Drama Rated PG-13
"How can an actress with Moore’s carnal screen presence be so underused by carnally minded Hollywood?"
Drama Rated R
"…ostensibly about the last few days in Chapman’s life, but it’s really about how much Leto’s belly bulges over his waistband."
“Eric Bana is absolutely Fabio-lous … ready to burst from the cover of a romance novel at any moment.
“…something like an extremely elegant episode of ‘The Jerry Springer Show.’
"Van Sant’s teens are angels slowly sullied by a demonic world."
“This is a movie outclassed by its hats.
Drama Rated PG
Robert Redford isn’t playing a 1930s baseball hero in The Natural. He’s playing an instrument of God. Director Barry Levinson infuses The Natural with a celestial air, so that every scene unfolds as an act of predestination (lightning literally intervenes at one point). As such, there isn’t much suspense (even with Kim Basinger scheming in
“There are some lovely touches, yet it’s as if someone forgot to sprinkle fairy dust on it.
Drama Rated NR
"The macho criminal underworld of French filmmaker Jean-Pierre Melville has a nasty, nearly misogynistic edge here…"
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