There are interesting questions about what constitutes true heroism in the aptly named "Hero" but it's the aesthetic splendor and weird kineticism that you remember.
The...
Plot intrigues, tantalizes as a moody thriller
A nondescript title such as "Suspect Zero" is fitting for director E. Elias Merhige's psychological thriller, a muddle of f...
The 1997 snake tale "Anaconda" was bad but turned a respectable profit. Its 2004 sequel "Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid" makes the first movie seem like a horr...
LOS ANGELES - God vs. Satan cast out space creatures at the box office.
Demon thriller "Exorcist: The Beginning" debuted as the No. 1 weekend movie with $18.2 million, d...
LOS ANGELES - Movie-goers were easy prey for a double dose of space invaders.
The sci-fi smackdown "Alien vs. Predator," featuring the creatures of the "Alien" and "Pred...
Rules, characters bog down movie
It's possible that brain surgeons explain their work - while in progress - with more stultifyingly precise step-by-step data than the car...
Sequel lacks the charm of original
Because Hollywood has never understood that fairy tales don't have sequels - that there's no "Sleeping Beauty: Awake and Loving It" - o...
"Little Black Book," the new romantic comedy starring Brittany Murphy as an up-and-coming TV producer, raises the question: When does a movie go from being an homage to ...
A perfectionist himself, Michael Mann has always had a fascination with pro's pros, people who go about their jobs with a methodical sense of precision. In his hauntingl...
LOS ANGELES - It had to happen. Tom Cruise has fallen out of Hollywood's good graces and joined the ranks of the industry's unsavory characters.
He's gone gray and grizz...