"The Upside of Anger" is an engrossing romantic comedy-drama from director-screenwriter Mike Binder ("Fourplay" 2001). Joan Allen plays a woman who must deal numerous problems, including her husband running off with another woman, having four daughters around the house, and more. [..]

"The 40-Year-Old Virgin" is a romantic comedy where Steve Carrell plays an electronics store employee whose co-workers try to help him out in his romantic life. Producer-director Judd Apatow has made a comedy in his directorial debut that is surprisingly in good taste and engages in only [..]

"Intolerance" was director D. W. Griffith's response in part to heavy criticism he received for his previous film, "The Birth of a Nation" (1915). This movie featured four storylines about historical accounts of examples of people's perseverance against adverse conditions. They include a contemporary crime drama, [..]

"Walk the Line" is a marvelous biopic about the life and career of Johnny Cash, focusing on his relationship with wife June Carter Cash. Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon captured the essence of the stars' personalities, even in the numerous musical numbers. Both were nominated for [..]

"Must Love Dogs" is the conventional romantic comedy that we have seen in many motion pictures. Despite likeable performances by Diane Lane, John Cusack, and others, the screenplay by Gary David Goldberg is simply rehashed material. Goldberg also produced and directed. Lane [..]

Director Christopher Nolan ("Insomnia" 2002) has lifted the Batman story out of its cartoonish origins and turned the franchise into high drama. "Batman Begins" with the tale of Bruce Wayne's fear of bats as a child, the death of his parents at the hands of a mugger, [..]

The Best Picture of 2005 is....."Crash," probably one of the most skillfully crafted motion pictures of all time. Producer-director Paul Haggis wove together several storylines to form the film, winning three Oscars. Haggis co-wrote the screenplay with Robert Oresco, for which they won the [..]

A new version of "The Poseidon Adventure" from director John Putch is telling the same story but updates things with modern special effects and a post-9/11 emphasis on terrorism. It tells the familiar tale of the SS Poseidon capsized by a terrorist bombing, instead of a huge [..]

"The Birth of a Nation" moved the motion picture industry into the modern era with its innovative film techniques. Producer-director-screenwriter D. W. Griffith was the first movie director to use panoramic long shots, night photography, panning camera shots, and a carefully staged battle scene with hundreds of [..]

Director Martin Scorsese ("The King of Comedy" 1982) has put together an epic crime drama set in the 1920's about a series of murders on the Osage Nation Indian reservation after the discovery of oil in "Killers of the Flower Moon." Scorsese has incorporated very high production [..]