary consideration of humankind’s depravity.”

TMNT (2007)

Action/Adventure Rated PG

This revisiting of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles phenomenon of the 1980s is a burly, brawny redo, like a kiddie cartoon on CGI steroids. With its newly agile heroes, sparkling animation and Lord of the Rings-style battle prologue, TMNT will dazzle young eyes with ease. But shouldn’t a movie about four turtles in their teens

Bee Movie (2007)

Family Rated PG

“The mock outrage and dry sarcasm of Seinfeld’s comic persona defines the movie’s hero, a worker bee with a high-pitched, often cracking whine.

Turistas (2006)

Horror Rated R

A feature-length defense of the ugly American abroad, Turistas fearfully imagines what can happen when you let your guard down among strangers in a strange land. Josh Duhamel stars as a paranoid American reluctantly chaperoning his sister on a trip to Brazil. When he isn’t shouting at people in the wrong language, he’s worrying about

Full Metal Jacket (1987)

Drama Rated R

Inspired by the Music Box’s Stanley Kubrick retrospective last week, here is a Kubrick review from the archives. More to come…

Godzilla (1954)

Action/Adventure Rated NR

“…a monster movie with equal parts mourning and mayhem.”