Movie Reviews

If turning on a DVD to get stuck in the subway for two hours may not be something that sounds like a swell plan for getting away from it all, the underground thriller The Taking Of Pelham 123 is not likely to change your mind on that score.

At the same time, his miraculous recovery as the sole survivor of the pestilence, brings him unwelcome celebrity as a faith healer dubbed The Bandaged Saint.

Morale in the studio is so low that crew members have begun bickering with each other, even co-hosts Georgia (Cheryl Hines) and Larry Redding (John Michael Higgins) who happen to be married to each other.

The Men Who Stare at Goats (R for profanity, drug use and brief nudity) Screen adaptation of the Jon Ronson best seller about a reporter (Ewan McGregor) covering the War in Iraq who stumbles upon the story of a lifetime.

Were the yogis they encountered really capable of cosmic healing, or was the industry just a sham scamming millions of Westerners inclined to consume spirituality in the same way they way buy sneakers and hot dogs?

What makes this documentary so compelling are the reams of archival footage which allow us to witness, firsthand, the fighting, the peace demonstrations and the negotiations which led to the ouster of the corrupt Americo-Liberian Taylor.

Borat, a shock comedy chronicling the misadventures of a crass journalist from Kazakhstan as he traveled across the U.S., was, in this critic's opinion, the funniest film of 2006.

A series of clandestine meetings were set up by Michael Young (Jonny Lee Miller) an executive with Consolidated Goldfields, a British mining company with financial interests in the region and thus a big stake in a smooth transition to majority rule

The bad news is that Carrey in his eagerness, is completely unrecognizable in emaciated and beaknosed Scrooge parody makeover, as he melts irrevocably into his multiple personas.

American soldiers heading off to Middle East war zones may be a diverse range of youth from around the country, but one thing in common most seem to share is tattoos.

Precious is finally arriving in theaters after being the beneficiary of practically a year's worth of buzz since winning a trio of trophies at Sundance, including that prestigious film festival's equivalent of Best Picture.

Thomas Middleditch is Justin Frost in Splinterheads, the designated geek loser still living at home with his mom in a bucolic suburb, while drudging for chump change on occasion by mowing lawns with chubby comrade, Wayne (Jason Rogel).

After selling his business, and abandoning screenplays, Lee began managing such actors as Loretta Divine, Michael Shannon, Nastassja Kinski, and Aishwarya Rai.

Chinese movies under the new capitalism tend to dwell not only on the journey across life, but through a damaged and baffling world as well.

Ashton Kutcher is Nikki in Spread, a glum gigolo on a tell-all Hollywood mission, in weird advisory player capacity to the audience.

After Thomas (Benno Furmann) inherits his mother's house, he decides to return to his hometown to live. However, tiny Jerichow is located in a desolate region of northeastern Germany presently plagued by economic plight.

Philippe lets himself out of the couple's townhouse just as her spouse is about to enter, leaving it to his disheveled mistress to explain exactly who the handsome stranger he just passed was.

Baby Mama Dearest, but minus the coat hangers and Hollywood mansion, the ironically titled Precious wallows in anything but.

How to Seduce Difficult Women (Unrated) NYC battle-of-the-sexes comedy about a Frenchman (Louis-Do de Lencquesaing) teaching a course in womanizing to a class of romantically-challenged males.

Directed by Harry Potter's Chris Columbus and based on the novel by screenwriter Larry Doyle (The Simpsons), I Love You, Beth Cooper stars Paul Rust as clownish valedictorian debating team geek, Denis Cooverman.