• November 22, 2006
• At Home, Comedy, Family

Like a steaming cinematic turd, this hollow and horrible Christmas comedy arrives on screens just in time to disappoint families for the holidays. I’m not sure what happened to...

• January 13, 2006
• Adventure, At Home, Comedy, Drama

Queen Latifah has a wonderful screen presence, and is often the best thing in some crappy movies (like the dreadfully dumb Bringing Down the House with Steve Martin). With...

• 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 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...

• November 7, 2003
• At Home, Comedy, Family, Fantasy

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...

• November 23, 2002
• Animation, At Home, Family

Remember that time when a nice girl named Belle was held prisoner by a gruff beast named Beast?  And he was bitter and ate sloppily and had all sorts...