Category: Films
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‘Catch and Release’
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Jennifer Garner gives a great performance in Catch and Release but the film doesn’t do right by her.
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‘The Painted Veil’
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The W. Somerset Maugham story The Painted Veil gets yet another screen adaptation, this time directed by John Curran.
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‘Notes on a Scandal’
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Richard Eyres brilliant study of a friendship gone awry, Notes on a Scandal features two of the years greatest performances.
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‘Dreamgirls’
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Despite some problems there are many pleasures to be found in the screen adaptation of Dreamgirls.
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‘The Good German’
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Soderbergh tries so hard to make The Good German feel like an old-style film, that he forgets to make it a good one.
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You cannot lose by betting big on ‘Casino Royale’
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Casino Royale is the 21st film in the James Bond series (not counting the spoof version of the same title and 1983’s Never Say Never Again); and the first to star Daniel Craig as the…
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‘Shottas’ doesn’t give you much to care about
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A one-note action flick with thin criminal characters with no redeemable qualities leaving you with no one to care about or root for.

