As far as psychological thrillers go, “The Number 23″ isn’t a bad film, it just doesn’t quite hit the mark. I can’t help but wonder what could have been with Christopher Nolan, David Cronenberg or even David Lynch directing and Ryan Gosling, Christian Bale or Ralph Fiennes starring.”The Number 23″ focuses on Walter Sparrow (Jim [...]

On Feb. 25, “The Departed” will compete in five Oscar categories, including Best Film, Direction, and Adapted Screenplay. Although William Monahan clearly deserves a nod for his adaptation, one should give credit to the men who crafted the original work, Siu Fai Mak and Felix Chong.”The Departed” started life as “Mou Gaan Dou” or as [...]

I’m not a romantic comedy kind of person. Unless, of course, the film stars Hugh Grant, and then I’m willing to put aside all of my prejudices. His megawatt smile, his dead pan delivery, his Peter Pan boyishness; his stammering, nervous, twitchy mannerisms … he uses them all to great effect in any number of [...]

When a horror film is conceived of by the guy behind “Jason X” and written by the person responsible for the made-for-TV film, “Firestorm: Last Stand at Yellowstone” (a “dramatic” retelling of an out-of-control fire in Yellowstone, starring no one of any consequence), you can predict that you aren’t going to come away with too [...]