Last weekend, as Jerry Bruckheimer’s pirates were once again storming the international box office, the Cannes Film Festival (May 16–27)…
I never gave much thought to the subject of health insurance until, in October of 2005, an odd swelling in…
When career slacker Tom (Zach Braff) gets fired from his latest job, he packs up his wife, Sofia (Amanda Peet),…
Torpid third Spidey segment sags under character bloat, mission creep, and evil schizo tap dancing. Quit while you’re behind, Sam.
Disease of the week: manic depression.
Ever since his exquisite 1994 debut feature, Where the Rivers Flow North, the Vermont-based writer-director Jay Craven has devoted himself…
Homegrown terrorists fight an overextended foreign empire in The Wind That Shakes the Barley. Sound familiar?
Jake Kasdan defeats his brother at the box office.
Ryan Gosling excels in crime-thriller setting.
More imperfect career choices for Halle Berry and Bruce Willis.
Ice Cube fails to emulate Cary Grant.
Not a moment too soon: Hilary Swank goes to Hell.
In Grindhouse, Rodriguez and Tarantino make their case for pulp as art.
Dialed down and depressed, Adam Sandler shows us he’s a real actor in Reign Over Me.
The cute guy from The Last King of Scotland stars in middling ’80s Britcom.
Christian fundamentalists kill James Garner!
Argentine crime flick pays unexpected dividends.
David Fincher’s masterful OCD period thriller.
Opens at Metro and other theaters, Fri., Dec. 8. Rated PG-13. 136 minutes.
Clint Eastwood continues to chip away at the hero myth, as Japanese soldiers realize war cannot be won.
