Shut Up & Sing (2006)

For a lad who often has one eye cast over the American border this movie makes for illuminating viewing. Reading and hearing about freedom of speech in the land of the free and the home of the brave where one political slur results in a corporate ban from 270 radio stations, CD... [Read more]

The Prince & Me (2004)

When do you know you’ve met the right person, the one you think you can spend the rest of your life with? Page Morgan (Julia Stiles) meets a foreign exchange student who is unlike any of the other men she has met. He quotes Shakespeare, has manners fit for royalty and is... [Read more]

Shadow Man (2006)

I like a movie made on a shoestring when it can provide me with a reasonable plot, able acting, interesting locales, etc. But when the trade-off is continuity, it can be darn hard to stick with it to the end. Here, you’ll find the exteriors don’t match the scenery... [Read more]

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)

Betrayal. It is always a shock to find out that our trust has been breached and it makes you tentative in who you will vest an interest. Lara Croft (Angelina Jolie) attends an auction to meet an old family friend and runs into a rival, Alex West (Daniel Craig) who swiped a prayer... [Read more]

Mother Night (1996)

It is a classic dilemma. Howard W. Campbell (Nick Nolte) is a German sympathizer, a writer and spokesman who promotes the Nazi agenda. He is considered a celebrity with the Reich and a propagandist in America. He also works as a spy for the Americans. But his handlers disappear... [Read more]

Blast (2004)

Trying to save a kid from a group of terrorists led by Michael Kittredge (Vinnie Jones), former Navy Seal Lamont Dixon (Eddie Griffin) tries to swipe a drilling rig’s helicopter. Kittredge has other plans and has the copter swatted by the rig’s crane. All we see is... [Read more]

Dirty Love (2005)

Some things should never be shared. Rebecca (Jenny McCarthy) enters a room only to find Gabe, a one-night-stand, ready for action. He’s propped over a pillow pile with a bass (yep, the fish) shoved up his ass, waiting for her to touch it. Eeeuuuuwwww… ... [Read more]

She’s the One (1996)

How long can you hold on to an idea before it slips into the dangerous territory of obsession? An incident can eat away at you until nothing else about the circumstances matter until you set it right. But it makes you meshuggah. Should you let it go? Of course, but that is easier... [Read more]

Very Bad Things (1998)

How do you know if you’ve made the wrong decision? Most likely, it will be evident in what happens as a result. What do you do if you can’t back out of the choice made? Compound it with another choice that could go wrong too? Sure, why not? It can’t get much... [Read more]

The Whole Ten Yards (2004)

Jealousy is such an insidious sin. It creeps in quietly and grabs hold, twists our brain and leaves us as a shameful shadow of the person we want to be and hope we are. Jill St. Claire (Amanda Peet) is its poster child. The moment her guy, Jimmy “The Tulip” Tudeski... [Read more]

X2: X-Men United (2003)

William Stryker (Brian Cox) has a duplicitous nature. He’ll show one side of his personality to one group and another to the a second one. Unfortunately, for the good guys, he has the ear of the President (Cotter Smith) after an astonishing attempt on his life by the teleporting... [Read more]

Kettle of Fish (2006)

How much are you willing to compromise? After getting kicked out of his girl friend’s apartment, Mel (Matthew Modine) wants his back from a sub-let. Ginger (Gina Gershon), her of the spotty English accent, is now firmly ensconced in it. She’s willing to let him back... [Read more]