The film is at its most moving in those rare moments when it’s capturing the nourishing bonding ritual among a deaf family.
When the series isn’t immersed in pulpy shenanigans, it aspires to be a sort of Bostonian The Wire.
There isn’t a single interesting person in CBS’s dud-on-arrival Person of Interest.
Jean-Claude Van Damme has now fully transitioned into being a parodic shell of his former cartoon-badass self.
Director Catherine Jeffs lucked out when she scored Amy Adams and Emily Blunt to co-star in her mildly pleasing dramedy Sunshine Cleaning.
Substitute The Devil’s Advocate’s satanic legal scheming with unethical sports gambling practices and you’ve got Two for the Money.
For a much-hyped three-disc set, this Mystic River package is a little disappointing, but who cares when the film is this good?
Mystic River is a somber evocation of a poor, close-knit section of Boston on the brink of moral collapse.