Cemeteries are filled with those whose hearts, although in the right place, simply did not function properly. So it is with “Racing Stripes,” a well-meaning but highly flawed family
It’s rife with sports-movie clichés and conspicuously light on novelty, yet “Coach Carter” still succeeds thanks to an inspirational story, some highly realistic and exciting basketball action, and
With his electrifying portrayal of a contract killer in 1994’s “Pulp Fiction,” Samuel L. Jackson served notice that he was — just like it said on his character’s wallet
Hate to say I told you so, but 12 months ago in an annual exercise in prognostication, I predicted that 2004 was going to be a difficult year. And, boy,
This dopey horror flick from Brit TV director Geoffrey Sax deals in the dubious conceit known as Electronic Voice Phenomenon, which suggests that dead people communicate with the living via
You know what’s coming, doncha? Of course you do. You understand that newspapers are obligated by custom to end each calendar year with a barrage of lists concerning everything
Paul Weitz, who teamed with his brother Chris to direct “American Pie” and “About a Boy,” makes a very impressive solo debut with the incisive comedy “In Good Company,” about
Fresh out of NYU film school, director Nicole Kassell makes her Big League debut with a disturbing portrait of a paroled pedophile’s attempts to re-enter society. “The Woodsman”
As far as living Hollywood legends go, it doesn’t get any bigger than Dustin Hoffman or Robert DeNiro. They’ve been perennial Oscar contenders for over three decades, and
Fans — and they number in the tens of millions — of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s long-running stage phenomenon are likely to revel in filmmaker Joel Schumacher’s highly faithful rendering.
In this unobjectionably hokey remake of the 1965 popcorn flick of the same name, mysterious nerd Elliott (Giovanni Ribisi) convinces his fellow plane crash survivors that the only way to
Cultural integration, yearning for acceptance, and the challenges of bringing up children are the central themes of James L. Brooks’ flawed but pleasant new dramedy, “Spanglish,” the story of a
