At the recommendation of an Art History student I watched "Mona Lisa Smile" this weekend.  Only because I like and ...   more »

I haven't reviewed a movie that I haven't seen in a long time, and won't today.  Instead, I'll review three ...   more »

The incredibly stupid Inspector Clouseau with his sidekick.

I was prepared not to like the new "Pink Panther" movie with ...   more »

My wife and I finished watching the series “Six Feet Under” last night, having run through all five ...   more »

I may have been the only person under the age of 18 not to like "Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse ...   more »

"Strangers with Candy" was one of those short run television shows that is said to have a "cult" following.  I ...   more »

Constant Gardener

Chauncey Gardener

Chauncy Gardener was the retarded butler played by the great Peter Sellers in the classic movie "Being ...   more »

Larry David and David Schwimmer in a better, funnier version of "The Producers" from "Curb Your Enthusiasm"

In reviewing ...   more »

I watched two pretty good and pretty interesting movies recently,  back to back:  "Transamerica" and "The Ringer." 

At first ...   more »

I haven't seen Mission Impossible III, I won't ever go to see it, I won't rent it in a few ...   more »

I finally watched "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" (which I had already named Best Movie Ever as a ...   more »

For no particular reason I rented "Elizabethtown" and "Lord of War" from Blockbuster this weekend.  I rejoined Blockbuster after avoiding ...   more »

Joaquin Phoenix is good, but a little too good looking for the part.

Starting with "Walk the Line" the Johnny ...   more »

A number of new movies are in circulation, none of which I’ve seen, and most off which I probably never ...   more »

I happened to watch "Spanglish" this morning after my wife turned to it on HBO.  It came out over a ...   more »

The Military Channel (part of the Discovery enterprise) premiered the documentary "Raid on the Reactor" last Thursday, February 23 (although ...   more »

People are busy picking who is going to win the Academy Awards.  According to the Washington Post, ...   more »

Annette Benning as Mrs. Harris

Mrs. Harris is an HBO docudrama about the 1980 (or ’81) murder of ...   more »

Saw is not as bad a movie as I thought it would be, but my expectations were quite low, so ...   more »

Here's my list of the ten top movies of 2005, none of which I've seen, by the way.  Okay, it's ...   more »

Zack Braff and Natalie Portman in "Garden State".

"Garden State" came out almost 18 months ago, but I don't watch ...   more »

Steven Spielberg's "War of the Worlds" has some riveting scence  at the start of the film.  This is a Spielbergian ...   more »

Usually I review movies in one of two ways—either I review it without ever having seen the film, and with ...   more »

I've never read a Harry Potter book, although I've bought a bunch for my stepdaughter, who has never read one ...   more »

Today, not only will I review four movies that I have not seen, and in all likelihood will never see, ...   more »

A slew of instantly forgettable new movies came out this weekend.  Expect to find them on video shelves next week.  ...   more »

A lot of new movies out this week.  Herewith I will review a slew of them, none of which ...   more »

Mmmm, Naomi     Poor Samara              Dead Guy

The Ring II is a pale imitation of the original, as I ...   more »

This is a big week for movies.  I actually only go to the movies about once a year.  ...   more »

From time to time I’ll review classic movies I see on TV.  Today Saving Private Ryan which was on ...   more »

The reviews are in for War of the Worlds and they are good.  I expected no less.  As ...   more »

Actually, I'm pretty sure I will like War of the Worlds when I see it (on DVD), because it's a ...   more »