Friday, September 26 2008

These ‘Nights’ are Nauseating

By Bill Gibron

Nights in Rodanthe

By Cynthia Fuchs

In an alternative universe, Jean (Viola Davis) does have a story -- one that you'd rather be seeing as Nights in Rodanthe descends into mundane melodrama.

Tuesday, September 9 2008

Talk, Talk, Talk: September 2008

By Bill Gibron

From wars both past and present to a number of nail-biting thrillers, September is sizing up as a potentially profitable one.

Tuesday, September 27 2005

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit / Law & Order

By Cynthia Fuchs

Lynda Carter's villain embodies Cold War momism refitted for the war on terror. The conflagration is inspired.

Monday, October 4 2004

Law & Order / Law & Order: Special Victims Unit / Law & Order: Criminal Intent

By Lesley Smith

D'Onofrio plays Goren superbly, as a jittery autodidact so deeply aware of his own psychological fragility that he has simply abandoned any emotional life outside his own insights into the motivations of major criminals.

Friday, July 30 2004

Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle (2004)

By Oliver Wang

Harold and Kumar isn't pushing a political polemic, yet it still manages to be an odd achievement.

Sunday, January 1 1995

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

By Susan Glen

Part of the problem is that the 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit' writers haven't given Ice T much to do: he's Munch's Yes Man, and it doesn't become him.

Law & Order

By Rachel Hyland

Though 'Law & Order' frequently, and most chillingly, tells tales of true crime -- the monstrous pit bull is the most recent example -- it also treats them with the dread, indeed, the disgust they deserve.

Wet Hot American Summer (2001)

By Stephen Tropiano

As both a parody and a 'straight' summer camp comedy, 'Wet Hot American Summer' has little to offer even the most die-hard crude comedy fans.