Formulaic John Grisham legal thriller (a little bit of lawyering, a lot of dashing about), in which the author adopts an underdog or two, and throws them a steady diet of bones, biscuits, hamburger, filet mignon, as they dodge and run circles round the powerful and the baleful. The latter, …
Serviceable, not overly salacious, perhaps not sufficiently salacious, summary of the sex scandal that brought down the Governor of New York and former State Attorney General, alias “The Sheriff of Wall Street.” (Spitzer himself dutifully takes a spot in the rotation of talking heads: “This goes back to the days …
The ten-minute prologue, of the Rocky Mountain Rescue team in action, should drench the palms of the mildest acrophobe. From there, it's pretty much downhill (so to speak), despite a plane crash, three scattered valises containing $30 million each, and a gang of bad guys who keep trying to outdo …
A purple dinosaur by any other name, this animated PBS staple is given a big screen live action/CGI makeover to mixed results. Darby Camp (Benji, The Christmas Chronicles 1 & 2) stars as the easily teased transplant who earns her classmates respect not so much for being the person she …
Can a beautiful Greek girl (Tania Raymonde) find love with a Turkish Colonel (Billy Zane) during the dawn of the Greek War for Independence? Visual effects supervisor Van Ling takes to the director's chair for his maiden feature.
Christopher Rogers directs this investigation of the issues surrounding the issue of climate change.
Climbing films from around the globe are showcased. From towering peaks to vertigo-inducing cliffs, each film offers a visceral exploration of the diverse facets of climbing culture. Global audiences witnessed the raw power of nature, the camaraderie among climbers, and the profound personal journeys that unfold against the backdrop of …
An over-imaginative eleven-year-old (Henry Thomas), with a superhero named Jack Flack as his imaginary playmate, stumbles upon a real-life espionage plot and is unable to impress the fact on his no-nonsense father (Dabney Coleman, who, with less gray in his hair, also plays Jack Flack). Australian filmmaker Richard Franklin, who …
Spike Lee offers the prospect of a couple of new angles of interest. First is the open acknowledgment of his debt to, or kinship with, Martin Scorsese, who co-produced the movie, and whose frequent actor Harvey Keitel has a leading role in it, and whose two-time scriptwriter Richard Price authored …
Bertrand Tavernier's debut movie is literary perhaps to a fault; his, at this point, uncertain directing style is somewhat in the William Wyler manner of approaching each new scene as a separate strategic problem. The results he gets are uneven, but not devoid of inspiration. His largest success is in …
Tom Swiftian science fiction about a clean teen who comes into possession of a wristwatch which essentially can freeze time, or more accurately can transport its wearer into "hypertime," so that everything around him seems to slow to a standstill. Apart from one escapade of youthful pranks, there's little imagination …