A Friend of the Family’s restraint allows it to sidestep some common pitfalls of many a true-crime drama.
The Offer bombards the viewer with stylish characters with puffed-up egos who battle for control of The Godfather.
The film is so economical in its momentum, and its tone of comic wistfulness so uniform, that its string of tableaux rarely feels jerky.
Liza Johnson’s film is generally taken with comfy gags that celebrate these men’s ownership of pop culture.
Mothers and sons deserve an amiable comedy they can share, but this one proves to be faulty long before the requisite freeway breakdown.
The film proves incapable of striking even a faint comedic spark.
Each season of Dexter has started slow before building momentum, and this season is no exception.
Colin Hanks is an oddly unappealing romantic hero, as he projects a disgruntled peevishness that can suggest malevolence.
Two cops, one washed-out show.
The primary reason The Great Buck Howard doesn’t immediately float out of one’s mind is John Malkovich.
Its flaccid, formulaic fantasy is at least more entertaining, and progressive, than the E!’s rancid The Girls Next Door.
Untraceable is like Firewall, except with more shower scenes that feature Diane Lane and no iPods being used to hack mainframes.
The villain may be Untraceable, but it’s easy to pin down the influences of Gregory Hoblit’s serial killer snoozer.
Holy fuckalukadingdong, stoners, Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny makes a very attractive premiere on DVD.
The fact that there even is a Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny comes as something of a miracle.
There are several good reasons why Peter Jackson should not have remade the 1933 classic tale of beauty and the beast.
Good for a Saturday night with friends, though not one for the permanent collection.
Mike White’s jokes are genuinely cutting, especially when boredom and drugs give way to slippery sexuality.