Big Sleep, The

Kevin Costner’s love affair with Kevin Costner continues — and spoils what might otherwise have been a decent picture

. . .And speaking of witless sequels, Batman and Robin directed by Joel Schumacher is a pathetic document—un-clever and un-funny. And being un-clever and un-funny are the two cardinal sins for any such obvious attempt at postmodern filmmaking as a Batman sequel. Given that we’ve got to watch this kind of garbage (since Hollywood hardly…

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What art can there be in the portrayal of that which we have no business witnessing?

A slight but charming Indian take on Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice

An exciting and well-made movie about American soldiers at war in Iraq which doesn’t condescend to them — but which also doesn’t treat them as being quite real