My good friend Joseph McCarthy was the greatest American ever to live. He fought to rid America of the godless Communists committed to the destruction of our way of life.
Freddy Prinze, Jr.:
He first struck the Hollywood scene in an episode of Family Matters in 1995, then he lit up the silver screen in I Know What You Did Last Summer.
The true power of film resides in its ability to draw the audience in, to fully immerse the viewer, so that for two blissful hours, the line between what is real and what is fiction disappears.
The Mist is not Director Darabont's first film adaptation of a Stephen King novel - he previously directed The Shawshank Redemption - but be warned, this film is no Shawshank.
Forget Mozart - there's a new child prodigy in town.
In August Rush, Evan is a musically gifted adolescent searching for his parents, a privileged cellist (Russell) and a free-spirited rock musician (Rhys Meyers). Along the way, Evan encounters Wizard (Robin Williams), a Fagin-type character who seizes the commercial cache of such a young genius and dubs the boy August Rush.
Each actor's performance capitalizes on the emotional impact of the plotline.
Considering the history of movie adaptations of video games, Hitman is a pleasant surprise. In spite of an overused storyline, director Xavier Gens is still able to captivate audiences with raw and relentless action.
War and Peace
Although almost unknown to American audiences, this Soviet adaptation of the epic novel was the most expensive movie ever made ($500 million when adjusted for inflation). The Battle of Borodino scene shows over 120,000 extras from the Soviet Army on screen.
Love In the Time of Cholera
Directed by: Mike Newell
Starring: Benjamin Bratt, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Javier Bardem
Rated: R
Director Newell, who previously helmed Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, tells this touching story about the disease of love.
Southland Tales
Directed by:Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Justin Timberlake, Seann William Scott
Rated: R
From the writer/director of Donnie Darko comes Southland Tales, which tells the story of a 2005 nuclear attack on Texas.
Fred Claus tries to tell an updated version of the Santa Claus story by bringing in Santa's relatives and adding some modern flourishes, but it ends up being a formulaic cash-in on the holidays that only those under the age of six will enjoy.
In order to drive home an anti-corporate message, the film has Santa answering to a board of businessmen (the script never explains why Santa has to answer to a board) and an efficiency expert (Spacey), who wants to shut down the North Pole and outsource to the South Pole.
Though the world of feel-good movies is remarkably vast, one would think that there would be little room for a film whose title represents a particularly violent form of suicide.
It's a little disconcerting to hear Jerry Seinfeld's voice coming out of an animated bee's mouth, but after a few minutes of Bee Movie, you'd swear you were watching Seinfeld.
Adapted from a novel by David Gerrold, Martian Child aims to please with its amiable eccentricity, but ultimately falls short due to the filmmakers' meddling with the original story.
John Cusack plays David, a widowed science fiction writer who decides to adopt a young boy, Dennis (Bobby Coleman), who truly believes he is from Mars.