Thursday, July 14 2011

A Riveting Story Is Elevated by Captivating Performances in ‘Barney’s Version’

By Luke Taylor

This is not a romantic comedy as its trailer misleads; rather, it’s a drama that carries us through the defining moments that occur within nearly 40 years of the eponymous character’s life.

Thursday, March 20 2008

The Riches: Season 1

By Leigh H. Edwards

This show has a fizzy, gothic atmosphere and a biting insider-outsider critique of society.

Monday, May 7 2007

The Riches

By Todd R. Ramlow

Greed and amorality are the real currency of "the American dream," as The Riches demonstrates by equating small-time grifting with large-scale corporate corruption.

Wednesday, December 22 2004

The Phantom of the Opera (2004)

By Cynthia Fuchs

You might read this as a not-so-subtle indictment of the bourgie masses who consume popular culture: their taste sucks.

Thursday, April 8 2004

Ella Enchanted (2004)

By Cynthia Fuchs

It is an updated fairy tale that, for all its charms, can't quite break out of its old-time constraints.

Sunday, January 1 1995

Return to Me (2000)

By Nitin Govil

The narrative heart of Return to Me beats in rhythm with the tension between surface (what's on the outside) and depth (it's what's inside that counts).

Beautiful (2000)

By Amy Sidwar