Producer-director Robert De Niro's "The Good Shepherd" is a fictional story telling of the beginning of the spy business at the Central Intelligence Agency. The consistency and pacing of the film is terrible, thanks to director De Niro and screenwriter Eric Roth. They alternate from brilliant [..]

A predictable plot and the obnoxious rants of Robin Williams pretty much describe "Man of the Year." Director-screenwriter Barry Levinson ("Diner" 1982) demonstrates little creativity or originality in creating this stale political comedy-drama. Williams plays Tom Dobbs, a popular host of a [..]

Tom Selleck has another winner with "Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise." Director Robert Harmon also returned for the third outing, ensuring that this made-for-television movie retains the class of its two predecessors. Selleck co-wrote the teleplay with J. T. Allen and Michael Brandman. [..]

"Polite Society" is a marital arts comedy film about a British-Pakistani teenager who aspires to become a movie stuntwoman. She pursues her dream despite discouragement from family and friends. British director-screenwriter Nida Manzoor has put together a film with a good combination of comedy, drama, and [..]

"Stranger Than Fiction" is an off-beat drama-comedy-fantasy film where Will Ferrell portrays a man who one day starts hearing a voice narrating his every move. He finds out that the voice belongs to a famous author, and the strange comedy and drama proceeds from there. Director [..]

Director-screenwriter Russell Crowe stars in his own "thriller" movie as a tech billionaire who holds a poker game for his close friends, which is disrupted by thieves breaking into his home to steal valuable art from his personal collection. The poorly written and unfocused script combined with [..]

"Superman Returns" is the fifth and final installment in the original "Superman" movie series that started with "Superman" in 1978, with sequels in 1981, 1983, and 1987. Although well produced by Jon Peters with good direction by Bryan Singer ("Star Trek: Nemesis" 2002), this version may have [..]

In "Click," Adam Sandler plays a man feeling overwhelmed about problems at home and at work, when he meets a mysterious stranger (Christopher Walken) who gives him a remote control that can fast-forward through any part of his life he doesn't like. He soon discovers that the [..]

"The Christmas Card" is one of the most popular made-for-television movies of all time. It tells the heart warming story of a U. S. Army Sergeant serving in Afghanistan who is touched by an anonymous Christmas card he receives from a woman in a small town [..]

Global warming is bothering the herd in their second adventure in "Ice Age: The Meltdown." Melting ice is causing flooding in their little valley, as the original voice cast returns: Ray Romano (Manny), John Leguizamo (Sid), Denis Leary (Diego), and Chris Wedge (Scrat). They [..]