Ocean’s Thirteen (2007)
One wonders how much my enjoyment of this third installment of the Oceans series is influenced by the fact that the second, Ocean’s Twelve, had been a disappointment to most of those who loved Ocean’s Eleven. Perhaps it...
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Hail, Caesar! (2016)
Although I’ve enjoyed most of the films of Joel and Ethan Coen (Inside Llewyn Davis, True Grit), there are occasional films, usually their comedies, in which I find little to connect with. The Ladykillers is a primary...
Syriana (2005)
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...
Batman & Robin (1997)
“Batman smells — Robin laid an egg.” I couldn’t get these words to the famous “Jingle Bells” parody out of my head while watching what might be the worst mega-budget fiasco of the decade. By...
Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
Although it will probably be seen as the least “Coen” of the Coen brothers’ films, Intolerable Cruelty is still unmistakably theirs. Like many of their previous films (Hudsucker Proxy, Miller’s Crossing, Barton Fink, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, The...
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
Chuck Barris is perhaps best known as the host of “The Gong Show,” a talent show of the weirdest and wildest amateur acts from around the country. To a lesser extent, he is known...
Solaris (2002)
First off, I have to say that if you aren’t prepared to see a pure science fiction film, with all of the maturity and complexity that the term implies, you probably are better off...
Ocean’s Eleven (2001)
The amazing Steven Soderbergh is at it again, showing a mastery of a new genre with almost every film he’s made. After the Academy Award nominated films Erin Brockovich and Traffic, Soderbergh goes for a fun and...
The Perfect Storm (2000)
Based on real events that happened back in 1991, and chronicled in Sebastian Junger’s bestseller, this is a mostly speculative account of what happened on board a fishing vessel in the North Atlantic which...
Three Kings (1999)
A quartet of American soldiers in the waning days of the Gulf War find a map that leads to a massive stash of Kuwaiti gold held by Saddam Hussein’s forces. Getting the gold proves...