There’s little sassiness or swing to this toothless update of the minor late-’60s film that made Michael Caine a star.
The cumbersome Finding Neverland never gets off the ground.
Taylor Hackford’s Ray follows cloying Oscar-season conventions to the note.
A great Christmas present for Mom, unless of course she’s a “castrating Manhattan career bitch,” in which case you’ll want to opt for the pinecone vibrator.
Nothing special in the extras department but Before Sunset is a film that truly speaks for itself.
Rock fans rejoice: Festival Express gets the red-carpet treatment on this two-disc DVD set.
The video is good but the audio is spectacular. Beware though: You may need a hearing aide when you’re through.
The slithering camerawork and claustrophobic compositions help prevent narrative familiarity from breeding utter contempt.
Mike Mitchell’s grating comedy is a tribute to checkbook cheer.
Throughout, the general absence of a score and the delicate, naturalistic cinematography create a mood of enveloping serenity.
This impertinent film benefits from a swashbuckling silliness that matches Gerry Anderson’s mid-’60s cult series Thunderbirds.
The film is an unexceptional depiction of seizing the moment.
It’s hard to chastise QueenLatifah for wanting to safely sit back, buckle up, and survive this comedic car wreck
Unforgivable Blackness proves that, no matter what punches were thrown at Jack Johnson, no one ever wiped that triumphant smile off of his face.
Despite its black sense of humor, Samuel Fuller’s frank vision of combat leaves no room for schmaltz.
Shark Tale made me want to immediately start polluting the ocean.
Murray Lerner’s reverential film carefully dissects the evolution of Miles Davis’s trailblazing sound.
This plot-holed clunker is a mushy ode to maternal devotion embellished with spaced-out sci-fi senselessness.
“What a ride!” says Joel Siegal. “Totally Cool” responds Gene Shalit. It makes me want to throw up to say that they’re kind of right.
The most striking reference point for David Gordon Green’s Undertow is Charles Laughton’s The Night of the Hunter.