Action/Adventure Rated R
“…the movie’s ending shoves any rah-rahs right back into your throat.
Action/Adventure Rated NR
A morality play like most Westerns, Treasure charts the descent into madness of three Americans in search of gold in Mexico. “I know what gold does to men’s souls,” an old-timer played by Walter Huston says early on. Not that it prevents him from once again seeking it. Huston’s Howard teams up with a young
“…plays like the gonzo journalism version of Hotel Rwanda, with genocide and jokes sharing equal screen time.
Action/Adventure Rated PG-13
It’s not a good sign when the characters in a fantasy film repeatedly say things like, “What are you talking about?” and “I don’t understand,” as they do here. If they can’t follow the labyrinthine legends and myths that govern the narrative, what hope is there for the rest of us? The special effects are
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
More than the sum of the jokes, but not by much. This is ultimately a botched futuristic epic, but before it completely goes berserk there is plenty of disconcerting beauty and fervid imagination on display. Kevin Costner plays the Mariner, an Aquaman of sorts who sails the unending sea of a future where the polar
“Li…spends most of his time shooting a gun with what are usually much more ingeniously employed hands.
“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.
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
