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Like 2004’s The Notebook, an adaptation of author Nicholas Sparks’ best-selling book, Nights in Rodanthe is a tearjerker. But unlike its...

Blindness is the type of odious filmmaking that drives people who dare give it a shot right back to the refuge of mindless blockbusters. But films...

Woody Allen’s world—both private and professional—has always been a weird one. In his latest film, which showcases his newest “muse,” Scarlett...

The Secret Life of Bees is just the sort of serious/feel-good/weeper chick flick you’d expect it to be. It’s not a bad film, necessarily, but it...

Michael Cera’s latest role as the Nick of Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist, floats across the screen like it was written just for him—showcasing...

For a film that shows characters making so many honorable decisions, Fireproof is simply no more exciting than an episode of Seventh Heaven. It's...

Men in blue have hearts of black in Gavin O’Connor’s Pride and Glory, a dark film about dirty cops and one man who fights the system—and his...

Starring Mark Wahlberg and based on the popular video game, Max Payne carries all the usual limitations of an adaptation from game to...

In this big screen adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s classic novel, England’s middle class clashes with the upper class, atheism with Catholicism and...

Dane Cook fans will enjoy watching their favorite stand-up comic at the top of his game. He’s rude, crude and socially unacceptable. But even...

Keeping the pace fast, City of Ember plays out like The Goonies meets National Treasure with a twinge of science fiction. The constant twists and...

If you've ever rolled your eyes at movies like Farenheit 9-11 or felt frustrated by a liberal’s comparison between evangelical missionaries and...

Weary of the 24/7 coverage of the upcoming presidential election and wondering if your vote really makes a difference anyway? Swing Vote is timely...

Babylon A.D. probably won’t do much for Vin Diesel’s action-movie career. But its failure may be for the best if it pushes the actor into roles...

There’s nothing new in Bangkok Dangerous, which caps its dreary running time with a downbeat ending that might have been more credible if the movie...