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Bad News Bears Burden of Profane Content

In the mid-1970s “The Bad News Bears” didn’t just launch a franchise; it crossed content barriers deemed taboo for a family film. Like its...

Bad News Bears Burden of Profane Content

Intriguing "Island" Resorts to Violence, Mayhem

While “The Island” deserves credit for addressing the downside of our culture’s obsession with “quality of life” at all costs, its insistence on...

Intriguing "Island" Resorts to Violence, Mayhem

Creepiness Comes Wrapped in "The Chocolate Factory"

If you’re not a fan of director Tim Burton and you'd rather skip strange, distorted creepiness, and questionable, off-color sexual allusions,...

Creepiness Comes Wrapped in "The Chocolate Factory"

Notoriety Evokes Tough Choices in "Fantastic Four"

“Fantastic Four” is a fun, campy science fiction flick that not only entertains, but also asks some good questions. The various newly transformed...

Notoriety Evokes Tough Choices in "Fantastic Four"

Abandoned Loved Ones Float in "Dark Water"

To the filmmaker’s credit, there is a powerful theme that is reinforced several times in "Dark Water" ... abandonment of a child, divorce, and the...

Abandoned Loved Ones Float in "Dark Water"

Spielberg's Sci-Fi Spectacle Overpowers Cruise's Rants

Despite the freakish antics of Tom Cruise as of late, the master of summer flicks and aged wunderkind, Steven Spielberg, makes us forget the Cruise...

Spielberg's Sci-Fi Spectacle Overpowers Cruise's Rants

Laughs, Romance and Heart Are the Real Magic in "Bewitched"

Writer/director Nora Ephron smoothly re-imagines a classic sitcom with an inspired premise that puts other TV-to-film retreads to shame. ...

Laughs, Romance and Heart Are the Real Magic in "Bewitched"

Campy Cuteness for Whole Family in "Herbie: Fully Loaded"

Fast-moving “Herbie: Fully Loaded” is adorable with its campy, sometimes slapstick humor which will appeal to very young children with its silly...

Campy Cuteness for Whole Family in "Herbie: Fully Loaded"

Justice More Than Revenge in Action-Packed Batman Begins

A star-studded, action-packed, dark-and-scary adventure movie. The producers do an excellent job of taking us to the beginning of the story and...

Justice More Than Revenge in Action-Packed Batman Begins

Humiliation Precedes Exaltation in Cinderella Man

Humiliation Precedes Exaltation in Cinderella Man

A Faithful Friend Is Found in "The Sisterhood"

"The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" starts slowly but gently piques the interest within about fifteen minutes. While watching, I wondered if...

A Faithful Friend Is Found in "The Sisterhood"

Dancing Becomes Life-Changing in "Mad Hot Ballroom"

Each year, dozens of New York City schools require some 6,000 fifth-grade students to learn ballroom dancing. At the end of a ten-week period, the...

Dancing Becomes Life-Changing in "Mad Hot Ballroom"

Unoriginal "Madagascar" Still Entertaining and Appropriate

It’s not “Shrek” or “Shrek 2,” but then again, it’s not “Shark Tale,” either – and for that, we can be thankful. Still, however unoriginal (except...

Unoriginal "Madagascar" Still Entertaining and Appropriate

Off-Color Jokes and Perversion Mark "The Longest Yard"

Boy, has the word “comedy” changed during the past 30 years. I discovered this when I went to rent the original, made in 1974. What was a drama...

Off-Color Jokes and Perversion Mark "The Longest Yard"

Lucas Only Improves with "Star Wars: Episode III"

It was with great dismay that I viewed Lucas’ prequels, “Phantom Menace” and “Revenge of the Clones” in 1999 and 2002. The good news, however, is...

Lucas Only Improves with "Star Wars: Episode III"

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