Film & TV

What results from combining The Sixth Sense and Fight Club and then subtracting the good acting and violence?
October 20, 2005 at 12:00 am

This week, Street talks to Academy Award-winning filmmaker Cameron Crowe about his latest work, Elizabethtown, and the highs and lows of his illustrious career.
October 20, 2005 at 12:00 am

Doom, starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as Sarge and Karl Urban as John Grimm, promises very little from the onset -- and keeps its promise.
October 20, 2005 at 12:00 am

Two for the Money's greatest strength is clearly its originality. Honestly, whoever thought to cast Al Pacino as an aging, cynical, battle-hardened mentor alongside a handsome, naive idealist is a fucking genius.
October 6, 2005 at 12:00 am

Gosford Park scribe Julian Fellowes' new film Separate Lies almost hits the nail on the head but falls short.
October 6, 2005 at 12:00 am

Novice director Rob McKittrick's new film Waiting... signals yet another addition to the "frat pack" genre.
October 6, 2005 at 12:00 am

Though not exactly star-studded, In Her Shoes certainly boasts an interesting cast of characters: there is Rose (Toni Collette), a lawyer who cannot seem to find a boyfriend but has a killer shoe collection; Maggie (Cameron Diaz), Rose's trampy sister who can't hold a job; and Ella (Shirley MacLaine), the sisters' long-lost grandmother.
October 6, 2005 at 12:00 am

Call Nick Park old-fashioned, but in an era dominated by computer-generated animation, he still likes working with clay.
October 6, 2005 at 12:00 am

Jonathan Safran Foer is not a writer, he is a collector. As played by Elijah Wood, Foer is a vegetarian, an American, and a descendant of a Holocaust survivor, obsessed with mapping the details of his Jewish heritage.
September 29, 2005 at 12:00 am

Into the Blue, starring teen heartthrobs Paul Walker and Jessica Alba, pretty much unfolds as one would expect.
September 29, 2005 at 12:00 am

What is the meaning of life? Based on the book by Walter Kirn, the new film Thumbsucker tries, but fails, to provide an answer to this often-asked question.
September 29, 2005 at 12:00 am

Although Roman Polanski's newest movie, Oliver Twist, at first seems to have a winning formula, it falls short in the end.
September 29, 2005 at 12:00 am

Serenity, the long-awaited film adaptation of director Joss Whedon's (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) cult-favorite TV series Firefly, has all of the components of a typical sci-fi action film, and little more.
September 29, 2005 at 12:00 am

Despite its amazing visual style, Tim Burton's Corpse Bride is never as original or engaging as it should be.
September 22, 2005 at 12:00 am

Originally a graphic novel published by DC Comics last year, A History of Violence offers complex but uninspiring drama.
September 22, 2005 at 12:00 am

Four-time Academy Award nominee David Lynch, director of such contemporary classics as The Elephant Man, Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive, is currently touring colleges around the U.S.
September 22, 2005 at 12:00 am

It's difficult to make a family comedy these days; the producers of Roll Bounce have learned that the hard way.
September 22, 2005 at 12:00 am

It's difficult to categorize Lord of War, the newest release from Gattaca director (and The Terminal writer) Andrew Niccol about an underground arms dealer's rise from rags to riches.
September 15, 2005 at 12:00 am

Michael Showalter doesn't think there's anything funny about Brooklyn. The actor-cum-writer-cum-director, renowned for playing Coop in Wet Hot American Summer (a film he co-wrote) and for his involvement in "Stella" on Comedy Central, has just released The Baxter, his directorial debut.
September 15, 2005 at 12:00 am

For a romantic comedy that borrows considerably from Ghost, Just Like Heaven is about three times sweeter and funnier than it has any right to be.
September 15, 2005 at 12:00 am