In the Loop: My Way or the Fucking Highway

Peter Capaldi and James Gandolfini. Photo: BBC Film Every mild-mannered leader needs a brutal enforcer, a man prepared to walk over corpses to achieve goals. President Barack Obama has Rahm…

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor 

When the British government needs their help protecting a precious diamond as it is transported to China, Rick and Evelyn O'Connell (Brendan Fraser, Maria Bello) are coaxed out of retirement;…

Twilight

17-year-old Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) moves to a small Washington town to live with her father; she falls in love with a boy (Robert Pattinson) who turns out to be…

Dead Snow 

Seven medical students arrive at a cabin in the snowy Norwegian mountains only to learn that the area is tormented by Nazi soldiers who turned into zombies sixty years ago.…

In the Line of Fire: Fighting Kennedy’s Ghost

Clint Eastwood. Photo: Columbia The original trailer for this film was an exercise in poor taste and preview audiences reacted harshly against it. It had the date "November 22, 1963"…

The Graduate: Still As Seductive

Anne Bancroft and Dustin Hoffman. Photo: Embassy Pictures Reading Roger Ebert's two reviews of The Graduate, written thirty years apart, is a little strange. In my view he gets almost…

Madea’s Family Reunion

As two of Madea's (Tyler Perry) nieces find themselves at crucial junctures in their lives, perhaps the aggressive but good-hearted matriarch's advice comes in handy? Perry had a surprise hit…

Psycho III

A nun (Diana Scarwid) leaves her convent in despair and ends up at Bates Motel where the owner (Anthony Perkins) is still under the spell of his “mother”. Perkins’s directing…

Psycho II

Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) has finally been released from the asylum and returns to his motel and mansion, but the memories and new guests put him to the test. When…

Twister 

When Bill Harding and his girlfriend (Bill Paxton, Jami Gertz) go to see his soon-to-be ex-wife (Helen Hunt) to get the divorce papers signed, they get caught up chasing tornadoes…