"The Forgotten" is a terrible science fiction psychological thriller about a woman who lost her son in a plane crash, only to be informed by her husband one year later that he never existed. All physical evidence of her son has vanished. The thin storyline by [..]

"Millions" is the story of an eight-year-old boy who finds a large bag of money and decides to give much of it away to the poor. Director Danny Boyle ("Slumdog Millionaire" 2008) has good intentions for this project but looses something in the execution. The moving [..]

"Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" tells the unusual story of a couple who break up and go through a procedure to erase each other from their memories. Director Michael Gondry ("Dave Chapelle's Block Party" 2005) had some inconsistencies in the storyline, which affected the movie's continuity, [..]

"The Holdovers" is a comedy-drama film that tells the story of an unpopular teacher at a New England prep school given the job of supervising a handful of students who have nowhere to go for the two weeks of the 1970 Christmas break. Director Alexander Payne ("About [..]

Producer-director-screenwriter Sofia Coppola has made a film that takes a look at the extraordinary life of Priscilla Presley. Adapted from Presley's 1985 autobiography "Elvis and Me," the movie depicts the good, the bad, and the ugly of her marriage to the rock-and-roll legend. [..]

Independent filmmakers Calvin Skaggs and David Van Taylor produced and directed a very insightful look into conservative evangelical Christian involvement in politics. "With God on Our Side: George W. Bush and the Rise of the Religious Right in America" is generally unbiased and objective in it coverage [..]

Producer Ron Howard ("Inventing the Abbotts" 1997) lost his Midas touch back in 2004 with "The Alamo." The direction and screenplay by John Lee Hancock ("The Rookie" 2002) that tells the story of the Battle of the Alamo in 1836 was so bogged down in political correctness [..]

Martin Short gives one of his Saturday Night Live characters a starring role in a feature motion picture called "Jiminy Glick in Lalawood." The story has movie critic Glick involved in a murder case while attending the Toronto Film Festival. Director Vadim Jean ("One More Kiss" [..]

Gena Rowlands gives a tour-de-force performance as a gangster's girlfriend who goes on the run with a young boy being pursed by mobsters for a ledger he has in his possession. The ledger contains damaging information on them that the FBI also wants. Rowlands literally dominated [..]

"The Drowning Pool" is a Paul Newman vehicle where he reprises his role of private detective Lew Harper from 1966's "Harper." Director Stuart Rosenberg ("The April Fools" 1969) did a good job of putting together a slick drama with good writing and top-rate performances. The screenplay [..]