Reviews | Boxofficecritic - Part 4

Cars

Cars is another guaranteed hit from John Lasseter and the Pixar Animation Studio. This time around Pixar hits another staple of childhood play. First there were toys, then there were bugs, then there were monsters, now there are cars. Let the marketing tie-ins begin. Whether or not the film is any good seems somewhat irrelevant [Read More …]

Brokeback Mountain

For all of those who have been put off by the buzz around Brokeback Mountain or the content of the film, what are you waiting for? Brokeback Mountain is one of the best films of the year, gay cowboys or not, and it is certainly a film worth paying $9.50 or whatever exorbitant price local [Read More …]

Superman Returns

Superman Returns is a film of great scope that pulls together much of the history of Superman in comics and film and television to update the tale of the Man of Steel. Bryan Singer’s Superman Returns is a summer smash with all of the action and character and explosions requisite in a comic book film. [Read More …]

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Ka

I did finally go see the film Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan because it has a lot of buzz and it has made a lot of money. But I went into the film knowing that I wasn’t going to like it and I didn’t. This is not intended [Read More …]

For Your Consideration

For Your Consideration is the latest Christopher Guest ensemble film this time skewering Hollywood and the fast approaching award season. By now the actors and the sense of humor are familiar after Waiting For Guffman, Best In Show, and A Mighty Wind but Guest and his cast of superb character actors are able to bring [Read More …]