Call it ‘Love, Greek-American Style’: a super-cutesy look at the one independent thinker within the ultimate stereotypical Greek-American family, which ironically suffers from fear of commitment to any of the interesting points it raises.
The films of Albert Brooks are not known for deep statements.
Writer-Director Stephen Sommers continues to set back the cause of Egyptology with a sequel that resurrects his 1999 hit, never straying far from his formula. As long as he keeps the action going – and he does – you can almost forgive the glaring idiocy that runs rampant through the film.
I probably shouldn’t be putting this in writing, since it makes me look rather plebian, but I thought The Mummy was a lot of fun.
Ah, the glory days of movie monsters, when a gaunt Boris Karloff brooding his way around styrofoam cement halls with powdery makeup would pass for chilling effects.
Writer-Director-crazy man David Lynch creates another typically elliptical story, this time dealing with the Hollywood Dream Factory. Lynch succeeds in bending reality in such a way that you’d swear there’s meaning in there somewhere. There isn’t.
Baz Luhrmann’s vibrant film about doomed lovers in 19th century Paris is nothing less than a thrilling, daring reinvention of Opera for the 21st century.
Director Walter Salles’ beautiful, moving film which chronicles a fateful road trip in the life of Ernesto "Che" Guevara is everything a biopic should be: respectful without being pandering, funny without being obvious, moving without being sentimental. In short: real. Gael García Bernal gives another solid, unpretentious performance as Che.
The mad geniuses at Pixar have once again created a unique, original and downright funny fantasy for all ages.
Director Marc Forster’s unique, unflinching portrait of repression and resentment in circa 1990 southern America features two of the most exciting performances of the year from Billy Bob Thornton and Halle Berry.
