The Moore We See …
Movies about very rich, very unhappy families - genre classics such as Ordinary People and Sidney Lumet's version of Long Day's Journey into Night...
Steel Reserve
Another big superhero movie hits theaters this week, but a few things separate it from the rest that have come out recently.
For one, Hancock...
Love Bites
About halfway through The Love Guru, you might ask yourself a question: Is that the aunt from Family Matters?
If you stay to the end,...
Rushed Hours
Adapted from a comic-book miniseries from 2003 and '04, Wanted is Hollywood's latest attempt to piggyback on the successes of other cultish comic adaptations...
Max Power
Back in the summer of 1984, Beverly Hills Cop and Ghostbusters ruled the box offices as big-ticket action thrillers headlined by comedians.
Hollywood has been...
North Country
Christopher Zalla's first feature filmmaking effort screened at Sundance in 2007 under the title Padre Nuestro, where it became the first Spanish-language film to...
Crouching Tiger, Eating Panda
The latest animated family film from DreamWorks Animation, Kung Fu Panda is not as much fun as Kung Fu Hustle, but it's much better...
Green Energy
Welcome to Hollywood in the 21st century, a time and place where a film doesn't need any fans to spawn a sequel.
Five summers ago,...
Carrie-on Baggage
I wish the Sex and the City movie had been a musical, with our four favorite fashion plates addressing their relationship problems by bursting...
Hebrew Hammer
In Judd Apatow's Knocked Up, the main character and his Jewish friends are huge fans of Steven Spielberg's Munich: "Every movie with Jews, we're...
