“Where in the World is Osama bin Laden?” — To say that “Super Size Me” director’s Morgan Spurlock latest documentary is a gimmick would be a gross understatement. It’s also a given — that’s Spurlock’s trademark modus operandi.
For her first film since 1999’s “Boys Don’t Cry,” the raw drama that earned Hilary Swank the first of her two best-actress Academy Awards, Kimberly Peirce initially wanted to make a documentary about soldiers who had fought in the Iraq war.
“Untraceable” is one of those deplorably gratuitous movies that wants to have it both ways, but gets nothing right.
Llewelyn Moss is a decent-enough guy who makes a poor decision.
“Michael Clayton” might have been a standard thriller — one that’s as generic and forgettable as the title itself — were it not for some sharp writing from Tony Gilroy and an intelligent, subtly powerful performance from George Clooney.
In James Gray’s “The Yards,” Mark Wahlberg played an ex-con drawn back into crime by buddy Joaquin Phoenix.
I was told by an editor that I was going to be the first person on the planet to write a negative review of “Superbad,” but it’s just not in me. Let’s face it, the movie is awesome and there is nothing anyone can do about it.
Staff writer Justin Cripe gives "Transformers" 3 1/2 maple leaves.
Harry Potter seems to be living the same school year over and over. And it’s starting to wear thin.
Four out of five leaves
The name of the movie is “Shooter,” and for a while director Antoine Fuqua is right on target with this claustrophobic tale of conspiracies, lies and double-crosses.
4 out of 5 leaves
I first discovered Terabithia about 16 years ago. As a young bookworm, my copy of Katherine Paterson’s book was well worn from many readings.
1 out of 5 leaves
When the recent wave of live-action movie versions of Marvel comics started, many Marvel aficionados, myself among them, were overjoyed.
4 out of 5 leaves
When a guy hears that a movie was directed by the same person who gave America the tear-jerker “The Notebook,” he’s likely to not give the film a second thought.
In the case of “Alpha Dog,” go against that instinct.
Three out of five maple leaves
Two stars out of four.
Hilary Swank and the makers of “Freedom Writers” have the solution to all the troubles facing public-school classrooms seething with racial intolerance and hatred.
Three stars out of four
Two stars out of four.
Reviewer gives it four out of five leaves.
Borat has a joke, and it’s on all of us.
November 16, 2006
There is a lot of blood in “Saw III.” No, seriously. A lot.
In what has become an annual Halloween tradition, the third film in the “Saw” franchise hit theaters recently.
Riveting, engaging and entertaining. Three words I never planned to use in reference to a Kevin Costner movie since “Waterworld.” But in “The Guardian,” Costner’s performance may very well rescue his near-drowned career.
