"The Thomas Crown Affair" is the story of a bored billionaire who orchestrates the heist of a valuable painting from a New York City museum, and falls in love with the female insurance investigator looking into the case. This movie, starring Pierce Brosnan [..]

"10 Things I Hate About You" is a run-of-the-mill teen romantic comedy loosely bases on William Shakespeare's "Taming of the Shrew." This was director Gil Junger's first motion picture, and his inexperience shows. The screenplay by Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith did provide adequate dialogue [..]

Rob Schneider plays a fish tank cleaner who tries his hand at "gigolo" work to try to boost his income. Much of the comedy is decidedly lowbrow, but does have some laughs, thanks to director Mike Mitchell and screenwriters Harris Goldberg and Rob Schneider. [..]

"Wonka" is another version of the story of chocolatier Willy Wonka, a character from 1964 novel by Roald Dahl, and the 1971 and 2005 movies. This one is a musical, solidly directed by Paul King ("Paddington" 2014), who also co-wrote the screenplay with Simon Farnaby. It [..]

"RKO 281" is the true story of the problem-filled production of the 1941 movie classic "Citizen Kane." Liev Schreiber delivered a subtle and nuanced performance as Orson Welles, the legendary producer, director, co-writer, and star of "Citizen Kane," an expose of sorts of newspaper tycoon William Randolph [..]

"Being John Malkovich" is an off-beat fantasy comedy picture about a puppeteer who stumbles upon a portal that leads directly into the mind of actor John Malkovich. Director Spike Jonze and screenwriter Charlie Kaufman, both making their big screen debut, created a film that is fresh, original, [..]

Director Sam Raimi ("The Quick and the Dead" 1995) and screenwriter Dana Steven have created a soppy and overly sentimental sports drama about a forty-year-old major league pitcher facing his last season, with a romantic subplot. The film was adapted from the 1991 [..]

"Purgatory" is a made-for-television western movie that tells the story of a group of outlaws fleeing a posse and mysteriously finding themselves in a town called Refuge. It slowly dawns on them that they are actually in a sort of purgatory, where they must atone for past [..]

"Dick" is a hilarious comedy about two fifteen-year-old girls who unwittingly, in an almost Forest Gump style, become acquainted with President Richard Nixon, who makes them his official dog-walkers, giving them daily access to the White House. They soon become involved with the Watergate scandal, and the [..]

"Girl, Interrupted" is a psychological drama movie telling the story of a young woman institutionalized for 18 months after a suicide attempt. Director James Mangold ("Cop Land" 1997) did a good job of adapting the 1993 memoir of the same name by Susanna Kaysen. There are [..]