Category: Movies
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IS THERE ANY ENTERTAINMENT IN THE OFFING?
Taken from a book that was recalled by its first publisher, the movie version of American Psycho should perhaps have suffered the…
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FILM NOT VERY ENTERTAINING IN THE 'OFFING'
Based on a book that was recalled by its first publisher, American Psycho the movie should perhaps have suffered the same fate,…
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ACTION'S ENGAGING, BUT ISSUES GO UNEXPLORED
Rules of Engagement apparently engages some honorable acting by its two stars, Samuel L. Jackson and Tommy Lee Jones, but comes up…
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'28 DAYS,' A ROMP THROUGH A REHAB
Lights, camera, and one good drunk, please. Thus, Hollywood 12-steps Sandra Bullock in "28 Days," the latest rehab flick.
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'28 DAYS,' A ROMP THROUGH A REHAB
Lights, camera, and one good drunk, please. Thus, Hollywood 12-steps Sandra Bullock in "28 Days," the latest rehab flick.
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DR. STRANGELOVE IS 'CINEMA SUNDAYS' SHOW
This weekend's "Cinema Sundays" offering at the Reichhold Center for the Arts is a surreal blast from the past — Stanley Kubrick's…
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RETURN TO ME, IS IT 'CHICAGO-STRUCK?'
For a simple romantic comedy, "Return to Me,"has certainly inspired divergent reviews. Some have called it a cross between "Moonstruck" and "ER,"…
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Return to Me, is it 'Chicago-struck'?
For a simple romantic comedy, "Return to Me,"has certainly inspired divergent reviews. Some have called it a cross between "Moonstruck" and "ER,"…
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NEXT BEST THING – NOT NECESSARILY
From some reports the next best thing to seeing "The Next Best Thing," might be to slam your finger in a car…
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BOYS DON'T CRY – WHAT HATRED CAN DO
In the small Nebraska town of Falls City, on December 30, 1993, two men shot and killed Teena Brandon and two of…
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AMERICAN BEAUTY – A CRITICAL SUCCESS
In what has been described as "The Ice Storm plus Lolita," the semi-noir "American Beauty" looks to be one of the year's…
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SERIOUS ROBERTS IS 'ERIN,' THE HEROINE
Julia Roberts is back again, but this time she's not playing a Pretty Woman. Oh, she's still pretty, but serious – she's…
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MOVIE LISTINGS AND REVIEWS
Here's a rundown of what's playing at stateside movie theaters plus reviews of current films.
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SERIOUSLY, ROBERTS IS 'ERIN,' THE HEROINE
Julia Roberts is back again, but this time she's not playing a Pretty Woman. Oh, she's still pretty, but seriously – she's…
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HANGING UP
Sporting some of the best comedic talent in all of filmdom, you'd think Hanging Up would have you rolling in the aisles,…
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HANGING UP
Sporting some of the best comedic talent in all of filmdom, you'd think Hanging Up would have you rolling in the aisles,…
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THE CIDER HOUSE RULES
Making a movie of anything by John Irving is a prodigious undertaking, and Cider House Rules is no exception.
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WONDER BOYS
With a blockbuster cast, headed by Michael Douglas and Frances McDormand, and backed up by Robert Downey Jr. and Tobey Maguire, how…
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THE GREEN MILE
The Green Mile is the distance it feels like between a cell on death row, and the electric chair, fondly known as…
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QUINCY JONES IS FOCUS OF 'CINEMA SUNDAYS' FILM
This weekend's "Cinema Sundays" film — the next-to-last picture scheduled for the Reichhold Center for the Arts program's first year (although that…
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QUINCY JONES IS FOCUS OF REICHHOLD FILM
This weekend's "Cinema Sundays" film — the next-to-last picture scheduled for the Reichhold Center for the Arts program's first year — is…
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MAGNOLIA
At three hours long, and with a cast the size of a "small city," one reviewer says, "Magnolia would have to be…
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DROWNING MONA
Well, when someone drowns Mona (Bette Midler), it's almost a cause for celebration in the quiet, upstate New York town of Verplanck,…
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THE CIDER HOUSE RULES
Making a movie of anything by John Irving is a prodigious undertaking, and Cider House Rules is no exception.
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SWEET AND LOWDOWN
Woody Allen is here again in the world of traditional jazz, with which he is intimate. And, what's more, the critics seem…
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THE TIGGER MOVIE
It's hard, almost impossible, not to fall in love with any of A. A. Milne's characters – except one. Tigger is probably…
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THE BEACH
Everybody's heartthrob, everybody under 18 that is, is back again, and with his shirt off. Oh, my aching heart.
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THE BEACH
Everybody's heartthrob, everybody under 18 that is, is back again, and with his shirt off. Oh, my aching heart.
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DOGMA HAS ALL THE BASICS, AND CRUDE HUMOR
"Dogma," or Good and Evil come to New Jersey, is described as a "fantastic comedy," a "cosmological fun ride," a "not so…
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SUPERNOVA SCI-FI BLOCKBUSTER
This latest venture of noted director Francis Ford Coppola, another "sci-fi blockbuster," apparently falls short of the mark. "Supernova" comes up not…