Wet Hot American Summer
July 27, 2001 | As many of you doubtless have guessed by now, when it comes to comedy, I'm a notoriously cheap laugh. Whenever Moe hits Larry with the frying…
Virtuosity
August 17, 1995 | The trouble with so many movies about tomorrow is that they seem so much like yesterday's news. Take Virtuosity, the latest in the current rash of science fiction…
Very Bad Things
November 25, 1998 | If Quentin Tarantino had somehow commandeered There's Something About Mary, you might have gotten something very much like Very Bad Things. Written and directed by Peter Berg, heretofore…
Personal Velocity
November 27, 2002 | If you’re seeking respite from the overbearing sound and fury of most heavily-hyped holiday season releases, spend some quality time with Personal Velocity, Rebecca Miller's subtle, psychologically…
Vanilla Sky
December 14, 2001 | When dreams are for sale, do they come with tech support? Can you dream that you are having a dream? If so, what happens when the…
Van Helsing
May 7, 2004 | Van Helsing, the latest monster mash from writer-director StephenSommers (The Mummy, The MummyReturns), is a chaotic blur of recycled archetypes from classic horror flicks, action sequences unbound…
Unleashed
May 13, 2005 | Once upon a time, an orphaned little prince was adopted by a cruel ogre. The prince, whose name was Danny, was sorely mistreated by the ogre…
Unfaithful
May 10, 2002 | Connie Sumner (Diane Lane) is an attractive and affluent suburbanite with a maturely handsome husband (Richard Gere), a sweetly precocious school-age son (Erik Per Sullivan of TV’s Malcolm…
Undercover Brother
May 31, 2002 | In the world according to Undercover Brother, African-American culture has been in precipitous decline since the first appearance of Urkel on Family Matters. The Man still controls…
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
August 12, 1988 | Like the immigrant undertaker who seeks justice from Don Corleone at the start of The Godfather, filmmaker Francis Coppola believes in America. And in Tucker: The Man…