Category: Movie Reviews

Cast: Donald Sutherland, Sissy Spacek, Rachel Hurd-Wood Studio: Freestyle Rating: 5/10 CORPORATE LINE: Based on true events that took place in Tennessee during the 1800s, An American Haunting tells the story of the only documented case in U.S. history (validated by the State of Tennessee) in which a spirit caused a person’s death. With over…

Cast: Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Philip S. Hoffman Studio: Paramount Rating: 7/10 CORPORATE LINE: Super-spy Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) has retired from active duty to trains new IMF agents. But he is called back into action to confront the toughest villain he’s ever faced – Owen Davian (Philip Seymour Hoffman), an international weapons and information…

Cast: Bruce Willis, David Morse, Mos Def Studio: Warner Bros. Rating: 6/10 CORPORATE LINE: ll he wanted to do was go home and get a drink. But at 8:02 a.m., hungover NYPD detective Jack Mosley (BRUCE WILLIS) is assigned a seemingly simple task. Petty criminal Eddie Bunker (MOS DEF) is set to testify before a…

Cast: Robin Williams Studio: Columbia Rating: 0/10 CORPORATE LINE: In Columbia Pictures’ family-adventure comedy RV, an overworked Bob Munro (Robin Williams), his wife Jamie (Cheryl Hines), their 15-year-old daughter Cassie (Joanna “JoJo” Levesque) and 12-year-old son Carl (Josh Hutcherson) are in desperate need of some quality time together. After promising to take them on a…

Cast: Claire Danes, Steve Martin, Jason Schwartzman Studio: Buena Vista Rating: 7/10 CORPORATE LINE: In adapting his popular novella to the big screen, Steve Martin chooses director Anand Tucker (HILARY AND JACKIE), whose artful eye (along with the film’s stunning costumes, dramatic score, and brilliant set design) brings the book’s detailed characters beautifully to life.…

Cast: Molly Shannon, Anna Faris, Regina Hall, Craig Bierko, Leslie Nielsen Studio: Weinstein Company Rating: 4.5/10 CORPORATE LINE: What do you get when you mix fearless comedic genius with the latest box-office blockbusters? You guessed it. On April 14th, the Scary Movie gang is back with the most hilarious and irreverent installment yet! Scary Movie…

Cast: Josh Hartnett, Morgan Freeman, Ben Kingsley Studio: Weinstein Rating: 7/10 CORPORATE LINE: It all starts with a horse. Then an innocent man is mistaken for someone who owes money to a bookie. And when Mr. Goodkat (Bruce Willis), the most notorious assassin around, blows into town, everyone knows something big is about to burst.…

Cast: Sharon Stone, David Morrissey, Charlotte Rampling Studio: MGM Rating: 4/10 CORPORATE LINE: In the sexy and sleek psychological thriller Basic Instinct 2, after re-locating from San Francisco to London, best-selling crime novelist Catherine Tramell (Sharon Stone) once again finds herself on the wrong side of the law. Dr. Michael Glass (David Morrissey), a respected…

Cast: Nathan Fillion, Elizabeth Banks, Michael Rooker Studio: Universal Rating: 7/10 CORPORATE LINE: Slither is an edgy blend of heart-stopping terror, wry humor and surprising humanity from genre-bending screenwriter James Gunn, whose Dawn of the Dead became one of 2004’s most surprising hits. The sleepy town of Wheelsy could be any small town in America…

Cast: Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Dennis Leary Studio: Fox Rating: 5/10 CORPORATE LINE: In ICE AGE: THE MELTDOWN, the sub-zero heroes from the worldwide blockbuster CGI film “Ice Age” are back – Manny the woolly mammoth, Sid the sloth, Diego the saber-toothed tiger, and the hapless prehistoric squirrel/rat known as Scrat. In the new film,…