The Savages Review
Philip Seymour Hoffman and Laura Linney are typically superb as a brother and sister brought together to care for their aging father in Tamara Jenkins’ acute, if sometimes sluggish, follow-up to "Slums of Beverly Hills".
Philip Seymour Hoffman and Laura Linney are typically superb as a brother and sister brought together to care for their aging father in Tamara Jenkins’ acute, if sometimes sluggish, follow-up to "Slums of Beverly Hills".
Writer/Director Noah Baumbach goes to The Squid and the Whale well again but only fetches a half a pail this time around.
What’s sure to be the breakout indie hit of 2007 (and deservedly so) establishes the voice of screenwriter Diablo Cody and the career of young actress Ellen Page.
In the worst film about a weather pattern since 2005’s "The Fog", Stephen King go-to adapter Frank Darabont launches this dreadful misfire that works as neither horror nor social commentary.
Gently moving adaptation by Marc Forster takes off but never quite soars.
Simple, relentlessly charming fairytale conjures some old-fashioned Mouse House magic – and a star-making turn from Amy Adams.
21st century technology leaves this Robert Zemeckis adaptation of the old English epic poem sadly lacking in poetry.
John Cusack and his little friend earnestly take us on a voyage that isn’t worth taking.
Sidney Lumet returns with a tale of lives falling apart because of their own weaknesses.
Ridley Scott sets his sights high in this over-hyped "epic," attempting to combine elements of many great films into one and the results are about what you might expect.
| ★★★★★ | Perfection |
| ★★★★☆ | Outstanding |
| ★★★☆★☆ | Excellent |
| ★★★☆☆ | Very good |
| ★★☆★☆☆ | Good |
| ★★☆☆☆ | OK |
| ★☆★☆☆☆ | Pretty Bad |
| ★☆☆☆☆ | Poor |
| ☆★☆☆☆☆ | Blech! |
| No Stars | Fail! |