You’ve Got Mail 

Kathleen Kelly (Meg Ryan) has a flirty but anonymous online relationship with Joe Fox (Tom Hanks), little dreaming that he's actually the owner of a huge chain that's trying to…

Shame 

What is it about director Steve McQueen and his desire for punishing Michael Fassbender's body and soul? In his first film, Hunger (2008), McQueen subjected the star to starvation and…

This Is Spinal Tap: Band in Need of Aid

Michael McKean, Christopher Guest and Harry Shearer. Photo: Embassy Pictures In 2002, This Is Spinal Tap was selected for preservation by the Library of Congress. It's not hard to see…

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo 

Investigative reporter Mikael Blomkvist (Daniel Craig) is hired by a wealthy industrialist (Christopher Plummer) to look into the mysterious disappearing of his niece 40 years ago; he believes that a…

In Bed with Santa 

Janne (Peter Haber) is horrified to learn that his girlfriend (Katarina Ewerlöf) invited all the men she has children with, and their families, for Christmas… and the dinner quickly goes…

Becket: The Bishop Who Found God

Richard Burton and Peter O’Toole. Photo: Paramount When I told a friend recently that I had just seen Becket and that Richard Burton plays the Archbishop of Canterbury, he quickly…

Raging Bull: Fists of Fury

Robert De Niro. Photo: United Artists Martin Scorsese doesn't really care about sports movies. The idea of making a film about Jake LaMotta would probably never have hit him were…

Breaking Dawn – Part 1

After finally walking down the aisle, Bella and Edward (Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson) go on a honeymoon that is abruptly interrupted when she falls critically ill... The fourth part of…

Hunt for Red October: Run Silent, Run Deep

Sean Connery. Photo: Paramount In 1988, Die Hard had been such a tremendous hit that a sequel was inevitable. The film's director, John McTiernan, was obviously considered for it. In…

How Green Was My Valley: The One That Beat Kane

Roddy MacDowall and Walter Pidgeon. Photo: 20th Century Fox Hollywood sure appreciated taking lessons from John Ford in all matters social realistic. He received an Academy Award for portraying the…