Blade: Trinity

More than any comic-book franchise, the Blade films are dependent upon their leading man. Though other creative forces make their presence known (particularly in Guillermo del Toro’s superior second installment), this has always been The Wesley Snipes Show. The title vampire hunter is a custom fit for Snipes’ onscreen presence, and the actor clearly relishes every...

A Tale of Two Sisters

In his horror treatise Danse Macabre, Stephen King sums up the problem that comes with revealing the monster lurking behind the door in a horror movie: what’s behind the door is never as frightening as the door itself. As the door slowly creaks open, the buildup is always scarier than the payoff because what we envision behind the door is inevitably more terrifying than...

The Incredibles

The Incredibles confirms their indelible gold standard — that’s six in a row for those keeping score — and gives director Brad Bird another chance to display his talents. Bird helmed the marvelous Iron Giant for Warner Bros., and The Incredibles owes as much to that effort as it does to Pixar’s earlier films. Then again, The Iron Giant would have been...

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 guess that depends on how confusing you like your movies to be....

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 super-saturated retro-romp Down With Love, a lovingly textured homage...

The In-Laws

There are movies that make you laugh because they’re funny, and then there are movies that make you laugh because you feel like you have to. The In-Laws, an update of the hilarious 1979 Peter Falk-Alan Arkin classic of the same name, is definitely one of those movies. All the elements for a gut-busting romp are certainly there; memories of the original film, an outrageous...

Hollywood Homicide

Oh, how the mighty have fallen… Remember the good old days, when the prospect of seeing a Harrison Ford movie was something to get excited about? After all, we are talking about the guy who played Han Solo and Indiana Jones in some of the greatest movies of all time, not to mention box office hits like The Fugitive, Witness, Air Force One and two of the Jack Ryan...