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…

April 2, 2004 |  Although Home on the Range wears the Walt Disney brand, this animated Western seems closer in style and spirit to the anything-goes anarchy of a Looney…

May 3, 2002 | Early in Hollywood Ending, the most satisfying Woody Allen comedy since 1998’s criminally under-rated and corrosively funny Celebrity, there’s a party scene in which someone mentions Alfred…

February 13, 2004 |  To paraphrase Jim Morrison: There's a killer on the road… again. Back in 1986, director Robert Harmon unleashed The Hitcher , his cult-fave shocker about a…

March 31, 2000 | It’s got a great beat – and, yes, thanks to a nifty soundtrack of tasty pop classics, you really can dance to it – so I’ll rate…

June 28, 2002 | Unless someone sets fire to your living room, there's no pressing reason to leave home to see Hey Arnold! The Movie at your friendly neighborhood megaplex.…

April 2, 2004 |  He is, quite literally, a spawn of hell: Bright red, festooned with horns and pointed tail, a massive and muscular fellow with a misshapen right hand…

;November 9, 2001 | Joe Moore (Gene Hackman) is a professional thief, and he has been very good at his work for a very long time. He prides himself on…

February 12, 1985 | Speaking as the product -- some might say the victim -- of a Catholic elementary and high school education, I must say I found Heaven Help Us…