All articles by David Kempler

An attempt to show us the horrific plight of women in an Islamic fundamentalist country ends up being almost too brutal to watch.

Writer-Director Boaz Yakin delivers a searing, black-as-night study of a family shredded by circumstance and their own flaws.

Michelle Pfeiffer stars as an aging courtesan in the early 20th-century. She and everything else look fine but there is nothing much more to see here.

Quite possibly the worst comedy ever made, assuming it really is a comedy.

The Iraq War provides the setting for this chaotic film, and while its portrayal of the conflict may be accurate, the repetitive nature of the story, and the lack of real character development are a bit hard to handle.

Our food is killing us and Director Robert Kenner is trying hard to get us to rise up and scream that we’re not going to take it anymore, with mixed results.

Two 30-ish guys reunite and recount their imaginary cool pasts in a comedy with an intriguing premise that sometimes works before collapsing.

An exciting artist’s work is reduced to a very low-key and slow moving exercise that fails to capture the man’s spirit.

It’s mother-in-law vs. daughter-in-law, in this competent but ordinary British examination of the upper class in the early 20th century.

Michael Keaton returns after a very long absence but he would have been better served remaining hidden.