• December 14, 2005
• Action, Adventure, At Home, Drama

The trailers and commercials for the film have hit on all the key points: it’s big, it’s action-packed and it features a scantily clad Naomi Watts doing lots of...

• November 18, 2005
• Adventure, At Home, Family, Fantasy

The first two Harry Potter films, directed by Chris Columbus (of Home Alone infamy) left me restless and glassy-eyed. The films sure looked great, but they were missing a...

• June 19, 2005
• Action, Adventure, Animation, At Home

What I hate about modern Disney movies is the relentless, shove-it-down-your-throat merchandising that comes with every release. Buy the soundtrack! The Happy Meal! The action figures! The t-shirts! The...

• May 6, 2005
• Action, Adventure, At Home, Drama

I’m fairly certain that all my history and religion teachers from high school would heave a sigh of frustration that I remember precious little about the Crusades. I mean,...

• February 23, 2005
• Action, Adventure, At Home

Wait a minute, nobody around here has reviewed Alexander yet?  Not one of us rushed right out to see Oliver Stone’s epic masterpiece?  No one even wanted to see...

• January 29, 2005
• Adventure, At Home, Comedy, Drama

Maybe it’s a side effect of the collective dumbing-down of moviegoing audiences. Maybe it’s because this new comedy starring former bad-boy rapper Ice Cube is a prime example of...

• December 18, 2004
• Action, Adventure, At Home, Drama

Phoenix is something of an ambitious but overblown star vehicle for Dennis Quaid that’s filled to overflowing with gritted teeth (with or without the requisite gnashing), rippling muscles, scenery...

• December 17, 2004
• Adventure, At Home, Comedy, Family

Why do I get a sneaking feeling that I’m going to get flogged for this review? Will this movie be embraced by kids and adults alike, and will I...

• November 10, 2004
• Adventure, Animation, At Home, Family

It seems like there was a moment of head scratching when The Polar Express tanked. It was as though all the CG wizards and Hollywood bigwigs just couldn’t believe...

• July 7, 2004
• Action, Adventure, At Home

At no point do the Knights in King Arthur link arms and sing: “We’re Knights of the Round Table! We dance when e’er we’re able!” Perhaps saddest of all,...

• June 20, 2004
• Action, Adventure, At Home, Comedy

Admittedly, I wasn’t expecting much from this adaptation of the Jules Verne classic, especially since it stars Jackie Chan – whose last two big-screen forays (The Medallion and Shanghai...

• December 20, 2003
• Adventure, At Home, Fantasy

My favorite thing about Lord of the Rings: Return of the King is that I finally figured out that R. Wynn and A.O. Wynn are not related. During the...