Archive for November, 2006

If stupidity were a crime, the nitwits in the cheap horror flick “Turistas” would be doing time in Attica.

Had it taken a more hard-headed approach, “3 Needles” might have been to the AIDS epidemic what “Traffic” was to the drug trade.

“The Architect,” written and directed by Matt Tauber from a play by the Scottish writer David Greig, feels like a creaky, tone-deaf classroom exercise in mechanical contrivance.

Directed by Catherine Hardwicke from a script by Mike Rich, "The Nativity Story" sticks to the familiar details of the narrative and dramatizes them with sincerity and good taste.

Brad Silberling’s new movie has nothing to prove, and not all that much to say, but its modesty and good humor make it hard to resist.

This innovative chronicle of a truly modern romance conveys, in a painful, darkly humorous way, a variety of ultra-identifiable truths.

Nine years in the making and timeless in its observations, “Highway Courtesans” is an intimate look at some of the youngest practitioners of the world’s oldest profession.

Neal Gabler’s biography of Walt Disney presents a man in flight from a deprived childhood.

There is evidence to suggest that children are highly susceptible to paranormal phenomenon. They can see what adults cannot, they believe what adults deny. In THE MESSENGERS, a suspense thriller starring Kristen Stewart, Dylan McDermott, Penelope Anne Miller and John Corbett, the Solomon family has left big city life for a secluded farm in North Dakota. Soon after they arrive at their new home, 16 year-old Jess and her 3 year-old brother begin seeing ominous apparitions that no one else can see, and are repeatedly attacked by something from the other side. Now they must try desperately to warn the rest of the family before its too late.

Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Sharon Stone, Elijah Wood, Demi Moore, William H... Review: Sign me up for any film that reflects the burgeoning idealism of Robert Kennedy when he ran for the presidency. At the climax of Bobby, when the senator is shot by Sirhan... Rating: 1 Stars