Ghostbusters
BBB.5 (out of 5) Ivan Reitman’s comedy classic has been updated to the new millennium but not a new setting as slimy creatures of the paranormal once again terrorize citizens of New York.… Continue reading
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Beautiful Creatures (2013)
B (out of 5) Alice Englert shows up in a tiny South Carolina town and, as if being the new girl isn’t hard enough, has to face the legacy of her family, magically… Continue reading
Tomorrowland
B.5 (out of 5) A young boy brimming over with enthusiasm for science shows up at the 1964 New York World’s Fair with his invention, a jetpack. He meets with resistance from the… Continue reading
What’s The Worst That Could Happen?
B (out of 5) A Donald E. Westlake novel has once again proven to make for an awkward and unhip comedy on screen. Fernando Trueba’s half-baked Two Much is followed by this comedy about a… Continue reading
Inception
BB.5 (out of 5) Leonardo DiCaprio works in the highly odd business of invading people’s dreams in order to extract sensitive information which is valuable to people who pay him big bucks. The process… Continue reading
Collateral
BBBB (out of 5) Jamie Foxx is excellent as a cab driver who drops off the beginning of a promising relationship in the form of Jada Pinkett Smith (who has never been more captivating) and… Continue reading
Living Out Loud
BBBB.5 (out of 5) Powerful film inspired by Chekhov stories from first-time director and accomplished screenwriter Richard LaGravenese. Holly Hunter superbly plays a recent divorcee who has no idea that reclaiming her own identity… Continue reading
In Dreams
BB.5 (out of 5) Very strange nightmare thriller about a children’s writer (Annette Bening) who finds her mind beng invaded by visions of a ruthless murderer (Robert Downey Jr.) who may be coming… Continue reading
Hidalgo
BB.5 (out of 5) Inspired by the supposedly true story of Frank Hopkins (most historians can’t agree on just how much of it is fiction), the famous cowboy who witnessed the massacre at… Continue reading
The Reaping
BBB (out of 5) Glad to know the Bible is at least providing fun ways to exploit the American South. This hammy combination of Rosemary’s Baby, The Exorcist and The Wicker Man stars… Continue reading
Man On The Moon
BBB (out of 5) Shallow biopic of controversial comedian Andy Kaufman, most famous for his role as Latka on Taxi. Jim Carrey is brilliant as Kaufman (and all his alter egos), who was… Continue reading
Erin Brockovich
BBBBB (out of 5) Excellent biography of the true-life woman who brought about the biggest personal lawsuit case in American legal history. Julia Roberts gives the best performance of her career as Brockovich, a… Continue reading
My Best Friend’s Wedding
BBB.5 (out of 5) Julia Roberts wins back her Pretty Woman audience in this enjoyable comedy that is a decided improvement over the Garry Marshall happy-hooker romance, but not nearly as good as director… Continue reading
Ocean’s Eleven
BBBB.5 (out of 5) Of the three heist films to come out in 2001 (the other two being The Score and Heist), this is far and away the king of them all. An… Continue reading
Everyone Says I Love You
BBB (out of 5) Woody Allen pays tribute to the classic musical genre but does not come up with anything overly memorable. Socialites and convicts, tourists and lovers abound in this tale that… Continue reading
Mighty Aphrodite
BBBB (out of 5) Woody Allen and Helena Bonham Carter play a happy couple who decide to adopt a baby and start a family. When the kid’s a little more grown up, Allen becomes curious… Continue reading
Bullets Over Broadway
BBBB.5 (out of 5) John Cusack plays an idealistic playwright in 1930s New York City who decides that, for his latest opus, he will make absolutely no concessions: he will direct it himself to… Continue reading
Manhattan Murder Mystery
BBBB (out of 5) One of Woody Allen‘s most enjoyable film comedies. Diane Keaton plays a bored housewife who insists that the woman who lives down the hall from them was murdered. Allen… Continue reading
Husbands And Wives
BBBB (out of 5) Woody Allen‘s examination of married couples isn’t as marvelous as his similar look into the world of siblings (Hannah and Her Sisters), but it features choice moments and brilliant… Continue reading
Broadway Danny Rose
BBBBB (out of 5) This wonderful comedy by Woody Allen finds the great director smack dab in the middle of his greatest successes of the eighties. He plays a small-time talent agent who… Continue reading
The Purple Rose Of Cairo
BBBB.5 (out of 5) In 1984, Woody Allen gave La Strada a twist with his Broadway Danny Rose, and now The Purple Rose of Cairo brings back shades of Fellini’s Nights of Cabiria.… Continue reading
Hannah And Her Sisters
BBBBB (out of 5) The masterpiece in the Woody Allen oeuvre is this fascinating examination of sibling relationships. Hannah (Mia Farrow in a standout performance) is a generous and caring wife (to Michael Caine)… Continue reading
Radio Days
BBBB.5 (out of 5) Woody Allen’s beautiful bit of semi-autobiographical nostalgia follows the life of a Jewish family in 1930s New York whose life revolves, one way or the other, around their experiences… Continue reading
September
BB.5 (out of 5) One of Woody Allen’s weakest films is this romantic melodrama with a bit of a murder mystery in the middle. A group of family and friends gather at Mia… Continue reading
Another Woman
BBBB (out of 5) Woody Allen returns to the Bergmanesque style that served him so well in Interiors (but did not in September). A female version of Wild Strawberries, it stars a brilliant Gena… Continue reading
Crimes And Misdemeanors
BBBBB (out of 5) One of Woody Allen‘s highest artistic successes is this delicately layered tale of morality among the upper classes. Martin Landau is having difficulty keeping mistress Anjelica Huston from ratting on the… Continue reading
Alice
BBB.5 (out of 5) This sweet, comic fable by Woody Allen falls short of The Purple Rose of Cairo but has a magical quality of its own worth cherishing. Mia Farrow plays a Manhattan… Continue reading
Shadows And Fog
BB (out of 5) Woody Allen really misfires in this Kafka-esque comedy that only his diehard fans will truly enjoy (and even then they’ll have to work hard at it). He wastes a… Continue reading