July 12, 2002 | What Eric Schaeffer has accomplished with Never Again may not, strictly speaking, qualify as revolutionary. But it's defiantly and delightfully against the grain. Blithely ignoring contemporary trends and…

May 30, 2003 | It's fin-tastic! It's must-sea entertainment! It's a whale of a tale! It's… It's… Sorry about that. I just couldn't resist the possibilities for punning while trolling…

August 1, 1996 | Pierre Arnaud (Michel Serrault) is an aging Parisian gentleman of courtly manner and considerable means. Elegant in his speech and impeccable in his dress, he reveals little…

April 5, 2002 | Memo to Alanis Morissette: Isn’t this ironic? This weekend, Big Trouble fails to satisfy largely because some exceptionally talented folks try much too hard, and the effort shows.…

October 3, 2003 |  Like some piercingly melancholy, way-past-midnight riff of jazz piano, Mystic River can chill you to the bone even while it breaks your heart. Its setting is…

August 6, 1999 | Even if the Fantastic Four or the X-Men maintained a farm system, some crime fighters still wouldn’t make the grade as Class A minor-leaguers. But would that keep…

JULY 20, 1998 | You probably haven't heard a lot about writer-director Noah Baumbach yet. Trust me, you will. Mr. Jealousy is only his second feature -- after his well-received debut,…

February 8, 1991 | Walter and India Bridge are among the rigorously proper residents of the extremely proper community of Kansas City. The times may be changing -- the complacent 1930s are…

May 18, 2001 | Baz Luhrmann's incessantly sensational Moulin Rouge is a surreal, supercharged whirligig of artifice and feeling, irony and intensity. Set in an exuberantly decadent dreamworld of 1900…

September 25, 1998 | Denis Leary, the acerbic standup comic and motor-oil pitchman with the in-your-face attitude, firmly establishes himself  as a full-fledged film actor in Monument Ave., a sharply observed…