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, April 26 2007

Ryan’s reel life: In his quietness, Gosling makes noise

By Roger Moore

Monday, April 23 2007

Fracture (2007)

By Cynthia Fuchs

Part police procedural, part courtroom hijinks, and part cunning murder plot, Gregory Hoblit's new movie brings the usual canards.

Friday, April 20 2007

Anthony Hopkins takes another villainous turn in ‘Fracture’

By Barry Koltnow

Hopkins: "When I tell people that I just learn my lines and that's all there is to it, my wife thinks that I'm putting down the craft of acting."

‘Fracture’: Cunning, Arrogant, Sinister

By Roger Moore

Ted is all wit, charm and ruthlessness. He is Hannibal Lecter without the menu, a creep we can love.

Tuesday, August 22 2006

The Libertine (2004)

By Cynthia Fuchs

Rochester is "a beaten man," observes writer-director Laurence Dunmore, "Whilst he sort of knee-jerks the defiance."

Friday, March 10 2006

The Libertine (2004)

By Cynthia Fuchs

John Wilmot, the Second Earl of Rochester (Johnny Depp), is always the smartest guy in the room.

Tuesday, October 25 2005

Doom (2005)

By Cynthia Fuchs

The marines' mission is one of those 'bug hunts' made spectacular and more or less requisite for these sorts of movies by James Cameron's Aliens.

Friday, November 29 2002

Die Another Day (2002)

By Cynthia Fuchs

Bond's issues have to do with self-identity.