by Vincent Leo · Published February 11, 2006 · Last modified December 14, 2019
It may not meet the standards of some groups as to its historical accuracy, but Steven Spielberg’s Munich nevertheless is engaging and thought-provoking moviemaking of the highest order. Munich marks the second time that the aftermath...
Six years after the modestly funny Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, this superfluous sequel emerges, only this time, the balance between likeably kooky characters and gross-out gags is too far skewed toward the latter. There’s little...
It’s not quite a biography about famous writer Truman Capote so much as a biographical account of the making of his most famous work, In Cold Blood, during the 1960s. It would be a landmark...
It may be nearly wholly anecdotal material, but Jarhead is a war film not quite like the others, as this one shows almost exclusively what it’s like to be a soldier during those times when there...
It’s evident to anyone that has seen enough historical or biographical movies that the term “Based on a true story” has no real, practical meaning. Hollywood has almost always changed the real story of...
Nicely directed by quirky filmmaker Jim Jarmusch, and just as nicely performed in the comic subtlety department by veteran Bill Murray, Broken Flowers may lose more mainstream audiences expecting an obvious laugh riot, but those looking...
Sumptuously presented, as befitting a best-selling period novel of this nature, and as long as you aren’t expecting to be awed by it, given the fuss this adaptation has generated for years, Memoirs of a...
Inevitable comparisons to the previous musical biopic, Ray, are almost a given, especially since both films cover similar ground. Both films are about the early careers of legendary songwriters and performers with tragic pasts, drug...
Gripping in parts, convoluted and stagnant in others, Syriana is screenwriter Steven Gaghan’s attempt to provide an insider’s peek into the varying forces at play in the continuing Middle Eastern oil and terrorism struggles, similar...
Fun with Dick and Jane is a loose remake of the 1977 George Segal/Jane Fonda film of the same name, revamped to incorporate a running commentary on the greed and corruption of corporate America,...
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