The new Chinese war epic Red Cliff is basically what you would get if you crossed Braveheart with Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Perhaps more appropriately, it is what you would get if you crossed Braveheart with Hong Kong action icon John Woo, as...

I walked out of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans not really knowing what I had just watched. Was it a police procedural about the investigation into the murder of a low-level drug dealer and his family? Was it a view into the twisted soul of...

When The Road was expected to be released in November 2008, it was receiving plenty of Oscar buzz. That’s not surprising considering the pedigree. Based on a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Cormac McCarthy, the author who also wrote No Country for...

The film adaptation of author Roald Dahl’s Fantastic Mr. Fox demonstrates the current state of animated films, which just may be at its peak. Although the animation arena certainly has its fair share of talented directors and some, like John...

I find myself introducing a great many of my reviews of late with disclaimers, explaining why I am predisposed to dislike films that I nonetheless enjoy. This is either good news for over-achieving niche films or bad news for my critical faculties. ...