Nicole Kidman bolsters her reputation as the most gifted top-of-the-marquee actress in the business with a powerhouse performance in Jonathan Glazer’s arresting metaphysical love story, “Birth.
“Three” seems a more appropriate title for this grisly offering from first-time director James Wan, because it isn’t half the movie “Seven” is. Doing his best to mimic
Like fellow “In Living Color” alum Jim Carrey, Jamie Foxx’s first film was a screwball comedy. Though their hilarious turns in “Ace Ventura” and “Booty Call” won’t soon
Believe the hype: Jamie Foxx is as good as advertised in this highly entertaining biopic about the late, great Ray Charles. With one virtuoso performance befitting the virtuoso he’s
Let’s cut to the chase: “Sideways” is a fantastic movie from Alexander Payne, who may very well be America’s most provocative cinematic storyteller. There’s so much to
The holiday season’s first lump of coal arrives this week in the form of a Ben Affleck vehicle that is so relentlessly awful, it’s a wonder it survived
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“The Grudge” is the latest Americanized version of a commercially successful, albeit humdrum Japanese horror flick (with many more to come over the next two years), but unlike “The
Seems like only yesterday Sarah Michelle Gellar was a bright-eyed bobby-soxer battling bloodsuckers on TV’s “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” Though the 27-year-old actress is no
Shall we dance? Depends on whether you find appealing the prospect of two hours spent watching Richard Gere’s bored, workaholic lawyer rediscover — in true Hollywood by the numbers fashion
The thesis put forth by writer-director Dylan Kidd (“Roger Dodger”) in his wistful, somewhat torpid romantic drama “P.S.” is that absent any material obstacles to love, human beings
In “Stage Beauty,” director Richard Eyre and writer Jeffrey Hatcher take what little is known about a cross-dressing 17th century British actor named Ned Kynaston and run with it,
Beautiful. Controversial. Opinionated. Brilliant. All apropos adjectives with which to describe Susan Sarandon, the celebrated leading lady who commands attention on and offscreen. Her fil-mography is awash with titles
