Drama Rated R
“Is faith a saving grace or a swindle?”
Comedy Rated PG
“Bud Cort delivers one of the all-time cinematic expressions of existential horror.”
Comedy Rated PG-13
What looks to be a farce about a Jon Stewart-type comedian who runs for President is mostly a political thriller about an election conspiracy. The entire project is at odds with itself, and the producers know it. They don’t, however, know what to do with it, which is why the commercials focused on Robin Williams’
“Billy Bob Thornton is still wearing his Bad Santa outfit in Mr. Woodcock…
Thriller Rated R
As long as it stays ambiguous and messy – much like the international espionage it depicts – Spy Game is a smart, scintillating consideration of the prices that are paid for the sake of American national security. As a 30-year CIA veteran and his protege, Robert Redford and Brad Pitt make a fine screen team;
Romantic Comedy Rated PG-13
How does Frances (Diane Lane), the divorced heroine of Under the Tuscan Sun, get her groove back? By buying an Italian villa on a whim and renovating it all on her own. Based on the novel by Frances Mayes, the movie is as soft and reassuring as a romantic comedy gets yet it has plenty
Horror Rated R
A thriller that can’t decide who the bad guy should be: the upscale urbanites (Sharon Stone and Dennis Quaid) who buy a country estate for cheap or the working-class former owner (Stephen Dorff) who couldn’t make his mortgage payments. As their showdown grows increasingly ridiculous, eventually resembling the intelligence of a Friday the 13th flick,
Drama Rated PG-13
Filmmaker John Sayles (Lone Star, Limbo) – who finds movies in towns where the rest of us find a place to fill up on gas – depicts a coastal Florida community weathering a storm of real estate development. The standout of the ensemble cast is Edie Falco of “The Sopranos,” a constant surprise as a
Another pointless Hollywood remake of a foreign film that was just fine to begin with, this updates the 2000 Argentinian con-man drama Nine Queens with half the panache and none of the surprise of the original. John C. Reilly steps out of character-actor status as the lead, a middle-aged grifter who teams up with a
This wants to be a grown-up romance – there is much angst about sex and bad breakups and the like – but Ashton Kutcher and Amanda Peet keep the movie on the level of puppy love. Both can be found at the buy-a-star store in the aisle labeled “cute,” which makes sitting through their movie