The story behind the Mexican import “7 Dias” is so simple and seems so by-the-numbers that I wonder if it will really resonate with...

Conventional wisdom dictates that I’m not supposed to like a movie called “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants,” but then how boring...

So, how is it? It’s good. Pretty darned good, actually. Good enough to hold a firm spot alongside the coveted Original Trilogy? Kind...

As I watched “Stephen Tobolowsky’s Birthday Party,” I could not help but imagine a particular conversation taking place between two...

Drinking wine is perfectly natural. The earth produces the fruit, in this case the grape. The grape gets picked and smashed. The...

My girlfriend and I have had an argument over “Evil Dead II” for about six years now. When I first showed it to her, she outright hated...

You like zebras? I mean, do you REALLY like ‘em? I’ve always been rather neutral on them myself. They don’t exactly fill me with pride...

I saw “Rent” performed live at the Shubert Theater here in Chicago about seven years ago and found it to be a thoroughly entertaining—of...

I must say that when it comes to mindless Hollywood summertime entertainment, I have a slight weakness for disaster flicks, particularly...

Mel Brooks’ “The Producers” will always be funny. I know that now. Having seen the original many times and having seen this reinvention...

High-profile, over-hyped big-screen adaptations such as “Phantom of the Opera” can’t be reviewed without first qualifying the opinion, so...

Ever since Jackie Chan took the plunge into mediocre American escapist fare, the action genre has been missing something integral to the...