Movie Review | 'Idlewild': Trust Me, Baby, the Joint Is Jumping and Singing
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The joint doesnÂt jump in the OutKast musical ÂIdlewildÂ; it just twitches and stumbles.
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Underachieving even by the standards of stoner comedies, âStrange Wildernessâ is so inert that it doesnât so much unreel on screen as loiter there.
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Wild yet gentle, the fantasy film âWool 100%â is a playful contraption illustrating the kinship between movies, fairy tales and dreams.
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âSky Captain and the World of Tomorrowâ is even more fun than it sounds like. In its heedless energy and joy, it reminded me of how I felt the first time I saw âRaiders of the Lost Ark
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The Incredibles is one of the year&#39;s most clever and visually arresting computer-animated films, enlivened by a well-developed and credible cast of characters who just happen to be superheroes.
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A test-marketed film turns into a long-running hit
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The hoary old myth about identical twins Â that one is good and the other evil Â gets a weird but intriguing workout in this surreal Dutch film.
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In spite of its third-act collapse into obviousness and sentimentality, âI Am Legendâ is among Will Smithâs better movies.
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The Incredibles is an impressive achievement, among the most entertaining recent films
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There's the Weird Al way of making funny music: steal a melody, add zany high-concept lyrics, and rock on.
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This sword-and-sandal spectacle from those epic-loving De Laurentiises might have made a good childrenâs film.
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Birth is a strange little movie, dutifully advancing a premise that grows more dubious with each passing minute. However, it&#39;s difficult to totally discount the film, mostly because Nicole Kidman keeps us interested.
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In this age of âShrekâ and âEnchantedâ comes âThe City That Cried Wolf,â a theatrical take on fairy tales that conjures its own magic.
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Sivaji does not disappoint but neither does it completely sweep you off your feet. It is a fun and colourful movie, with a human touch.
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Luridly earnest and laughably immoral, âIllegal Tenderâ is an old genre movie with a new look. Call it Hispanixploitation.
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Beneath The Incredibles&#39; quick-tempo action, family fun and family feuds, this audacious computer-animated adventure asks a big question: If honors are bestowed upon everyone who simply shows
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I met an old friend for coffee in San Francisco yesterday afternoon, and had a few hours to kill before stopping in at the Wired reunion party. I didn't want to drive back to Berkeley because the weather was so crummy, and I was just across teh street from a movie theater and was just in time for the start of a movie that lots of people had been telling me to see. So I went. The movie -- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, I had no idea what it was about until the movie started, then I remembered hearing a Fresh Air show about it and finding it too painful to listen to. Now here I was in the theater, not just being asked to listen to it, but being asked to live it. Through some very wonderful film-making, you feel as if what is happening to the main character is happening to you. Or more accurately, probably, you get the slightest hint of what it's like to be this person. My immediate impulse, one which I gave serious consideration to, was to pack up my things and leave. Anything would be better than spending three hours living this guy's life.  Two things happen over time: 1. You get over it. 2. They change perspective, and instead of being inside his body, you move outside it.  I think those two things are the story we all live as we mature and learn to live inside our own bodies, with their limits. You learn to step outside and see the humor in your predicament. The main character says he lives in a diving bell because it's as hard for him to communicate with other people as it would be at the bottom of the ocean inside a diving bell. The movie teaches that it's not much easier for the rest of us, even though we can manipulate symbols better. On the other hand, of course it is. The film develops a relationship between the hero and his father, between the hero and his own children, his ex-wife, his lover.  We strive for deeper understanding of ourselves and each other. But it may be ridiculously easy to find the only meaning that exists, without language, without intellect, by just being. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly should probably be the picture of the year for 2007, it's that good. But like all great art it shows you something truthful about yourself, and you may or may not want to see it.