"What Dreams May Come" is a bold attempt by Hollywood to describe what happens in the next life. Director Vincent Ward throws everything into this project: An $85 million budget, fabulous special effects, and big name movie stars. However, the results amount to an inaccurate, [..]

Director-writer Woody Allen ("Annie Hall" 1977) turns out another mediocre film called "Celebrity," a topic he should be quite familiar with. Instead of starring in the lead role, he has Kenneth Branagh doing a poor Woody Allen imitation in an extremely boring and a very empty story [..]

"One True Thing" is really a highly-refined soap opera with some outstanding performances. Meryl Streep, Renee Zellweger, and William Hurt are at the top of their game here as a very dysfunctional family. Streep had one of her numerous Oscar nominations for this role, loosing [..]

"Dr. Dolittle" is another poorly made remake that Hollywood insists on force-feeding to the general public. Director Betty Thomas ("The Brady Bunch Movie" 1995) and screenwriters Larry Levin and Nat Mauldin have given us a movie with a predictable plot, stupid human dialogue, even more ridiculous celebrity-voiced [..]

"The Rat Pack" is a very interesting and well researched made-for-television movie about Frank Sinatra's group of friends that included President John F. Kennedy. Producer Neal H. Mortiz, director Rob Cohen ("Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story" 1993), and teleplay writer Kario Salem put together a smooth and [..]

The drama of "Star Trek" continues in the ninth film of the series - "Star Trek: Insurrection." As the title implies, Captain Jean-Luc Picard disobeys Starfleet Command's orders and travels across the galaxy to rescue Data from an undercover mission. This is Jean-Luc at his very [..]

There's not a dull moment after the Rapture of the Church in "Apocalypse." This first in a series of four films from Cloud Ten Pictures centers on the story of two journalists who become born again Christians after the disappearance of believers from the Earth. They [..]

"The Waterboy" is a sports comedy where Adam Sandler plays Bobby Boucher, a college football team's waterboy who is discovered to have all-star talents himself. Director Frank Coraci ("The Wedding Singer" 1998) and screenwriters Tim Herlihy and Adam Sandler unfortunately fumbled the ball during production and come [..]

"A Civil Action" is a legal thriller about a personal injury attorney who takes major companies to court for environmental pollution near a small Massachusetts town where people have been dying of cancer and other illnesses. Due to poor direction and screenwriting by Steven Zaillian, this movie [..]

The Best Picture of 1998 is....."Shakespeare in Love," an entertaining light comedy depicting the Bard with a writers block being cured with romantic involvement. (Works every time!) Director John Madden ("Mrs. Brown" 1997) skillfully crafted the drama and romance from the cleverly written screenplay by Marc [..]