Well, that's an hour and 38 minutes that we'll never see again... however, I must say that it was not as bad as Meet the Spartans. To say that Untraceable was a bad film is to really be nice to it. If you need yet another film showing you grotesque …

Send-up of 300 falls on its sword. Short form: at matinee prices, you still feel like you were ripped off for the full price of the film--thankfully it's barely an hour and a half long. Meet the Spartans is the kind of film that makes you wish that Jason Friedberg …

Mr. Gore has a point. Carol and I have been putting off going to see An Inconvenient Truth for the last few weeks out of concern over boredom, propaganda, and general bad moviemaking. The reviews of this movie by others (which many of you may know I don't usually read …

It's been a while since I could say this about a film, but run—do not walk—to Wordplay, the new documentary about the annual crossword puzzle tournament. I know, you're wondering if I've gone completely mental at this point. But, I assure you that Carol and I spent the …

As I'm sure you can already guess by now, Carol & I went to see The Da Vinci Code yesterday , a new film starring Tom Hanks, directed by Ron Howard, based on the book of the same name from Dan Brown. On balance, we enjoyed the film as a fast-paced thriller …

My folks were in town visiting this week, so we all went down to Bethesda to catch a movie at the Bethesda Row Cinema (since my folks don't tend to see many movies at all, much less ones that are in limited release). We decided to see Kinky Boots, a …

I admit it, I'm a hotel snob. It's not that I can't or haven't stayed in tiny, cramped hotels in seamy parts of town, it's that I tend to choose not to. So, after asking around, and getting plenty of recommendations, Carol and I decided to stay at the W …

Last night Carol and I went to see United 93, the new film about the United flight that was taken down by passengers on 9/11 outside of Shanksville, Pennsylvania. There's been a lot of talk about this movie, discussing it's relative accuracy, the timing of its release, and whether …

Last Holiday, an apparent loose remake of a 1950 film of the same name starring the late Alec Guinness, is a cute, if simple, comedic look at a life cut short and the reevaluation that comes with that. In this case, Queen Latifa's personality is enough to pull together a …

Casanova, starring Heath Ledger and Sienna Miller, with a strong supporting cast including Oliver Platt, Jeremy Irons, and Lena Olin is a very enjoyable fictional tale about Giacomo Casanova and his exploits in Venice. Although I don't expect we'll be seeing any Oscar nominations for this film, it doesn't change …

The Chronicles of Narnia:The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the film adaptation of C.S. Lewis novel of the same name, is an attempt to take a classic book (and we're all sure that Disney is intending to take the whole series) and turn it into a film …

The Family Stone would have been your typical holiday family relationship film, with some amusing situations and a host of lightly-developed characters, except for the feeling that the characters in the film actually cared for each other. Unlike so many of these films that are released between November and December …

We needed a break, something light to escape with after the frenetic holidays were ebbing into some pre-New Year's relaxation, and Fun With Dick and Jane fit the bill. Thankfully short at about 90 minutes, this re-staging of the 1977 film of the same name (starring Jane Fonda and George …

Syriana is a political thriller about securing American oil interests in the Middle East. It doesn't claim to be a true story (especially since it takes place in a fictitious country) but it does have elements that will be familiar to anyone paying attention to the news in the last …

Carol and I went to see The Producers a few days ago. This version (the 2005 version, starring Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane, not the 1968 version starring Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder) is a successful film adaptation of the musical adaptation of the film about the production of musicals …

The movie, In Good Company, starring Dennis Quaid and Topher Grace (Eric from That Seventy's Show) is called a workplace comedy drama, and for good reason. The acting and writing provide a refreshing step away from many of the pieces of shallow movie-fare that we've been seeing lately and the …

I know, you're wondering why we continue to go to films in the theater if we hate everything we see. Well, here's reason enough: The Aviator. I'm not a huge Leonardo DiCaprio fan, but this is likely his best effort since What's Eating Gilbert Grape. And Cate Blanchett does a …

I hate to come off as an angry man, especially right after the holidays, but I'm trying to get back into the swing of writing reviews and we've just come off a series of disappointing films, so here's the review for yet another one: Meet the Fockers. The capsule is …

Christmas with the Kranks starts out with a an interesting premise (the empty-nest Christmas problem) and quickly runs downhill into the A Christmas Carol plot. On balance, it's not a bad film, but it's not a good film. If you're looking for a film with a nice happy ending and …

Continuing with our holiday fare of movie reviews, is the film with the longest title this Christmas: Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events. We went to see it with our niece and nephews in Colorado just before Christmas (hi to Kelsey, Kyle, and Richard, if you're reading this) and …