Deco (Lazaro Ramos) and Naldhino (Wagner Moura) are lifelong friends eking out a meager living running cargo along the waterfront area of Salvador in the Brazilian state of Bahia. After
While mulling over the many things I disliked about “Nacho Libre,” which stars Jack Black as a doughy Mexican doofus determined to realize a lifelong dream of becoming a Lucha
Like the passengers aboard the doomed titular ocean liner, most filmgoers who venture into theaters to see “Poseidon” won’t know what hit ‘em until it’s too late. This
Despite having hatched an exceedingly high concept, writer-director David Jacobson (“Dahmer”) fails to achieve tremendous elevation in “Down in the Valley,” an ambitious but imperfect modern-day take on
Tom Cruise’s curious behavior over the past year or so suggests his sanity may have done a header off Oprah’s couch, but Cruise’s gung-ho performance in
■ STICK TO THE SCRIPPS: Fishburne and Palmer spell it out.
You may be wondering whether another spelling bee movie is really necessary. The answer is A-B-S-O-L-
■UNITED TILL THE END: ‘93’ is moving testament to courage.
Several days have passed since I screened “United 93” and I’ve since spent quite some time staring at a
Why are sinister Russian assassins who inexplicably haven’t experienced the Cold War thaw trying to kill America’s President? How were they able to infiltrate the highest levels of
If his latest film is to do brisk box office business, writer-director Paul Weitz (“In Good Company,” “About a Boy”) had best be right about its central conceit: In
Proving yet again that he is one of the most versatile actors working in film today, Chiwetel Ejiofor (“Inside Man,” “Dirty Pretty Things”) is ab-so-fab as a lounge-
