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By:
Brian Marder
December 01, 2007 9:56am EST
Much like the title family it depicts so well, The Savages is constantly at odds with itself--hilarious yet heartbreaking, warm yet frigid. The result is one final contradiction: a movie that is tough to swallow, yet one of the year’s best.
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By:
Kit Bowen
October 06, 2007 8:02am EST
The promise of another raunchy R-rated comedy from Ben Stiller and the Farrelly brothers is just too good to pass up, right? Hmmm. The Heartbreak Kid may just make you long for their glory days.
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By:
Kit Bowen
May 25, 2007 7:50am EST
Is this third installment an overblown, drawn-out spectacle with more plot twists than a pretzel factory? Perhaps. Does it still deliver a visually stunning, wham-bam conclusion to a rousing pirate trilogy? Absolutely.
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By:
Jed Dreben
April 17, 2007 12:22pm EST
This unintentionally hysterical romp makes The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift look, well, good. But be careful not to blink, as Redline is sure to be Gone in 60 Seconds.
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By:
Kit Bowen
February 23, 2007 6:04am EST
Billy Bob Thornton finally sheds his Bad Santa-ness to play an everyday hero in the uplifting, if slightly cornball, family drama The Astronaut Farmer.
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By:
Brian Marder
January 16, 2007 10:01am EST
Not even the good ol’ “Inspired by true events” tag can save Primeval from itself. But there’s still time for you to save yourself from Primeval!
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By:
Nicholas White
December 28, 2006 12:05pm EST
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer's destructive power of love gets inside your nostrils and stays there, a visceral tribute to smell.
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By:
WENN.com Source
December 14, 2006 6:23am EST
Ensemble drama Babel leads the nominations at next year's Golden Globe Awards, boasting seven nods including Best Dramatic Picture and an acting accolade for star Brad Pitt.
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By:
Kit Bowen
August 25, 2006 7:58am EST
It’s hard to knock something as inspiring as a true story about a local guy, with no football experience, trying out for his home pro team and making the cut. But Invincible does nothing to improve on the already very tired sports underdog theme.
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By:
Brian Marder
July 27, 2006 4:55am EST
Even with “Oscar season” yet to come, it’s safe to say that Little Miss Sunshine is one of the year’s very best. This inspirational, hilariously sad dysfunctional-family-road-trip dramedy offers absolutely everything--except pretension.