The Amazing Spider-Man 2
While Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) worries over Gwen's (Emma Stone) safety now that she knows his secret alias, Spider-Man faces two new enemies. Marc Webb's attempt to make the greatest…
The Amazing Spider-Man
Instead of making a fourth chapter in their Spider-Man franchise, Columbia opted for a reboot and did everything to convince us that it wasn't a pointless remake of Sam Raimi's…
Gandhi: The Smiling Revolution
Ben Kingsley. Photo: Columbia Richard Attenborough knows his epics and I bet he's watched Lawrence of Arabia (1962) more than once. In similar fashion, this film opens with Mahatma Gandhi's…
JFK: Watch Responsibly
Photo: Warner Some time after the premiere of Oliver Stone’s JFK, Roger Ebert ran into Walter Cronkite and received a “tongue-lashing” for having praised the film. In Cronkite’s view, it was full…
The American President
Widowed President Andrew Shepherd (Michael Douglas) falls for an environmental lobbyist (Annette Bening), but dating has political consequences for a man in his position. Another charming romantic comedy from Rob…
West Wing: A World Without Bush
Janel Moloney, Rob Lowe, Stockard Channing, John Spencer, Martin Sheen, Dulé Hill, Bradley Whitford, Allison Janney and Richard Schiff. Photo: NBC I am a political nerd. Everything concerning American politics…
The Departed: Keeping Your Enemies Closer
Leonardo DiCaprio and Jack Nicholson. Photo: Warner When I went to see this movie with a friend the other night, his expectations were not too high. Martin Scorsese had, in…