"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 [..]

Director-screenwriter David O. Russell ("Flirting With Disaster" 1996) put together a lame black comedy called "Three Kings." On the surface, it is a story of four American soldiers pulling off a gold heist during the 1991 uprisings in Iraq against Saddam Hussein following the end of the [..]

"Joan of Arc" is a film about a young Frenchwoman in the 15th century who was instrumental in freeing her nation from foreign domination. This three hour movie tells the story of Joan's entire life from 1412-1431. There are numerous problems with this movie, starting with [..]

The story of "Star Wars" begins in a trilogy of prequels, the first one called "Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace." Set thirty-two years before the original "Star Wars" of 1977, the story has Jedi master Qui-Jon Jinn (Liam Neeson) and his apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi [..]

The Best Picture of 1999 is....."American Beauty," a black comedy-drama film that tells the story of a media executive going through a mid-life crisis as he deals with a crush on his teenage daughter's best friend, gets fired from his job, and discovers his wife's infidelity. Director [..]

"A Belle for Christmas" is the story of a brother and sister who discover that their newly adopted puppy has been disposed of by their father's gold digger girl friend. The pair then recruit their neighborhood friends and set out on a search for the beloved canine [..]

Hollywood always seems to be at its best when it makes movies about itself, and "Bowfinger" is no exception. Steve Martin plays Bobby Bowfinger, an aspiring filmmaker who wants to produce a movie on a budget from his life savings - a whopping $2,184! The laughter [..]

"Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret" is a coming-of-age story about the ups and downs in the life of an eleven-year-old girl. Producer-director-screenwriter Kelly Fremon Craig did a good job of putting together an entertaining and insightful movie, adapted from the 1970 novel of the same [..]

Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin play two old friends who reconnect at the funeral of a mutual friend, where one of them vows to take revenge on the widower for the damage he did to her years earlier. Producer-director-screenwriter Paul Weitz ("Fatherhood" 2021) put together this very [..]

This second of four Apocalypse films is probably the best of the lot. "Revelation" takes place three months after the end of the first film, when the Rapture of the Church takes place ("Apocalypse" 1998), and the story has terrorism expert Thorold Stone (Jeff Fahey) on the [..]