"Tuck Everlasting" lives up to its name - it seems to go on forever. Director Jay Russell ("My Dog Skip" 2000) and screenwriters Jeffrey Lieber and James V. Hart seemed to have good intentions but fell short with poor execution of the story. It was adapted [..]

Executive producer John Carpenter continues his low-brow style of filmmaking with "Halloween Ends." This thirteenth film in the series that began in 1978 with "Halloween" supposedly concludes the saga of serial killer Michael Myers, who has been on killing sprees for these many 13 episodes. "Halloween [..]

"Mail Order Bride" is a poor attempt at movie-making, telling the story of a New York City mob boss whose nephew is scammed by a Russian organization to pay for a mail order bride that never arrives. The nephew travels to Moscow to get to the bottom [..]

Matt Damon and Greg Kinnear are literally paired together in "Stuck on You." The two play conjoined twins in this funny and engaging comedy from the Farrelly Brothers (Peter and Bobby), who produced, directed, and wrote the screenplay. The nearly two hour [..]

Producer-director-screenwriter Sofia Coppola's story of a declining American movie star's visit to Japan fails to entertain. "Lost in Translation" is typical art house cinema material that is slow-moving and dull and falls short in the storyline department. Bill Murray stars in the [..]

Producer-director-screenwriter Ron Shelton ("Bull Durham" 1988) put together a witty comedy called "Hollywood Homicide." It is the humorous story of an LAPD homicide detective who moonlights as a real estate agent. The script that Shelton co-wrote with Robert Souza is full of laughs and funny situations. [..]

"The Mother" is a superior soap opera about a middle-aged English woman who moves in with her daughter after the death of her husband. Some of the ups and downs prove quite interesting, thanks to expert direction by Roger Mitchell ("Notting Hill" 1999) and the lean screenplay [..]

"Something's Gotta Give" is typical Nancy Meyers formula romantic comedy fare. There are all of the expected laughs for the big stars of the show, starting with Jack Nicholson, who is in his usual form as a 60-something dating 29-year-old Amanda Peet. They go to her [..]

"Paycheck" is a fast-moving science fiction action film about a reverse engineer who performs work on sensitive projects, and undergoes a memory wipe to protect his clients' intellectual property. Producer-director John Woo ("Windtalkers" 2002) and screenwriter Dean Georgaris deserve credit for making an evenly paced movie with [..]

"Mafia Doctor" is a superior mob picture, starring Danny Nucci as a doctor whose education was paid for by a Mafia don, played by Paul Sorvino. In exchange, he is expected to take care of the medical needs of the mobsters. Nucci's character has a crisis [..]