Man On Fire: 6.5 out of 10. This movie is mostly about style.  It's edited in a frenetic style you'd find more frequently in music videos and it's a very slick and enticing package.  It looks good, it sounds good and Denzel Washington is quite good. Unfortunately, there is

Mean Girls: 4 out of 10. Tina, Tina, Tina.  If you're going to write a flick like this, don't chicken out and play it so safe it's boring.  Watch a movie like "Donnie Darko" or "The Virgin Suicides" first and then go for it. "Mean Girls" was pretty dull.  If

The Girl Next Door: 5 out of 10. I enjoyed "The Girl Next Door" far more than I expected to.  It seemed to pick up steam as it went along and the last half hour is actually enjoyable.  Some decent tunes throughout didn't hurt matters either. Oh yeah, and Elisha

The Quiet American: 7 out of 10. "The Quiet American" is an interesting history lesson told through a good ol' fashioned love triangle.  It's the end of the French War in Indochina in 1952 and we have three central characters, one representing America, one representing Britain and one representing Vietnam.

Les Triplettes de Belleville: 7.5 out of 10. Finally, a good movie.  "Les Triplettes de Belleville" was a pleasure to watch and a pleasure to listen to.  What's amazing is the fact there's virtually no dialogue and this only adds to the tone.  James would concur. It's quirky, funny

Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed: 2.5 out of 10. I wanted to give this craptacular film a 1.5 but James seemed to like the idea of a talking dog.  Unfortunately, this movie was just too dumb to retain his attention for 93 minutes. Last night I watched "Starsky

Starsky & Hutch: 4.5 out of 10. Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson show up in some funny flicks.  Not this time though.  "Starsky & Hutch" was a comedy that's completely void of any comedic instances.  It's as if the writers forgot the jokes completely. What a waste of a

Collateral: 6.5 out of 10. Sure, Jamie Foxx is pretty good in this flick, but Tom Cruise might be better.  In a different character for him he pulls it off nicely.  The end result is not a bad little movie, but it could have been a great movie.  Oh

Ray: 8 out of 10. For two and a half hours, Jamie Foxx was Ray Charles.  The only thing better than his sensational performance was the soundtrack.  Just listening to this flick is enjoyable. I know who I'm picking in the pool.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: 8 out of 10. "How happy is the blameless vestal's lot! The world forgetting, by the world forgot. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Each pray'r accepted, and each wish resign'd".  ~ Alexander Pope I thoroughly enjoyed this movie.  Both Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet

Garden State: 6 out of 10. I couldn't wait to see this film.  I have been hearing hype about it for months, about how it defines a generation and is one of the best films of 2004.  I was looking forward to a well written, interesting little flick that would

Down With Love: 3.5 out of 10. This movie tries to be clever by mocking romantic comedies from the 60s.  It touches upon every 1960s cliche with the subtlety of a sledgehammer to the head and tops this off with one of the worst endings in the history of

The Last Samurai: 7 out of 10. The Last Samurai looks pretty cool. They do a great job recreating rural Japan in the 1870s and the fight scenes look great.  Although it's a little cliché, the story isn't half bad either and Ken Watanabe does a fantastic job as Katsumoto.

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind: 6.5 out of 10. This wasn't a bad movie at all, but it wasn't particularly believable.  It's all about Chuck Barris and is based on his book which contains some fairly absurd revelations.  There's a great deal of fact intertwined with a healthy dose

Bend It Like Beckham: 6.75 out of 10. This was a cute and charming little flick about soccer.  It's not half bad...and it's appropriate for the whole family.  Of course, it's a little too safe and it is about soccer, so that explains why I didn't rank it

In America: 8 out of 10. This is a very well acted beauty of a film.  Dubliner Jim Sheridan brought us "My Left Foot", "In The Name Of The Father" and "The Boxer" before he brought us this gem about an Irish Catholic family emigrating to New York.

Stuck On You: 4.5 out of 10. The first 45 minutes of this flick was kind of funny, but that was mainly because of the sight gags.  It's a one joke movie and once you're tired of it there's not much to stick around for.  This was no "There's

Tupac: Resurrection: 6.5 out of 10. Tupac Shakur stuffed a lot into his twenty five years of life.  Of course, he's been even busier since being gunned down, releasing more albums since his death than while he was alive and narrating this pretty good documentary on his life. I'm

Swimming: 6 out of 10. After enjoying Lauren Ambrose's work on "Six Feet Under" the past few years, I decided to check out this low budget film she starred in back in 2000.  It's a charming little movie about a couple of friends in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.  The movie

Shrek 2: 8 out of 10. I can't get over how good some animated features are these days.  Shrek was great and Shrek 2 was almost as good as the original.  If a cartoon can have a scene stealer, it's Antonio Banderas as the voice of Puss In Boots.  Puss

Scary Movie 3: 4 out of 10. The peak of the satirical parody mountain was reached in 1988 with the release of The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!.  Airplane was good, but The Naked Gun was better.  All future efforts in this genre were to be measured

Super Size Me: 7 out of 10. Morgan Spurlock was clearly influenced by Michael Moore.  It's safe to say that without "Roger And Me" there would be so "Super Size Me". Truth be known, I've probably only indulged in fast food about 8 times in the past year.  After seeing

The Incredibles: 9 out of 10. Here it comes....I'm gonna say it....get ready.  The Incredibles is incredible.  Please don't hate me for my inability to resist a line as cliché as that one.  It just felt right. It's a great story, breathtaking animation and two of the best

Stealing Harvard: 5.5 out of 10. This is not a very good movie, but in the right mood at the right time it became mildly enjoyable.  Perhaps it's because I like Tom Green and Jason Lee, or maybe it's because I knew it was directed by Kid in the

The Cooler: 6 out of 10. I heard a great deal of positive buzz about "The Cooler", so it was with great expectations that I sat down to watch it tonight.  Don't believe the hype.  This is a slightly better than average flick with a great performance from Alec Baldwin