The Missing Person Review
Gumshoe is hot on the trail of a missing person in this homage to Film Noir that works less hard than a good looking dame.
Gumshoe is hot on the trail of a missing person in this homage to Film Noir that works less hard than a good looking dame.
Swedish writer-director Lukas Moodysson, in his first English-language film, lays an egg of mammoth proportions.
It’s wartime in China, 1,700 years ago, and John Woo, after a so-so start, delivers a near epic by the time the final arrow is launched.
If cruelty, failed humor and shameless excess make you giddy, then by all means, check out "Serious Moonlight."
This documentary-style view of a frantic attempt to get someone into rehab before he is sent to jail needs fixing.
Hirohito is brought to life in Alexander Sokurov’s artsy view of the Emperor’s final days before the surrender of Japan in World War II.
Documentary asserts that our government has declared war on our students and that the results have been devastating.
Would it kill Roland Emmerich to make a halfway decent movie?
A funny first half hour becomes aimless and painful to watch in this poor imitation of a Coen Brothers film.
“It’s just another day for you and me in paradise,” according to Phil Collins. “Precious” puts an exclamation point at the end of that sentence.
| ★★★★★ | Perfection |
| ★★★★☆ | Outstanding |
| ★★★☆★☆ | Excellent |
| ★★★☆☆ | Very good |
| ★★☆★☆☆ | Good |
| ★★☆☆☆ | OK |
| ★☆★☆☆☆ | Pretty Bad |
| ★☆☆☆☆ | Poor |
| ☆★☆☆☆☆ | Blech! |
| No Stars | Fail! |