All articles by Joe Lozito

Imelda Staunton is fantastic in Mike Leigh’s difficult, dreary story of a 1950s British housekeeper who plays abortionist in her spare time.

Director Cameron Crowe and Tom Cruise clumsily experiment in ‘Twilight Zone’ territory in this remake of 1997’s ‘Abre Los Ojos.’ Mr. Cruise gives it his all but that’s not enough to save this thriller from its forced, ridiculous conclusion.

It turns out writer-director Stephen Sommers’ noisy mess of a monster movie has a lot to do with one of its stars: like Count Dracula, it sucks.

Kevin Costner and Joan Allen are both wonderful in Mike Binder’s stubbornly slow-moving slice-of-life about an ex-jock, a jilted wife, her four WB-ready daughters, and a whole lotta alcohol.

Kate Beckinsale takes the role of a Trinity-esque warrior in a humorless, cliché-ridden vampire vs. werewolf story that steals elements from better films and does nothing with them.

The writer-director of "The Sixth Sense" returns with another quiet, ponderous film starring Bruce Willis. But this time the interesting premise doesn’t live up to its promise.

Writer-director Jonathan Mostow plumbs the depths of the submarine thriller, but his thin story and thinner characters don’t bring anything new to the surface.

Pierce Brosnan has finally settled into the role of James Bond.

Fina Torres’ sweet, light-hearted comedy puts the beauty of Penelope Cruz to the test by trying to sustain an entire film around it. It almost works.

Nicole Kassell’s interesting but less-than-gripping story of a child molester trying to reenter society after years in prison is worth it mostly for the stirring, subtle performance by Kevin Bacon who acts here with real-life wife Kyra Sedgwick.