Mission: Impossible II (2000)
The mission of this film lies in the impossible stunts and effects, not in Ethan Hunt's (Cruise's) assignment to save humanity from a killer virus. Indeed, you'd have thought that
Ab-Normal Beauty (Sei mong se jun) (2004)
Jiney (Race Wong) is a pretty young student who disses boys to instead go out and take photos with her best friend Jas (Race's real-life sister Rosanne Wong). She is
American Pie (1999)
Not to be bitter or anything (as I grumble, "Goddamn kids these days..." and bang my cane on the floor), but I don't think that the teenage movies of my
The Da Vinci Code (2006)
Lying dead on the screen and lacking momentum almost entirely, the movie version of The Da Vinci Code takes what should be a suspense-filled treasure hunt and turns it into
Down in the Valley (2005)
That’s good. I like that kind of thing. But it’s also one of those movies that falls apart in its final 30 minutes or so, dragging out its action and
Munich (2005)
Though Steven Spielberg's established his career with a series of great popcorn flicks (like Close Encounters, Jaws, and E.T.), but these days it seems he sleepwalks through his films unless
An Unfinished Life (2005)
A long time ago there was a spoof of a Japanese television show on Saturday Night Live. In it, a father commanded his son to do his homework, and when
American Dreamz
Given the pedigree of its filmmaking team (About a Boy, In Good Company), I had high hopes for this satire of American pop culture and, more specifically, American Idol. But
