“Evolution,” the new science-fiction comedy from director Ivan Reitman, is preoccupied with childish humor. So when a group of amateur scientists out to save the world from an alien invasion encounter the sphincter of a massive alien blob, you just know something nasty is going to happen. It does. Read the rest of this entry »

Does the world really need another thriller about the reverberations of adultery?

In director Adrian Lyne’s “Unfaithful,” we’re asked to believe that content wife and mother Connie Sumner (Diane Lane) would jeopardize her marriage to successful and handsome husband Edward (Richard Gere) for a fling with womanizing book seller Paul (Olivier Martinez). Read the rest of this entry »

Having run out of time zones, zombie recreationist George A. Romero rips and shreds his way through a whole new vision, Land of the Dead. Like the living dead, zombie movies never die. They may lose favor, but each new generation brings with it an insatiable appetite for rotting flesh. How else do you explain the whole Madonna craze back in the 1980’s. Read the rest of this entry »

War is indeed hell. It’s not pretty. It’s not supposed to be. It’s supposed to be horrendous, gritty, and ultimately, numbing. There’s no method to its madness. In one small insignificant way, it’s like making movies. Lots of action followed by long periods of boredom and silence. Read the rest of this entry »