Many critics are hailing “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” as a “minor masterpiece” and saying that it’s Woody Allen’s “genuine comeback.” They find it “exhilarating and enjoyable.” Sadly, I don’t share their feelings. Tedious, actually, is the word that popped into my head about halfway through this romantic comedy. An elderly couple must have shared my opinion, [...]

I’m not a Ben Stiller fan. Looking over his 83 entries on imdb.com, I can find about five of his projects that I can stand – “Reality Bites,” “There’s Something About Mary,” “Mystery Men,” “Keeping the Faith,” and “Zoolander.” I didn’t watch any of these because of him; I didn’t like any of these because [...]

With remakes as common these days as lint in the dryer, you wouldn’t think that anyone would even bat an eye when he or she heard that a “masterpiece” was being remade, but that’s not always the case. When it was announced that Evelyn Waugh’s “Brideshead Revisited” was getting a new lease in life, the [...]

“The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor” has long been on my list of must-see summer fare, and I was all but giddy on opening night. It’s not that I’m a huge “Mummy” fan. OK, yes, I enjoyed the 1999 release, because it had that Indiana Jones vibe to it, and I even saw “The [...]