31 Dec 2008
A potentially exceptional story is told in a flatly unexceptional manner in “Defiance.” True-life yarn of a band of Jewish brothers who led a small but .. read more
31 Dec 2008
Onstage, British playwright C.P. Taylor's "Good" excited less for its rather obvious parable of moral corruption than for the cinematic sweep of events as a .. read more
24 Dec 2008
The initial audience for this pungent critique of the soul-damaging, ball-busting desolation of the American suburbs of the postwar era might be "Titanic's" .. read more
24 Dec 2008
Imagine Paddy Chayefsky's "Marty" saddled with more sentimentality and sprinkled with a few more laughs and you pretty much have "Last Chance Harvey." This .. read more
25 Dec 2008
Despite its blaring phantasmagoria and hallucinatory nostalgia, the central image of Ari Folman's utterly spellbinding Waltz with Bashir is one of .. read more
25 Dec 2008
Has Adam Sandler been defanged? "Bedtime Stories" is his first family-friendly comedy, not to mention his first for the Disney banner. But if Sandler can .. read more
24 Dec 2008
A slain cop is resurrected as a masked crime-fighter in "The Spirit," but Frank Miller's solo writing-directing debut plunges into a watery grave early on .. read more
31 Dec 2008
Unique script, and very good performances. It felt a bit Forrest Gumpish ...
23 Dec 2008
The Marley in Fox's sentimental dramedy "Marley & Me" is a canine that bears scant resemblance to such film heroes as Rin Tin Tin, Lassie or Old Yeller. He .. read more
23 Dec 2008
After a long takeoff, "Valkyrie" finally takes flight as a thriller in its second half but never soars very high. Bryan Singer's long-awaited account of the .. read more