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A crisis of conscience can be good for the soul - or the writing. So I have always believed. Over the course of nearly 17 years of writing reviews, I have had many instances of self-doubt. The roots can be varied and hard-to-define. Perhaps I ...
One has to wonder whether we are reaching the point of oversaturation with respect to bio-pics of famous singers. The landscape is dotted with them: Ray, Walk the Line, Control, I'm Not There, and so on. The field has become so crowded that Judd ...
U.S. Release Date: 2007-06-08
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Drugs, Sexual Situations, Nudity, Violence)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Olivier Dahan
Cast: Marion Cotillard, Sylvie Testud, Jean-Pierre Martins, ...
A peek at the resumes of director Jon Turteltaub (The Sorcerer's Apprentice, National Treasure) and writer Dan Fogelman (Cars, Fred Claus) gives an indication that Last Vegas may not be headed for edgy, ground-breaking territory. Despite the presen...
U.S. Release Date: 2013-11-01
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Jon Turteltaub
Cast: Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman, ...
There's a little Roald Dahl in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, and that leads one to wonder what a twisted director like Danny DeVito (Dahl's Matilda) or Tim Burton (Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) could have made out of ...
U.S. Release Date: 2004-12-17
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence)
Genre: FANTASY/ADVENTURE
Director: Brad Silberling
Cast: Jim Carrey, Meryl Streep, Jude Law, ...
Since 1992, when Lethal Weapon 3 became an undisputed box office hit, there has been talk about a follow-up. With the possible exception of the still-unconfirmed Die Hard 4, Lethal Weapon 4 has been the subject of more (often inaccurate) rumors th...
U.S. Release Date: 1998-07-10
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Richard Donner
Cast: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, ...
It's always nice to have a helpful group of on-liners to show me the error of my ways. Such is the case when it comes to the poor, misunderstood group of Star Wars fans who are lining up in L.A., hoping to be among the first to file into the theater...