Thursday, May 24 2007
Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End (2007)
In the just-in-time for Memorial Day weekend Pirates sequel, Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) pursues pleasure with the sort of determination usually associated with moviegoers.
Friday, July 7 2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006)
Demented and punctuated by Depp's scowls and "oofs," Jack Sparrow's stunty bits are mostly amusing and sometimes even surprising.
Thursday, March 2 2006
The Weather Man (2005)
'The Chicago weatherman,' says Nicolas Cage, 'is a very important weatherman, because everyone in Chicago relies on him so much, and if he gets it wrong, it really ruins their day.'"
Friday, October 28 2005
The Weather Man (2005)
Dave begins to carry his bow with him on the sidewalk, a man suddenly proud, slow-motioned, and anachronistic, a walking metaphor.
Monday, December 15 2003
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
Johnny Depp spent time learning to swordfight, so that Captain Jack Sparrow could be poised and everready -- in a word, the Muhammad Ali of swordfighters.
Thursday, July 10 2003
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
Ingenious and mesmerizing, Johnny Depp embodies the film's essential fantasy, that a pirate's life is exciting and unfettered.
Friday, October 18 2002
The Ring (2002)
Gore Verbinski's The Ring is relentlessly disquieting and incoherent, and sometimes trite in ways it doesn't need to be.
Sunday, January 1 1995
The Mexican (2001)
'The Mexican' follows the turbulent near-end of the relationship between hapless Mafia gopher Jerry Welbach (Brad) and his obsessive, psycho-babbling girlfriend Samantha Barzel (Julia), who reduces everything in her life to 'blame-shifting' and others' inability to express their emotions.
The Mexican (2001)
On its good-looking surface (being well-composed and carefully lit), 'The Mexican' is a love story.
