An unabashed act of nostalgia, this film-buff documentary celebrates the movies of the 1970s as the pinnacle of American cinema. Co-directors Richard LaGravenese and Ted Demme bring a fan’s passion to the subject, along with a fan’s narrow perspective. The ’70s have long been cited as a turning point for American movies, a time of

The use of 3-D technology gives an extra kick to the archival photographs on display, but the rest of this 1998 Imax film is a forced, unfocused attempt to interweave a biography of Mark Twain with American history. As writer-director-producer Stephen Low scrambles for material, the movie begins to resemble a last-minute school report more

There’s mostly hot air in this sanitized tribute to Jordan’s last playoff run. The basketball scenes actually suffer from the IMAX format (the camera is shoved in so close that you’re suffocating in Jordan’s jersey) and the interview segments seem to have come out of a focus group made up of Jordan and his agent.

An embarrassing vanity project, this was an attempt by Martin Lawrence to re-establish his credibility after various run-ins with the law. Opening with a shameless career tribute and consisting mainly of a crude, witless standup routine, the whole thing eventually becomes so self-pitying I almost expected there to be a collection taken for the comedian

Another lightweight Imax documentary that resembles a promotional video more than a movie. I went into it hoping to learn about Nascar racing, but the picture only wanted to tell me how great the sport is. Strategy, driving technique and the rules of racing are barely touched on, leaving unexplained the reason millions of people

You couldn’t imagine a more genial guy than Brian Herzlinger, whose movie documents his attempts to have dinner with longtime crush Drew Barrymore, yet the creepiness of the endeavor still lingers. He’s the kind of stalker you want to pet. That doesn’t mean you’ll want to watch My Date with Drew. Full of grainy, in-your-face

A large-format film chronicling the 2001 X Games in Philadelphia. Produced by ESPN, which also is behind the X Games, this a promotional piece as much as a documentary, but the movie offers an enthralling glimpse into the extreme-sports subculture nonetheless. As riders careen nearly 100 feet in the air and then flip over and