The X-Files: I Want to Believe Perhaps they should have called it X and the City. Given the phenomenal, $150 million haul of Sex and the City, the makers of […]
Film Reviews
New releases: The Dark Knight , Mamma Mia!
The Dark Knight It was 30 years ago that the Christopher Reeve version of Superman — still the greatest of all comic book adaptations — was released, and now we […]
New releases: Hellboy II, Journey, Meet Dave
Hellboy II: The Golden Army Cinematic superhero sagas have suddenly become a dime a dozen — a moviegoer can’t turn around without one swooping down from the multiplex screen — […]
WALL-E, Hancock
WALL-E The dialogue of the title robot mostly consists of beeps and chirps and the occasional electronically altered word — just get Jim Carrey or Bruce Willis for one day’s […]
New releases: Get Smart, Love Guru
Get Smart Get Smart, the now-cult TV sitcom that aired from 1965 to 1970, was created by Mel Brooks and Buck Henry, and these legendary funnymen are listed in the […]
New releases: The Incredible Hulk, The Happening
The Incredible Hulk Is it just me, or is anyone else hankering to go out and rent a handful of episodes from the late 70s/early 80s TV series The Incredible […]
New releases: You Don’t Mess With the Zohan, Kung Fu Panda
You Don’t Mess With the Zohan It was Mae West who famously quipped (in 1933’s I’m No Angel), “When I’m good, I’m very, very good, but when I’m bad, I’m […]
New release: Sex and the City
Despite endless online whining from the fanboys — those mega-geeks who make any self-respecting male contemplate a sex-change operation lest he be mistaken for one of these pathetic creatures — […]
New releases: Indiana Jones, etc.
On the Indiana Jones Scale of Cinematic Achievements, the eagerly awaited Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull places dead last among the four big-screen Indy adventures. Given […]
New release: Prince Caspian
Fantasy fans who felt the void created by the wrap-up of the Lord of the Rings flicks in 2003 could take comfort in the identical elements — magical creatures, large-scale […]
New releases: What Happens in Vegas, Speed Racer
What Happens in Vegas When invited to join me at the press screening for What Happens In Vegas, a good friend of mine declined, e-mailing, “I can only stand one […]
New releases: Iron Man, Made of Honor, Redbelt
Iron Man Given their general status as popcorn flicks heavier on the decadent calories than on the nutritional value, I’m always pleasantly surprised by how much care Hollywood studios take […]
