• 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 28, 2004
• At Home, Drama, Science Fiction

The film is a dreamy, surreal, CGI- and bluescreen-heavy sci-fi fantasy adventure film that plays out in an overly complex and often convoluted manner but remains strangely, and almost...

• December 27, 2004
• At Home, Drama, War

Though I am often swayed and a bit star-struck when a director I admire—in this case Jean-Pierre Jeunet (City of Lost Children, Amélie)—is presenting his own film, as was...

• 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...

• December 3, 2004
• At Home, Drama, Romance

It’s clear pretty much from the outset that all involved felt they were making A Big Important Drama and that dreams of Oscar danced in their heads, but the...

• November 24, 2004
• At Home, Comedy, Family

I haven’t read the John Grisham novella Skipping Christmas on which this film is based, but several of my friends have and many of them are refusing to see...

• November 11, 2004
• At Home, Comedy, Drama, Romance

Jude Law had six films on his resumé for 2004 (still to come were Closer, his cameo in The Aviator and his role as narrator for Lemony Snicket’s A...

• 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...

• October 29, 2004
• At Home, Drama, Television

I’ve told myself that don’t watch soaps, but Queer as Folk is just another example of how I lie to myself more often than is healthy. Let’s just say...

• October 21, 2004
• Action, At Home, Drama

Films about transgendered people aren’t exactly filling up the multi-plexes. For that reason alone, Beautiful Boxer is pretty special. But to its credit, it is actually a pretty charming...

• October 6, 2004
• Action, At Home, Comedy, Crime

With an arguably weak script on which to base its antics, Taxi is constantly struggling to create comic moments but the attempts repeatedly fizzle out. The story follows perpetual...