September 24, 2005 | Maggie (Cameron Diaz) is hearty-partying hottie who never stays at any job, or with any man, for very long. She is such a stunner that she rarely…

November 30, 2001  |  Before deciding whether to see The Independent , you should take the following pop quiz: A.) Do you include biker flicks, women-in-prison melodramas and no-budget monster…

November 5, 2004 | The most amazing thing about The Incredibles is the movie's miraculous ability to cloud your mind: For wondrously long stretches of this super-powerful spectacle, you actually…

June 23, 2006 | Just about everything you’ve heard about An Inconvenient Truth is true. It’s a cautionary documentary about global warming, crammed with distressing facts and disturbing figures, presented in…

August 1, 1997 |  A couple of white guys sitting around talking: Chad (Aaron Eckhart) and Howard (Matt Malloy), two white-collar, mid-level executives for an unnamed corporation, on their way…

June 18, 1999 |  An Ideal Husband usually isn’t ranked among Oscar Wilde’s very best works, and that may work to the advantage of the new film adaptation. After all,…

July 26, 1985 |  All people who write at length about the arts -- drama professors, film critics, art historians, you name it -- are motivated on some level by…

March 25, 1994 | With Blood Simple, Raising Arizona and Barton Fink, Joel and Ethan Coen have perfected a trademark mixture of deadpan humor and visual hyperbole.  The Hudsucker Proxy offers more…

February 7, 2003 | Have you ever noticed how many romantic comedies – particularly romantic comedies set in Manhattan -- revolve around assumed identities or improbable wagers? The people who made…