A great cast has been assembled for what just has to be a crackerjack mob extravaganza. Yet, it isn’t. Instead it’s a truly uninspired gang flick with a trail of wasted acting talent.
From Afghanistan comes this valiant attempt to demonstrate what life is like there now. A valiant effort that falls a bit short of its target.
An Israeli child is switched a birth and ends up with a Palestinian family – and vice versa. What sounds maudlin is actually quite powerful.
True story of a 38-year-old man struck by a bad case of polio whose immediate goal is to lose his virginity. Sad story, somehow presented in a way that will make you smile.
If there is ever a retrospective ceremony honoring Henry Jaglom’s body of work, you can be fairly certain that this one will not even be mentioned.
The classic is re-made into a dull, lifeless, passionless, illogical bore.
Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Joaquin Phoenix give amazing performances, yet Paul Thomas Anderson’s attempt falls far short of a masterpiece.
In reality a hit and run is a serious crime. In that way, Dax Shepard’s wildly uneven amalgam of action, comedy and romance is dead on.
This is a documentary about 69-year-old identical twin prostitutes, but it’s never anything more than that.
Odd Disney flick appeals to parents and their children equally. That is: not at all.
