All articles by Joe Lozito

Sad, desperate attempt at quirky action/comedy. Think of it as "The Past Action Hero."

The writers of MTV’s ‘The State’ created this nostalgic parody of early 80s summer camp movies which is wildly uneven but occasionally hits the right notes.

A predictable supernatural thriller is nearly saved by Michelle Pfeiffer’s commanding performance and the capable hands of Director Robert Zemeckis.

This sticking-up-for-the-little-man story would be predictable even if it weren’t a remake of the 1973 Joe Don Baker favorite.

Philip Kaufman’s atmospheric story of the last days of the Marquis De Sade is let down by a script which does not shed any light on its characters, despite a wonderfully flamboyant performance by Geoffrey Rush as the title.

Michael Caine gives his most restrained, intense performance yet as British newspaper correspondent Thomas Fowler in Philip Noyce’s restrained, intense adaptation of the Graham Greene novel about love and war in 1950s Vietnam.

Director Bryan Singer and his cast of superheroes return for another mutant extravaganza. As the law of sequels demands, this one just takes everything that worked in the original and adds more of the same. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, but is doesn’t make for a very coherent story.

The Marvel Comics heroes are given a reverent but somber film treatment by Bryan Singer. Good enough to make you hope the sequel will be better.

A small gem of a film which subtly examines the way a brother and sister deal with the loss of their parents. Full, wonderful performances all around, particularly from Laura Linney and Mark Ruffalo.

Simple, charming coming-of-age story about two adolescent boys on a road trip with one of those screenwriter fantasy women who seem to exist solely to open the boys’ minds to sex.