As I watched “Stephen Tobolowsky’s Birthday Party,” I could not help but imagine a particular conversation taking place between two...

Drinking wine is perfectly natural. The earth produces the fruit, in this case the grape. The grape gets picked and smashed. The...

My girlfriend and I have had an argument over “Evil Dead II” for about six years now. When I first showed it to her, she outright hated...

You like zebras? I mean, do you REALLY like ‘em? I’ve always been rather neutral on them myself. They don’t exactly fill me with pride...

I saw “Rent” performed live at the Shubert Theater here in Chicago about seven years ago and found it to be a thoroughly entertaining—of...

I must say that when it comes to mindless Hollywood summertime entertainment, I have a slight weakness for disaster flicks, particularly...

Mel Brooks’ “The Producers” will always be funny. I know that now. Having seen the original many times and having seen this reinvention...

High-profile, over-hyped big-screen adaptations such as “Phantom of the Opera” can’t be reviewed without first qualifying the opinion, so...

Ever since Jackie Chan took the plunge into mediocre American escapist fare, the action genre has been missing something integral to the...

(SCREENED AT THE 2004 CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL) We live in a constant state of progression, technological advances and medical...

I’ve read the first three books in Lemony Snicket’s “Unfortunate Events” series and found them to be highly entertaining, charmingly...

“King Kong” reawakened my senses as a moviegoer in a way few films have this year. It reminded me of why I love movies, a much-needed...

The new documentary “Jesus Camp” does not intend for us to merely watch evangelical Christians and the way they teach their children so...

Horse semen. Gigantic fish hooks. Rocket-propelled shopping carts. These are just a few of the props used by the crew of jackass to...

“Junebug” came out of nowhere for me. I knew it only by title. I walked in knowing nothing of the story or where it would take me. ...

I watched “Journey Into Bliss” with my mouth gaped about two inches wide. I couldn’t turn it off and I couldn’t believe my eyes. I...

Something about the goofy musical “Idlewild” works. I can’t put my finger on it, but in the end I walked out feeling the movie won me...

“Happy Feet” is a big, wondrous, happy movie. It reminded me of how lucky I am to be alive at this point in time to witness just how far...

The “Harry Potter” movie franchise is at a very interesting point now as the books become longer and the movies remain at the acceptable...

I remember when I was 10 years old or so (early ‘80s), my mom dropped my friend and I off at some rec center where they showed “The Love...