Jersey Girl

Ben Affleck plays a widower dad in this family dramedy from an uncustomarily sweet Kevin Smith.

"...a longtime Smith collaborator, stars as Ollie Trinke, a Manhattan publicist who must abandon the big city and move..."

March 26, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Anything Else

Woody Allen's latest was not screened before press time.

"...returns to the romantic landscape of Annie Hall and Manhattan, ostensibly in the hope of finding his way again...."

Sept. 26, 2003 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Fighting Temptations

Cuba Gooding Jr. and Beyoncé join the church choir.

"...turn off the head pops and mugging. As ruthless Manhattan junior ad exec Darrin, Gooding pulls out the broad..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Down With Love

"...of Catcher, perched on a helicopter ladder swooping over Manhattan. Catch is a journalist at a men’s magazine, and..."

May 16, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Guru

"...he’s thrust into the role by happenstance and shallow Manhattan debutante Lexi (Tomei), who wants him for his spiritual..."

Feb. 14, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Kissing Jessica Stein

"...lame-duck blind dates with men she's been having, flibberty-gibbet Manhattan copywriter Jessica Stein (Westfeldt) wonders if maybe she's got..."

March 29, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Kate & Leopold

"...moment of winking self-reflexivity. An English duke transplanted in Manhattan, circa 1876, Leopold (Jackman) is thrust into the 21st..."

Dec. 28, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Big Eden

"...It's light years away from Henry's adopted hometown -- Manhattan -- where his officious art dealer (Veanne Cox) awaits,..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Fast Food Fast Women

"...chummy urban charm one might reasonably expect from a Manhattan character piece centered around a dingy neighborhood diner. But..."

Aug. 17, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Double Take

"...and cohesive 1988 road romp Midnight Run. Herein, a Manhattan investment banker (7-Up pitchman Orlando Jones) takes the heat..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Family Man

"...invasive. Jack Campbell (Cage) is the kind of voracious Manhattan financier who spends Christmas Eve brokering “the largest merger..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Dark Days

"...and spent two full years beneath the streets of Manhattan. That experience helps him humanize the unknown, although it's..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Rear Window

One of Hitchcock's most accessible films is also one of his most gleefully deviant, dealing as it does with such fun urban pastimes as voyeurism and spousal mayhem.

"...his convalescence by peeping on the neighbors in his Manhattan courtyard flat. Along with socialite love interest Lisa Fremont..."

July 23, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hamlet

You have to admire Michael Almereyda's contemporary rendition of Shakespeare's Hamlet if for no other reason than its audacity in staging one of the passive prince's timeless soliloquies in the Action aisle of his local Blockbuster. “Go Home Happy,” chirps the store banner in the background.

"...sizable portions of the original's dialogue. Set in contemporary Manhattan, this is a Hamlet marked by the trappings of..."

June 23, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Waiting Game

"...a co-ed group of waiters working in an off-Broadway Manhattan bistro with the odd moniker of Peter's Backyard, The..."

April 21, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Gun Shy

"...current job. Later on he hooks up with a Manhattan shrink and doctors encounter group, and lays it all..."

April 21, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Trick

"...is deceptively simple -- two guys meet on a Manhattan subway one evening, and then spend the rest of..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Movie Review by Steve Davis

2000 Seen By - (Part One)

"...assistant Magdalene (P.J. Harvey). While they check into a Manhattan hotel and prepare for the Apocalypse, Satan (Thomas Jay..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

2000 Seen By – (Part Two)

"...assistant Magdalene (P.J. Harvey). While they check into a Manhattan hotel and prepare for the Apocalypse, Satan (Thomas Jay..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Two Hundred Cigarettes

"...but with a few exceptions, they're ciphers in a Manhattan demimonde. As a result, the actors have little with..."

Feb. 26, 1999 Movie Review by Steve Davis

54

"...the first time around. With this loose bio-pic of Manhattan's famed Studio 54, debuting director Christopher seeks to rub..."

Aug. 28, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

I Love You, I Love You Not

"...impact. Her protagonist is Daisy (Danes), a shy, bookish Manhattan prep school student whose emotional fragility makes her a..."

April 3, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Fetishes

"...of a Serial Killer) sets his sights on the Manhattan S&M parlor known as Pandora's Box and comes away..."

Feb. 13, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Daytrippers

"...up together in the family station wagon tooling around Manhattan. It gives everyone a chance to interact -- or..."

April 25, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Infinity

"...and love first, while the haunting specter of the Manhattan Project whirls around them. It's a wonderful debut film,..."

Oct. 4, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

I Shot Andy Warhol

"...after the assault, Valerie Solanis walked up to a Manhattan beat cop, handed him a revolver, and said, “I..."

June 14, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Lie Down With Dogs

"...With Dogs, the somewhat aimless Tommie decides to leave Manhattan to pursue a summer of love in P-Town only..."

Aug. 18, 1995 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Basketball Diaries

"...Carroll's autobiographical book about growing up addicted in 1960s Manhattan abuses drugs in the sense of exploiting their lure..."

April 28, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Miami Rhapsody

"...aspirations are clear. It longs to be a Gershwin Manhattan. Easy-listening rum & Coke is more like what it..."

March 3, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Trial by Jury

"...the owner of an antique clothing shop in downtown Manhattan, Valerie's wardrobe and taste in antique furniture are impeccable...."

Sept. 16, 1994 Movie Review by Alison Macor

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