Jersey Girl
March 26, 2004 | Diehard fans of Clerks, Dogma and Chasing Amy likely will be disappointed, if not pained, by the sentimental hokum of Jersey Girl, an atypically sappy effort…
The Italian Job
May 30, 2003 | The arrival of The Italian Job confirms a suspicion raised by such recent releases as Willard, The In-Laws and Sweet November. Apparently, Hollywood moviemakers have run…
In Her Shoes
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…
The Independent
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…
The Incredibles
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…
An Inconvenient Truth
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…
In The Company Of Men
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…
An Ideal Husband
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,…
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…
The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting
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…