Genre Reviews

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Along Came Polly (2004)

Along Came Polly (2004)

Reuben Feffer (Ben Stiller) is a guy who likes things that are safe and well-planned out. He works at a big insurance company, assessing the risks involved in insuring...

Vickie
Cheaper By the Dozen (2003)

Cheaper By The Dozen (2003)

Q: What’s the fastest way to suck all the humor and dignity out of two funny and talented actors? A: Make them the half-witted parents of TWELVE obnoxious children....

Vickie
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

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...

Max
Honey (2003)

Honey (2003)

Before we begin, let us first have a moment of silence in honor of the part of my soul that died after seeing this movie. Alright, that’s long enough....

Linda
Normal (2003)

Normal (2003)

Tom Wilkinson plays Roy, a small-town Midwestern husband and father, and Jessica Lange plays his old-fashioned and sensible wife Irma. Roy faints at a party celebrating his and his...

Linda
April's Shower (2003)

April’s Shower (2003)

The fact that April’s Shower, a tedious, middling “romantic comedy,” not only made the cut for this year’s Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, but was featured as a centerpiece...

Linda
Elf (2003)

Elf (2003)

Elf is cute. It’s a sweet little movie with some clever jokes, good performances and a nice message. I liked it. But, as my sister so wisely pointed out...

Vickie
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

Like the Southern home cooking featured so prominently in the film, Fried Green Tomatoes sticks to your ribs. Its characters take up residence in your mind and stay with...

Jennifer
Latter Days (2003)

Latter Days (2003)

L.A. pretty-boy Christian (Wesley A. Ramsey) is blessed with modelesque good looks, and the effortless ability to pick up and take home any man he wants—even if the guy...

Linda
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

After the huge popular and critical success of Raiders of the Lost Ark, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas cruised on their egos and made the dark, unfunny, and overall...

Linda
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

Until I rewatched Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom recently, I had forever associated the film with getting my teeth drilled. Literally. You see, the last time I...

Linda
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

Ah, yes, it was the summer of 1981… I was 11 years old, and all of us neighborhood kids whiled away our time playing Space Invaders, furiously working on...

Linda