reviews

I will be the first to admit that I have some serious problems with religion in general and Christianity in particular, and my initial instinct might have been to tell myself that I was bored to tears by The Apostle because it is loaded with evangelical preaching…

Heartlessly, I am not a fan of froofy, fairy-tale weddings — the whole princess-for-a-day thing makes me gag. I also am not a fan of Julia Roberts — she can never be forgiven for her happy hooker of Pretty Woman. Hence, I approached My Best Friend’s Wedding spoiling for a fight. And I was not disappointed…

Actually, As Good as It Gets is more like the uber romantic comedies of the 30s and 40s than the usual tripe of recent years. (The title alone sounds like some long-lost Hepburn/Tracy screwball flick.)…

You have to admire Jim Carrey. He’s the guy who somehow got *you* into trouble in math class in 7th grade by making faces at you — and now he’s making $20 million a movie for doing the same thing…

The Portrait of a Lady is everything costume dramas always threaten to be: boring, unsuspenseful, and too long…

A big box of Godiva chocolates. That’s what Oscar and Lucinda is. Sweet and delightful and rich and satisfying…

Anyone who thought that Schindler’s List was an aberration on Steven Spielberg’s part surely would reconsider that position after seeing Amistad. This is as stark and unsentimental — in other words, the most unSpielbergian — a film as I’ve seen in a long time…

A Time to Kill demonstrates perfectly why John Grisham is always at the top of the bestseller lists. Never mind his awkward, stilted prose — the man tells compelling stories. And here we get his great story unhampered by bad writing…