Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
March 7, 2008 | According to the credits, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day is based on a well-regarded, recently rediscovered 1938 novel by British author Winifred Watson. But you…
The Ice Harvest
November 23, 2005 | It’s the night before Christmas, and all through Wichita, mob-connected lawyer Charlie Arglist (John Cusack) is making all the wrong moves. He’s a bit too generous…
The Great Debaters
December 24, 2007 | Resolved: The Great Debaters is an emotionally and dramatically satisfying piece of work, solidly crafted and intelligently affecting. Arriving just in time to provide a heaping…
The Day the Earth Stood Still
December 12, 2008 | Arguably the worst reconstitution of a ‘50s sci-fi classic since the ghastly Godzilla remake – that 1998 travesty made by boneheads who forgot the Original Gangsta Lizard…
The Day After Tomorrow
May 27, 2004 | Los Angeles has been razed by multiple tornadoes. New Delhi has been blanketed with a phenomenal snowfall. Tokyo has been pummeled by hailstones that David Letterman might…
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 3 Days
February 15, 2008 | In the world according to 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, Cristian Mungiu’s bleakly fascinating view of life in Romania near the end of Nicolae Ceauşescu’s iron-fisted rule,…
Angel Eyes
May 18, 2001 | About 45 minutes into Angel Eyes, a riveting drama about wounded hearts and second chances, I was struck by the sudden realization that I had no…
Analyze This
March 5, 1999 | You don't have to be Sigmund Freud, or even Oprah Winfrey, to figure that panic attacks, unseemly sensitivity and a readiness to cry out loud can be serious…
Batman and Robin
June 20, 1997 | As the Batman movie series continues apace, things are getting entirely out of hand. It started out simply enough with just one brooding hero (played by…
Beauty Shop
March 30, 2005 | As Chris Rock noted during the recent Oscarcast, location is everything when it comes to comedies aimed primarily at what showbiz trade papers euphemistically describe as…