Superman Returns

Superman returns to Earth seeming more like a humbled prodigal son than an invincible superhero.

"...Lois Lane (Bosworth), has moved on. She’s mothered a child and is cohabiting (yikes!) with her boss’ nephew Richard..."

June 30, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

La Mujer de Mi Hermano

Soap melodramatics masquerade as high art in this south-of-the-border drama about a love triangle and marital infidelity.

"...love triangle is predictable and thin, even though the actors are polished and cinematographer Andres Sanchez provides the film..."

April 14, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Station Agent

Award-winning indie favorite shows how human beings form emotional connections – despite their best efforts not to.

"...to shore up sagging plot lines than as actual actors. Caustic and small and storming around like some furious..."

Nov. 21, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Way Home

"...he’s nothing more than a spoiled brat, a poster child for corporeal punishment. Of course, it’s easy to see..."

March 21, 2003 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Nicholas Nickleby

Charles Dickens' picaresque teems with wonderful performances and bright direction by McGrath (who also did the same for Jane Austen in Emma).

"...cast of characters played by a host of wonderful actors. And the show is truly the thing here. If..."

Jan. 10, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

In the Bedroom

"...pride themselves on having raised their son, an only child, in a liberal, lenient environment, but that attitude backfires..."

Jan. 4, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Luzhin Defence

"...him, is the best thing about the movie. Both actors are seasoned pros in the art of playing off-kilter..."

May 18, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Pledge

"...to madness by his promise to bring down a child killer. Hours before his retirement, detective Jerry Black (Jack..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Autumn Heart

"...instead of playing to the movie's strengths (i.e., the actors and the story's genuine heart), it lines the territory..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Time for Drunken Horses

Iranian masterpiece of Kurdish life.

"...scrambles for day-labor jobs in the local bazaar, where children wrap purchases in newspaper and carry heavy parcels on..."

Nov. 17, 2000 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

A Night at the Roxbury

"...Crazy Guys) and imagine the lads as developmentally stunted child-men with delusions of grandeur. With a persistence available only..."

Oct. 9, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Nenette and Boni

"...these otherwise ordinary kids so hate their father. Whether child abuse or sustained halitosis, we're left to guess. Into..."

Dec. 12, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Box of Moonlight

"...hair, water is running upward into the tap, and children pedal their bicycles backwards. When Al's out-of-town job assignment..."

Sept. 19, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Walk in the Clouds

"...master's candidate who's pregnant and abandoned with her professor's child. Paul is leaving his home; Victoria is returning to..."

Aug. 11, 1995 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Little Giants

"...Little Giants offers nothing new in the way of children's entertainment. If you have ever seen a sports movie..."

Oct. 21, 1994 Movie Review by Brian Baker

Robert Rodriguez Brings Big Dad Energy to We Can Be Heroes

Sharkboy and Lavagirl return to pass the torch to a younger generation of heroes

"...curve for Gosselin came from not being the only child actor on set. One real rarity about We Can..."

Dec. 25, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Monos

Colombian child-soldier drama is a bleak look into the cruelty of innocents

"...the small, isolated cast (several of whom were nonprofessional actors) aren’t concerned with political specifics, much less good and..."

Sept. 27, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Instant Family

Adoption comedy is rocky but charming

"...too daunted by the idea of bringing a small child into their lives. It’s only when they are smitten..."

Nov. 16, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Shut In

Naomi Watts stars in ho-hum thriller

"...guess is that although she’s one of the greatest actors of our time, she’s also over 40, and because:..."

Nov. 18, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Girl

David Riker's indie drama stars Abbie Cornish as a Texas woman, who finds maturity while smuggling Mexicans across the border.

"...of her car is Rosa (Santiago Hernandez), a motherless child who attaches herself to Ashley...."

April 5, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Higher Ground

Oscar-winning actress Vera Farmiga makes her debut as a director with this film in which she also stars as a woman who struggles with religious faith.

"...a teenager by Farmiga’s siter Taissa, and as a child by McKenzie Turner) is the woman searching for “higher..."

Sept. 9, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Life as We Know It

It's Two Singletons and a Baby, starring Katherine Heigl and Josh Duhamel.

"...a will that designates Holly and Messer as the child's guardians. Each is a friend of only one of..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Role Models

In this comedy, two cranky men, played by Paul Rudd and Seann William Scott, are forced by court order to take part in a child-mentoring program.

"...below the superstar radar, backing up less talented comic actors in movies such as Knocked Up, The 40 Year..."

Nov. 7, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Blood Diamond

This action-packed take on the issue of blood diamonds is an example of social critique masquerading as cineplex fodder.

"...of Blood Diamond includes endless sequences of slaughter, bloodthirsty child soldiers, and politically motivated dismemberment, which is rough, gory..."

Dec. 8, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Man on Fire

Denzel Washington heads up a pulsating kidnapping thriller.

"...that have targeted the country’s wealthiest citizens and their children...."

April 23, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Confidence

"...Guzmán and Brian Van Holt. Confidence is the bastard child of so many con capers, from The Sting to..."

April 25, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Tuvalu

"...nearly wordless. Imagine, if you will, a beloved bastard child of Charlie Chaplin and Sergei Eisenstein, or of Jean..."

March 1, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Gone Fishin'

"...underrated virtue, and the fact that so many talented actors found time and motivation to create this warm, frolicsome..."

June 6, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Flirting With Disaster

"...positively wacky, as a crisscross-country reunion between parent and child turns into something akin to a French bedroom farce,..."

April 5, 1996 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Sum of Us

"...bickering belies a deep friendship and an even deeper parent-child connection. Yet while both men appreciate each other's company,..."

April 14, 1995 Movie Review by Alison Macor

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