The Matrix Reloaded

Ladies and gentlemen, it’s time to take the red pill…again. That’s right, folks, The Matrix Reloaded, the long-awaited sequel to 1999′s groundbreaking sleeper hit that grossed more than $450 million worldwide, is finally here. As for whether or not it was worth the wait…well, I...

Down With Love

What goes around, comes around…especially in Hollywood. For proof of that, look no further than last November’s Far From Heaven, director Todd Haynes’ glorious ode to the Douglas Sirk melodramas of the 1950′s. Now director Peyton Reed (Bring It On) takes on the next decade with the...

2 Fast 2 Furious

When screenwriter William Goldman said, “nobody knows anything” in Hollywood, he wasn’t kidding. Take 2001′s The Fast and the Furious, a $39 million-budgeted B-movie that mystified Hollywood pundits when it bolted out of the starting gate with $40 million in its opening weekend. By...

The Hulk

Faster than a speeding film projector! More powerful than a major Hollywood studio! Able to leap box office records in a single weekend! Look…up on the big screen! It’s a drama…it’s a comedy…no, it’s another comic book movie! That’s right, folks, not even two months after the pulp heroes of...

Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde

Far be it for me to argue with a movie’s success, but if you had told me two years ago that “Legally Blonde” would gross almost $100 million at the box office, I never would have believed it. Though Reese Witherspoon was simply irresistible as the naïve, idealistic, fashion-savvy Elle Woods, the rest...