“Fight Club” easily ranks as one of my Top 5 films of all time. It’s an irreverent, bold, no b.s. allowed film that offers a trifecta of perfect direction, acting and cinematography. Since its release in 1999, I’ve been keen to see another Chuck Palahniuk novel grace the big screen. And here it is:  ”Choke,” [...]

I don’t watch a lot of TV, and yet in the last few weeks, I’ve seen the trailer for “Ghost Town” about a dozen times. Because of all the exposure, I expected the supernatural comedy to do well at the box office. Not so. It made just $5.17 million, landing quite pathetically at No. 8, [...]

If “No Country for Old Men” was your introduction to the films of Ethan and Joel Coen, you will probably be disappointed by “Burn After Reading,” as it will seem “lightweight.” It does, however, fit in nicely with a number of their other films, particularly “Blood Simple” and “Fargo,” which also show how greed and [...]

Somehow I managed to drag my significant other to the cinema. Why he chose to see “Bangkok Dangerous” with me is up for debate. Maybe it’s because he doesn’t abhor Nicolas Cage. Maybe his brain needed a break from work and school. I’m not sure his reason, but his assessment of the film is about [...]

If you went to the movies this past weekend, you found yourself facing some pretty sub-standard fare: “Babylon A.D,” a sci-film even its director couldn’t stand; “College,” a bone-headed, drunken going-to-college film; “Disaster Movie,” yet another parody of popular films; and “Hamlet 2,” which actually looked like it might be funny. And then there is [...]