Corpse Bride Review
The boundless imagination of Tim Burton and his team of animators propels this thinly-plotted tale of a groom with cold feet and his even colder bride.
The boundless imagination of Tim Burton and his team of animators propels this thinly-plotted tale of a groom with cold feet and his even colder bride.
As preposterous, claustrophobic airplane thrillers go, this one gets extra points for Jodie Foster who puts her special brand of brink-teetering to good effect here.
If you like Nicholas Cage you’ll be mildly amused by Andrew Niccol’s dark comedy about a cynical gun runner and the despots who love him.
The sad tale of a young black man tortured and murdered in rural Mississippi fifty years ago.
Falling somewhere in quality between ‘The Exorcist’ and its forgettable sequels, this horror film disguised as a courtroom drama is a head-twisting, vomit-spewing good time.
A hit man with the apparent onset of Alzheimer’s reluctantly takes on an assignment he fears he will not be able to complete.
This ‘Alien’ knock-off about a pack of gung-ho spelunkers trapped underground with a bloodthirsty creature actually has potential for the first forty minutes or so. After that? Not so much.
Despite a slow opening, the dynamic direction by Fernando Meirelles and pitch-perfect performance by Ralph Fiennes make this John Le Carre adaptation a gripping, effective film.
As an action movie, tireless producer Luc Besson’s high-octane low-plausibility sequel makes a great car commercial.
Terry Gilliam’s love affair with disorder continues with another visually interesting disjointed mess – this one about a pair of ghostbusting con artists.
| ★★★★★ | Perfection |
| ★★★★☆ | Outstanding |
| ★★★☆★☆ | Excellent |
| ★★★☆☆ | Very good |
| ★★☆★☆☆ | Good |
| ★★☆☆☆ | OK |
| ★☆★☆☆☆ | Pretty Bad |
| ★☆☆☆☆ | Poor |
| ☆★☆☆☆☆ | Blech! |
| No Stars | Fail! |