Drama Rated PG-13
“…a movie about big stars, and about why we slap down hard-earned money to see them on the big screen.”
Drama Rated R
Most romantic tragedies turn on contrived, facile melodrama, but the shattering Brokeback Mountain hurts so much because its tragedy feels so true. The movie’s lovers, a pair of cowboys who first meet in 1963 Wyoming (Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger), are kept apart by forces that you can feel: prejudice, societal pressure and above all
Thriller Rated NR
A model for breezy, bantering filmmaking of the criminal kind, To Catch a Thief has the feel of being made while on a getaway vacation. Here the destination is the French Riviera, where a retired cat burglar (Cary Grant) has curled into a cozy existence. His life of illicitly gained leisure is disrupted, however, when
Thriller Rated R
Robert Redford gives this independent drama a jolt of star magnetism, but it’s not enough to shake it out of its psychological pretensions. Redford plays a wealthy executive who is kidnapped, and the rest of the movie follows two parallel strands: the executive’s increasingly abstract conversations with his abductor (Willem Dafoe) and his wife’s (Helen
Drama Rated NR
An earnest but cliched independent effort about a high-school senior and aspiring animator (Dante Basco) struggling to reconcile his ambitions with his immigrant Filipino heritage. Obvious if well-intentioned lessons abound, meaning you’ll probably want to like The Debut more than you actually do.
“… a riveting study of a psychosis that’s made worse by our callous consumer age.”
Action/Adventure Rated R
“Both grand tragedy and grandiose soap opera…”
Drama Rated PG
Inspirational sports movies aren’t known for their subtlety, but Goal! embraces its feel-good cliches with an enthusiasm that’s embarrassing. Kuno Becker plays a Mexican soccer sensation trying to make it on the pro level in England, and it’s hard to decide what is more cliched during his obvious journey to stardom, the ups (yes, there
Horror Rated R
Here’s where Hannibal Lecter officially transforms from pop icon to camp figure. This blatant exercise in Hollywood opportunism – Thomas Harris’ book was already adapted in 1986 as Manhunter – never has a chance thanks to Anthony Hopkins’ self-parodying performance. The only thing left for Hopkins now is to hit dinner theaters reciting the bad
Comedy Rated PG-13
Far more nimble than its setup suggests, You, Me and Dupree skips around from subtle character comedy to silly slapstick to all-out farce. Owen Wilson continues to coast on his dippy charm as a perpetual screw-up who ‘temporarily’ moves in with his best friend (Matt Dillon) and his new wife (Kate Hudson). The sibling directing
