Bringing Out The Dead
October 22, 1999 | Frank Pierce (Nicolas Cage), the walking-wounded protagonist of Bringing Out the Dead, is a New York City paramedic who works the graveyard shift in Hell’s Kitchen.…
Sexy Beast
June 13, 2001 | During the opening minutes of the smashing new movie called Sexy Beast, we see a beefy, middle-aged bloke – quite obviously, not the title character – sunning…
Nobody’s Fool
January 13, 1995 | What is Nobody’s Fool all about? Nothing in particular and everything that matters. How is Paul Newman in the lead role? He doesn’t appear to do anything…
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,…
Independence Day
July 4, 1996 | An extraterrestrial spacecraft the size of Cleveland is hovering over Los Angeles, but Capt. Steven Hill (Will Smith) isn't worried. Yet. "I really don't think," he…
American Outlaws
April 17, 2001 | If you've got a hankering for a little Wild West action, you would do better to giddyap over to your neighborhood video store rather than take…
The Carnivores
Dim echoes of David Lynch and early Roman Polanski abound throughout “The Carnivores,” a fitfully fascinating mix of teasing narrative opacity and stylized psycho-thriller atmospherics. The shot-in-Austin indie feature, originally…
My Darling Vivian
A fascinating and affecting corrective counterpoint to the Johnny Cash myths, “My Darling Vivian” offers a sympathetic portrait of the late country great’s first wife, Vivian Liberto, that stands in stark…
The Etruscan Smile
Brian Cox rages robustly and arrestingly against the dying of the light in “The Etruscan Smile,” an unabashedly formulaic yet undeniably affecting coming-to-terms drama that may cause as much discomfort…
Phoenix, Oregon
To put it simply — and, yes, gratefully — “Phoenix, Oregon” is the sort of movie a lot of us need right now. It’s an undemandingly enjoyable and reassuringly predictable…