Looking Back at ‘Back to the Future’

By Monte Williams

The most irreverent, knowing, daring and hippest time travel story of all time has, inevitably and fittingly, become a time capsule. [9 April 2009]

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Disney’s A Christmas Carol

By Chris Barsanti

The combination of animation (where the laws of physics are conveniently suspended) and 3D technology is a powerful temptation, and here we see many of the ways in which those toys can be misued. [6 November 2009]

Beowulf (2007)

By Jarrett Berman

Crawling with mermaids and monsters, irony, and gore, Beowulf delivers the goods, without betraying its core narrative. [3 March 2008]

Beowulf

By Cynthia Fuchs

Beowulf is the model man, outrageous and arrogant, and so admired far and wide. [16 November 2007]

Romancing the Stone/The Jewel of the Nile (1984)

By Nikki Tranter

Everything in Jewel of the Nile is predictable, right down to the romantic final scenes at sunset. [27 September 2006]

The Polar Express (2004)

By Cynthia Fuchs

It's part Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory, and part Terry Gilliam's Brazil, that is, just this side of sinister. [11 November 2004]

What Lies Beneath (2000)

By Renee Scolaro Rathke

Cast Away (2000)

By Isaac Kerson

Short Ends and Leader: Forrest Gump: 15th Anniversary Edition (1994)

‘Beowulf’ screenwriter says don’t expect `300’ in Viking horns [16 November 2007]