Wednesday, April 1 2009
The Princess Bride: Blu-Ray
Reiner and Goldman manage to marry timeless storytelling elements with modern comedic sensibilities in such a way that it will never feel corny, old-fashioned, or dated.
Wednesday, August 6 2008
The Princess Bride: 20th Anniversary Edition
This itself modern through that little smidgen of precocious reflexivity, and a healthy does of kitsch.
Wednesday, June 13 2007
Pope John Paul II
This film provides insight into John Paul Two's character that no unauthorized biography could have achieved.
Friday, May 11 2007
Georgia Rule (2007)
Careless and predictable, Georgia Rule offers up the abuse victim's "sexy" acting out as alternately beguiling and blameworthy.
Tuesday, May 1 2007
Monkey Business (Part 1: May)
Talk about frontloading your approach. Each week in this first full month of patented popcorn movies finds another famous franchise icon making a major blockbuster bow. Only truly disastrous results from these guaranteed crowd-pleasers will keep the coffers from clogging with cash.
Friday, October 29 2004
Saw (2004)
Detective Tapp's convoluted weirdness is attributable to Danny Glover's resourcefulness, since the script doesn't know quite what to do with him.
Thursday, April 8 2004
Ella Enchanted (2004)
It is an updated fairy tale that, for all its charms, can't quite break out of its old-time constraints.
Thursday, April 25 2002
The Cat’s Meow (2002)
'The Cat's Meow' insists, you can't go back to the good old days, because they were never so good as you think they were.
Sunday, January 1 1995
Cradle Will Rock (1999)
Tim Robbins has never been shy about being one of them damn Hollywood liberals -- pro-union, anti-death penalty, solidly Green, married to Susan Sarandon.
