Men In Black
July 2, 1997 | There is a marvelous blend of kicky exuberance and deadpan drollery throughout Men in Black, a tongue-in-cheek sci-fi action-adventure that leaves Batman and Robin far behind,…
Max
December 27, 2002 | Several people who really should know better have condemned Max without actually bothering to see it. Indeed, I know of at least one respected critic who…
Matrix Reloaded
May 15, 2003 | In the last exciting episode of The Matrix, future-worldly computer hacker Thomas Anderson (Keanu Reeves) discovered his true calling as savior of humankind. Renaming himself Neo,…
Man On The Train
May 9, 2003 | Charged with alternating currents of dry wit and existential grace, Patrice Leconte's Man on the Train is a subtly magical drama about the unlikely bonding of…
Man On Fire
April 23, 2004 | Revenge is sour and Denzel Washington is dour in Man on Fire, a grimly efficient but distractingly pretentious revenge thriller about a burnt-out CIA operative who gets…
Maid In Manhattan
December 12, 2002 | Adjectives such as “nice” and “pleasant” may seem like left-handed compliments – or, worse, ironic putdowns – in an era when too of what passes for film…
Magnolia
January 7, 2000 | You barely have a chance to get comfortable in your seat before the wild ride begins in Magnolia. With equal measures of deadpan cool and breathless…
Love Actually
November 7, 2003 | Richard Curtis, the screenwriter of Notting Hill and Four Weddings and Funeral, graduates to multi-hyphenate status with Love Actually , and it's altogether appropriate to grant…
The Lonely Lady
September 30, 1983 | In The Lonely Lady, a sleazy soap opera based on a Harold Robbins potboiler, Pia Zadora, the world’s oldest living nymphet, plays JeriLee Randall, a would-be writer…
Left Behind
February 4, 2001 | If you hear the word “rapture” and don’t immediately think of a golden oldie by Blondie, you may be part of the target audience for Left…