Van Johnson
The quintessential blue-eyed, blonde-haired, freckle-faced Boy Next Door, Van Johnson was the son of a Rhode Island plumbing contractor. Making his Broadway bow in The New Faces of 1936, Johnson spent...
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BirthDate BirthPlace |
08/19/1916
Newport, RI |
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Lady in the Water Review
July 21, 2006 5:13am ESTThe fantastical Lady in the Water—M. Night Shyamalan’s most wildly imaginative yet obscure work to date—will probably disappoint those looking for that certain Shyamalan je n’sais quoi. Still, you can’t fault the guy for being a true original.
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My Super Ex-Girlfriend Review
July 21, 2006 5:12am ESTHow can a movie with such talented performers and such an original concept seem so entirely like a re-tread? Help them Superman!
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Over the Hedge Review
May 26, 2006 5:42am ESTLeave it to a bunch of hilarious woodland critters to teach us suburbia-bound humans a few things about living life Over the Hedge.
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See No Evil Review
May 19, 2006 11:48am ESTIf you like stories about psychotic killers, See No Evil will make Halloween’s Mike Myers look like a sissy.
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The Wild Review
April 14, 2006 6:02am ESTIn a cross between Finding Nemo and Madagascar, with a little Lion King thrown in for good measure, Disney’s The Wild is just plain old tired derivativeness. Maybe we should chalk this one up to bad timing.
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ATL Review
March 31, 2006 9:20am ESTWith very little violence (and no body count), the rapper-filled ATL is a change of pace from your typical urban movie.
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Dave Chappelle's Block Party Review
March 03, 2006 11:05am ESTNot a Dave Chappelle fan? Stay away from his Block Party, because it might force you to switch teams. The other 99.9 percent of the world will be in Chappelle heaven: the musical dream team is sublime, with an even better MC---that is, Master of Charisma... If only the film was longer!
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Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion Review
February 24, 2006 10:37am ESTTyler Perry’s Madea’s Family Reunion provides little more than very good acting. Tyler Perry’s uneven story matches his uneven story-telling and makes one wonder how this really works so well on the stage.
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Date Movie Review
February 17, 2006 9:22am ESTDate Movie is as crude, tasteless and cheap as a movie the Farrelly brothers might’ve made during adolescence. And since the year has only just begun, let’s tack on 2005 and proclaim this the worst movie of the last year and a quarter… Oh, what the hell—the last decade.
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Curious George Review
February 13, 2006 10:36am ESTCurious George certainly caters to the six and under set. But take comfort in knowing that bolstered by rich animation, comic antics and a pop soundtrack, Curious George is an adorable and heartening adaptation that does the classic children’s tale justice.
