Drama Rated PG-13
“…wants to sweep previous sweeping historical romances off their feet.
Paradise Now follows the last 48 hours in the lives of two Palestinian suicide bombers. It’s a testament to the film’s emphasis on humanity over politics that you simply come to see it as the story of two disillusioned, conflicted and confused men – desperate, angry youth who could be from any oppressed region of
Drama Rated PG
“As a companion piece to a Bible study group this may have some merit, but it doesn’t belong in a theater.
Drama Rated R
“I found Poppy to be annoying, bordering on the delusional, but of course I’m a big old crab.
“Isn’t it time someone did a serious cost-benefit analysis on the filmmaking partnership of Russell Crowe and director Ridley Scott?
Drama Rated NR
"…resembles a post-apocalyptic Mob movie done by Robert Altman."
“…humanizes, though never legitimizes, our 43rd president.
"…a biography picture of the patronizing saint variety."
"…thinks it’s an inspirational, based-on-fact, little-man-beats-the-system drama, when in fact it is one of the more depressing pictures I’ve seen in quite some time."
Ed Harris directs himself and Viggo Mortensen in a Western that is so old-fashioned it even carries a troubling dose of old-fashioned sexism. The two male stars have a nice, often wordless rapport as two gunmen and longtime friends who are hired by the residents of Appaloosa to protect them from a sadistic outlaw (Jeremy
