Bed Of Roses
January 25, 1996 | Given the long and not always glorious tradition of death-row melodramas, not to mention the unabashed and frequently expressed liberalism of Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon,…
Being John Malkovich
October 1, 1999 | There is something almost quaint about the sophomoric Being John Malkovich, a modestly clever trifle that has been wildly overpraised by people who should know better.…
The Notorious Bettie Page
May 12, 2006 | There’s something at once beguilingly sweet and teasingly elusive about the soft-core superstar portrayed in The Notorious Bettie Page, writer-director Mary Harron’s thoroughly engrossing and scrupulously nonjudgmental…
Beyond The Mat
March 17, 2000 | Early in Beyond the Mat, a documentary that contemplates the phenomenon of professional wrestling as performance art, writer-director Barry W. Blaustein fesses up: He's a die-hard…
The Big Bounce
January 30, 2004 | So insubstantial that it practically evaporates while you're watching it, The Big Bounce is a mild and hazy comic caper in which the actors spend most…
Big Daddy
June 25, 1999 | Adam Sandler tries to have the best of both worlds - and, to a large degree, succeeds - in Big Daddy, a comedy that balances the…
Big Eden
July 13, 2001 | With an unassuming casualness that likely is more apparent than real, first-time filmmaker Thomas Bezucha sustains an air of low-key, warm-hearted whimsy throughout Big Eden, an…
Big Kahuna
April 28, 2000 | Kevin Spacey strolls into The Big Kahuna with so much cocksure swagger, you might think he's been typecast in the title role. But don't jump to…
The Big Lebowski
March 6, 1998 | And now for something completely different: The Big Lebowski, an outrageously funny and indescribably weird shaggy-dog comedy from Joel and Ethan Coen, the moviemaking siblings who last enthralled…
Big Mama’s House
June 2, 2000 | How much mileage can a movie get from a single sight gag? Only a middling amount, judging from Big Momma's House, a textbook example of a…