 | Thanks to Brokeback Mountain, I Try Not to Drop Things. 4 out of 12 people found this review helpful
Ennis tells Jack about something he saw as a boy. "There were two old guys shacked up together. They were the joke of the town, even though they were pretty tough old birds." One day they were found b... read full review |
 | King Kong: Beauty Killed The Beast 3 out of 6 people found this review helpful
There are astonishments to behold in Peter Jackson's new "King Kong," but one sequence, relatively subdued, holds the key to the movie's success. Kong has captured Ann Darrow and carried her... read full review |
 | Great Flick 4 Sure. 3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
``Les Miserables'' is like a perfectly respectable Classics Illustrated version of the Victor Hugo novel. It contains the moments of high drama, clearly outlines all the motivations, is easy to follow... read full review |
 | Wedding Crashers.. Crashed Hard. 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
"Wedding Crashers" is all runway and no takeoff. It assembles the elements for a laugh-out-loud comedy, but it can't make them fly. There are individual moments that are very funny. But it takes ... read full review |
 | Napoleon Dynamite: I Liked It No Matter What I Say.... 1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
There is a kind of studied stupidity that sometimes passes as humor, and Jared Hess' "Napoleon Dynamite" pushes it as far as it can go. Its hero is the kind of nerd other nerds avoid, and the mov... read full review |
 | Sometimes I Cut Myself to See How Long I Can Take It... 1 out of 5 people found this review helpful
"Crash" tells interlocking stories of whites, blacks, Latinos, Koreans, Iranians, cops and criminals, the rich and the poor, the powerful and powerless, all defined in one way or another by racism. Al... read full review |
 | Howard On Howard 1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Howard Stern has been accused of a lot of things, but he has never been accused of being dumb. With ``Private Parts,'' his surprisingly sweet new movie, he makes a canny career move: Here is radio... read full review |
 | Brother Bear: Entertaining, But Forgettable. Disney's "Brother Bear" is more mystical and New Age than your average animated movie about animals, although it does have a couple of talking moose and a cute cubby bear. It's ambitious in ... read full review |
 | Man on Fire: Worth Watching. Tony Scott's "Man on Fire" employs superb craftsmanship and a powerful Denzel Washington performance in an attempt to elevate genre material above its natural level, but it fails. The underlying ... read full review |
 | Anchorman! The Legend of Ron Burgundy.. Great Flick! Sometimes the key to satire is to stay fairly close to the source. "Anchorman," like "This Is Spinal Tap," works best when it's only a degree or two removed from the excesses of the rea... read full review |
