Category: Movie Reviews

Cast: Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Danny DeVito Studio: Columbia Rating: 8/10 orporate Line: Edward Bloom (Albert Finney) has always been a teller of tall-tales about his oversized life as a young man (Ewan McGregor), when his wanderlust led him on an unlikely journey from a small-town in Alabama, around the world,…

Cast: Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, John Rhys-Davies Studio: New Line Cinema Rating: 10/10 Corporate Line: The Fellowship’s journey is coming to an end. Sauron’s forces have attacked Gondor’s capital of Minas Tirith in his final siege against mankind. Watched over by a fading steward, the once great kingdom has never been…

Cast: Matt Damon, Greg Kinnear, Eva Mendes, Cher, Michael Callan Studio: Fox Rating: 5/10 Corporate Line: A comedy about the oppositional relationship that evolves between a set of Siamese twins–conjoined at the torso–named Bob and Walt. They have used their “disability” throughout life to great advantage. For example, they excelled in high school sports, in…

Cast: Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe Studio: Warner Bros. Rating: 9/10 Corporate Line: Set in the late 1870s, this epic film depicts the beginnings of the modernization of Japan, as the island nation evolved past a feudal society, as symbolized by the eradication of the samurai way of life. We see all this happen from the…

Cast: Mike Myers, Spencer Breslin, Dakota Fanning, Alec Baldwin, Sean Hayes Studio: Universal Rating: 5/10 Corporate Line: Mike Myers stars in the title role of Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat, the film adaptation of the beloved literary classic. The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss was first published in 1957, and remains…

Cast: Halle Berry, Penélope Cruz, Robert Downey Jr., Charles S. Dutton, Bernard Hill Studio: Columbia Rating: 2/10 Corporate Line: A criminal psychologist (Berry) awakens to find herself a patient in the very same mental institution in which she works, with no memory of the murder of her husband (Dutton) that she’s accused of committing. As…

Cast: Desiree Lim Studio: Wolfe Video Rating: 4/10 Corporate Line: In this sexy and sassy story, Naomi pays the bills by directing lesbian porn. Her male bosses think her work is too gay; her friends think she’s a sell out. For comfort, Naomi confides in a secret online soul mate called Sugar. Then Naomi gets…

Cast: Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Laurence Fishburne, Hugo Weaving, Jada Pinkett-Smith Studio: Warner Bros. Rating: 7/10 Corporate Line: At the stunning conclusion of The Matrix Reloaded, Neo (KEANU REEVES) took another step forward in the quest for truth that began with his journey into the real world at the outset of The Matrix – but…

Cast: Laura Linney, Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, Laurence Fishburne Studio: Warner Bros. Rating: 8/10 Corporate Line: When they were kids growing up together in a rough section of Boston, Jimmy Markum, Dave Boyle and Sean Devine spent their days playing stickball on the street, the way most boys did in their blue-collar neighborhood…

Cast: John Cusack, Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman, Rachel Weisz, Jennifer Beals Studio: Fox Rating: 6.5/10 Corporate Line: Set in New Orleans, this is the story of a mysterious man, Nick Easter (Cusack) who gets himself on the jury of a landmark case against a gun manufacturer in an attempt to influence the other jury members…