2006 theatrical releases

While this rather harrowing story of romance not so much star-crossed as heroin-addled ain’t exactly fun, there’s a lot of cinematic pleasure to be had in Heath Ledger’s thoroughly un-self-conscious performance…

The first live-action adaptation of the story of Wilbur the pig and Charlotte the spider gracefully tiptoes around all the enormous potential for disaster and gets it all absolutely, perfectly, couldn’t-be-more-right right.

I enjoyed ‘The History Boys’ much more than it really deserves to be enjoyed because it’s so darn intellectual, in that show-offy way that lets you feel smart and superior…

Gibson is as giddy as the madly charismatic Mayan priest holding still-beating hearts aloft for the swooning crowds.

There are a lot of reasons to be enthralled by Edward Zwick’s new action-drama-with-a-conscience…

Jesus of Nazareth. He’s kinda like Sherlock Holmes. Or Superman. Even if you’ve never read the book about him, or seen any of the movies, you know his story.

I hope if you plunked down your ten bucks for ‘Deja Vu’ this weekend that you stormed out of the theater when it was over and demanded you money back from the multiplex manager. Cuz this is one of the worst instances of the false adverstising of a movie that I can remember.

A hilarious bastard child of ‘This Is Spinal Tap’ and ‘Wayne’s World,’ and one of the funniest movies I’ve seen this year.