Director-screenwriter Charlie Day has put together a real dud in his first job at the helm of a feature motion picture in "Fool's Paradise." It is billed as a satirical comedy film that tells the story of a movie producer who replaces a difficult star of his [..]

Many agree that one of the best movies ever made in the silent film era was "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ." It was a big hit at the box office and help establish Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as a major studio, after being formed in 1924 by merging Metro Pictures, [..]

The Best Picture of 2002 is....."Chicago," one of the weakest films ever to win the Academy's top award of the year. This trite and one-dimensional storyline was from a mediocre screenplay by Bill Condon with uneven directing by Rob Marshall in his big screen debut. The [..]

"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 [..]