Film & TV
Film
Into the poo
Into the Blue, starring teen heartthrobs Paul Walker and Jessica Alba, pretty much unfolds as one would expect.
by DEREK MAZIQUE
Film
Two thumbs down
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.
by JENNIFER ZUCKERMAN
Film
Toilet water, with a twist
Although Roman Polanski's newest movie, Oliver Twist, at first seems to have a winning formula, it falls short in the end.
by CHELSEA ALBRIGHT
Film
"Serenity now," the universal execs said
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.
by JEREMY PRICE
Film
The nightmare before nuptuals
Despite its amazing visual style, Tim Burton's Corpse Bride is never as original or engaging as it should be.
by MATT KURUC
Film
We killed sauron...now what?
Originally a graphic novel published by DC Comics last year, A History of Violence offers complex but uninspiring drama.
by JEFF LEVIN
Film
Film interview: David Lynch
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.
by JEFF LEVIN
Film
Charlie murphy ALERT!
It's difficult to make a family comedy these days; the producers of Roll Bounce have learned that the hard way.
by TIM WILKINS
Film
Welcome to the gun show
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.
by EVAN KOCH
Film
Film interview: michael showalter
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.
by YONA SILVERMAN
Film
EllE Is Dead
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.
by JEFF LEVIN
Film
It's like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Hong Kong-made Kung Fu Hustle features Stephen Chow, who happens to be the new martial arts "it" man. The film, set in '40s Shanghai, follows Sing (Chow), an alliance-shifting street rat who is caught in a gang war between the dreaded Axe Gang and the Pigsty Alley slum.
by TODD GRABARSKY
Film
Inspirational Carjacking
Crash is a film that looks at the separate lives of a seemingly unrelated group of multi-ethnic people living in LA.
by STEPHEN MORSE
Film
Gripping, no?
T he Interpreter, a well acted and politically relevant film, begins as U.N. interpreter Silvia Broome (Nicole Kidman) overhears a plot to assassinate Edmund Zuwanie, the president of the fictitious and war-torn African country Matobo.
by JESS PURCELL
Film
A lot like shit
You've got to try pretty hard to make a movie with a plot line as pathetic as A Lot Like Love's.
by STEPHEN R. MORSE
Film
Philadelphia Film Festival: Week 2
The 2005 Philadelphia Film Festival will continue through April 20th and this marks Street's second week of extensive coverage.
by 34TH STREET
Film
Van wilder gets scary-like
On the evening of November 14, 1974, in the small town of Amityville in Long Island, Ronald "Ronny" Defeo murdered his parents and four siblings with a shotgun.
by JIM NEWELL
Film
Philadelphia Film Festival
From April 7-20, movie theaters across the city will participate in the Philadelphia Film Festival. Visit the festival's website (www.phillyfests.com) for more information on the movies and their screenings.
by 34TH STREET
Film
I loved you in 'Dazed and Confused'
"Meat out there on the table, that's gonna be my breakfast, lunch and dinner," actor Matthew McConaughey jokes as he steps out of his trailer.
by JANICE HAHN
Film
Red Sox, Sex and Breathing
Fever Pitch is, essentially, identical to every other effervescent Drew Barrymore comedy released in the past five years.
by MICHELLE DUBERT
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