Harry Potter: The Education of a Wizard

Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson. Photo: Warner Some genius must have decided that American readers would be too stupid to understand J.K. Rowling’s original title for her hugely…

The Final Conflict

The son of Satan, Damien Thorn (Sam Neill), is appointed new ambassador to Britain, but his arch-enemy is also headed for London. The third Omen movie shows our boy all…

Damien: Omen II

Satan’s son, Damien (Jonathan Scott-Taylor), has turned 13 and attends a military academy; people close to him begin to sense the kind of power he wields. The second film maintains…

Bride of Chucky 

Murderer Charles Lee Ray is once again revived as the evil doll Chucky, this time by his former girlfriend (Jennifer Tilly) – who also ends up as a killer doll!…

National Treasure 

Historian/adventurer Ben Gates (Nicolas Cage) has always been looking for history’s greatest treasure; he discovers that the back of the Declaration of Independence may harbor clues to it. Here’s an…

Halloween H20: 20 Years Later 

20 years after first encountering the murderous Michael Myers, Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) finds that adulthood and a nice job still can’t protect her from him. Curtis came up…

Crash: Learning Who You Are

Thandiwe Newton and Matt Dillon. Photo: Lionsgate It begins with Don Cheadle’s character stating the theme of the movie. He talks about how people in a normal city walk and…

Love Actually 

Writer Richard Curtis’s directing debut is one big, loveable mess, a romantic comedy with a huge cast of people who keep falling in love with each other. There are too…

Batman & Robin

This time, Batman comes with a personal credit card. Opus #4 threw in too many stupid one-liners and ridiculous gadgets. This is essentially a (less than hilarious) comedy that doesn’t…

Batman Forever

The third Batman film saw Tim Burton handing over directing duties to Joel Schumacher who brought some light into this franchise. It became more kiddie-oriented, the dialogue had more laughs…