"Be Kind Rewind" is an off-beat comedy film from producer-director-screenwriter Michael Gondry ("The Science of Sleep" 2006). It tells the story of the Be Kind Rewind VHS Video Store that faces closure because the owner refuses to modernize and sell DVDs. The building also faces the [..]

One of the most riveting crime dramas to come out of Italy, or anywhere else, in recent years is "The Sicilian Girl." It is the true story of eleven-year-old Rita Mancuso, whose testimony was instrumental in convicting numerous Mafia figures in Sicily in 1991. Tight direction [..]

"Departures" is an interesting Japanese film about a young man who takes work as a mortician. He has to deal with some prejudice due to societal taboos against people who work in an industry that deals with death. He realizes it is a job someone must [..]

Great writing and stunning performances keep the audience engaged throughout the nearly two hours of "Doubt." The conflict between the main characters, Meryl Streep as Sister Aloysius Beauvier, principle of a Catholic school, and Philip Seymour Hoffman as Father Brendan Flynn, priest of the adjoining Catholic church, [..]

If you liked the humor of 2004's "Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle," you will enjoy the sequel "Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay." Directors-screenwriters Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg have Harold Lee and Kumar Patel charged with terrorism on a flight to Amsterdam. [..]

"Religion is detrimental to the progress of humanity." Or so opines Bill Maher at the beginning of "Religulous," a documentary film which he produced, wrote, and starred in. Maher "takes on" Christianity, Judaism, and Islam with equal enthusiasm. He visits the [..]

"The World Without US" is an interesting documentary film exploring what might happen if the United States were to leave its role of international peacekeeper and become a totally isolationist nation as it was one hundred years ago. Producers-directors Mitch Anderson and Jason [..]

Jean-Claude Van Damme plays himself and even parodies his own career in "JCVD." The main character is a down-and-out action star whose financial woes, child custody battles, and career difficulties are all plaguing him when he is caught in the middle of a post office robbery in [..]

The HBO mini-series "John Adams" is undoubtedly television at its best. The political and personal life of the nation's second president, John Adams, is chronicled in this movie from executive producer Tom Hanks and director Tom Hooper ("Elizabeth I" 2005 HBO series). The marvelous teleplay written [..]

"The Mystery of Natalie Wood" is a made-for-television biopic about the life and career of Natalie Wood from her childhood in the movies in the 1940's to her death in 1981. Director Peter Bogdanovich ("The Last Picture Show" 1971) made the film in a semi-documentary fashion, with [..]