As a master of playing characters with a good and evil duality, Viggo Mortensen is the only actor in the world that could have played the father in “The Road.” Although the father isn’t exactly evil, he is a good man that has disposed his better virtues because he believes it is better for his son’s and his own chances for survival....(more)

Hard to recommend a movie where the protagonist is damned in hopelessness, but there must be reason to justify "Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire." Simply put, it is one of the great artistic achievements of the year....(more)

Following the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, Nicolas Cage’s Terence McDonagh goes into a serious tailspin of drug abuse, not to mention corruption, in "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call, New Orleans." His most intimate relationship is with Eva Mendes as Frankie, a prostitute who still has her looks even though she snorts along with Terence....(more)

The three dimensions of Drew Barrymore: That’s what can be found in her new movie "Whip It" which marks her directing debut and also features her in a small role. The starring role belongs to Ellen Page whose character Diablo Cody – I mean, Bliss Cavendar – is everything like we’ve seen before by Page except it’s not old yet, at least it won’t be to all, because she is a young actress with undying spunk and a sharp tongue....(more)

Two hundred years ago smart but ordinary people who had the gusto, if not luck, to fall in love could probably have never anticipated that there would be audiences in the future that would have sighed tenderly over their love affair. John Keats, the 1800’s poet of such treasured works as “When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be” and “Ode to a Nightingale,” fell in love with Fanny Brawne who became not just his idolized love but his influential muse....(more)

Matt Damon is at his best when he’s in disguise, not necessarily a hair and make-up disguise, but a disguise as to his true motives driving his actions. If you think about the characters he’s played, from Jason Bourne to Tom Ripley to Colin Sullivan , a corporation involved in corn flavoring in mass food products....(more)

The out of sequence structured "The Time Traveler’s Wife" has us wondering about the paradoxes of two different versions of the traveler – one young and one old – arriving approximately in the same space and time. The time travel movie always gets you thinking about such paradoxes....(more)