In The Company Of Men
August 1, 1997 | A couple of white guys sitting around talking: Chad (Aaron Eckhart) and Howard (Matt Malloy), two white-collar, mid-level executives for an unnamed corporation, on their way…
An Ideal Husband
June 18, 1999 | An Ideal Husband usually isn’t ranked among Oscar Wilde’s very best works, and that may work to the advantage of the new film adaptation. After all,…
Independence Day
July 4, 1996 | An extraterrestrial spacecraft the size of Cleveland is hovering over Los Angeles, but Capt. Steven Hill (Will Smith) isn't worried. Yet. "I really don't think," he…
The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting
July 26, 1985 | All people who write at length about the arts -- drama professors, film critics, art historians, you name it -- are motivated on some level by…
The Hudsucker Proxy
March 25, 1994 | With Blood Simple, Raising Arizona and Barton Fink, Joel and Ethan Coen have perfected a trademark mixture of deadpan humor and visual hyperbole. The Hudsucker Proxy offers more…
How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days
February 7, 2003 | Have you ever noticed how many romantic comedies – particularly romantic comedies set in Manhattan -- revolve around assumed identities or improbable wagers? The people who made…
Home On The Range
April 2, 2004 | Although Home on the Range wears the Walt Disney brand, this animated Western seems closer in style and spirit to the anything-goes anarchy of a Looney…
Hollywood Ending
May 3, 2002 | Early in Hollywood Ending, the most satisfying Woody Allen comedy since 1998’s criminally under-rated and corrosively funny Celebrity, there’s a party scene in which someone mentions Alfred…
The Hitcher
February 13, 2004 | To paraphrase Jim Morrison: There's a killer on the road… again. Back in 1986, director Robert Harmon unleashed The Hitcher , his cult-fave shocker about a…
High Fidelity
March 31, 2000 | It’s got a great beat – and, yes, thanks to a nifty soundtrack of tasty pop classics, you really can dance to it – so I’ll rate…