Movie Reviews & Stories Archives

As the World Burns

While World War II brews in the background, a decadent daytime drama ensues.

Human Traffic is the rave movie that Doug Liman’s Go should have been.

Weaver and Moore share their pain.

Center Stage delivers bloody feet, sexy dancing, and a big dose of inspiration.

I Dreamed of Africa, about one family’s tragic life in Kenya, falls prey to a feeble screenplay.

Gladiator doesn’t lack heroism or spectacle, but its drama is tainted by cowardice.

1970s suburbia, teen lust, immaculate maidens, and looming Catholicism form a volatile blend in The Virgin Suicides.

Incest shatters a calm surface in The War Zone.

A good cast compensates for dubious credibility in Where the Heart Is.

Dennis Quaid and James Caviezel ham it up as a father and son reuniting via radio in Frequency.

Why did the The New Yorker´s Joseph Mitchell stop writing? Let Stanley Tucci explain it all to you.

The cultural tug-of-war in East Is East may be painful for the participants, but it’s engrossing to watch.