"The Mystery of Natalie Wood" is a made-for-television biopic about the life and career of Natalie Wood from her childhood in the movies in the 1940's to her death in 1981. Director Peter Bogdanovich ("The Last Picture Show" 1971) made the film in a semi-documentary fashion, with [..]

"Code of a Killer" is a British drama miniseries about Alec Jeffreys' discovery of DNA fingerprinting and its initial use by policeman David Baker in catching a double murderer. Director James Strong and creator-teleplay writer Michael Crompton put together an interesting look at this historic change in [..]

"The Interview" was a black comedy action picture about a journalist who manages to obtain an interview with the North Korean president, and is then given the task by CIA operatives to assassinate him. The subsequent threats in real life against producers-directors Seth Rogan and Evan Goldberg [..]

"Bridget Jones's Diary" is a romantic comedy film that follows the story of an Englishwoman's amorous activities in a very intimate fashion by her own narration from her personal journals. Director Sharon Maguire, in her feature film debut, attempts to create a light a light and breezy [..]

"Shopgirl" is the story of a compex love triangle between a discontented salesgirl, a wealthy businessman, and an unambitious young man. The three principal actors, Claire Danes, Steve Martin, and Jason Schwartzman, all deliver refined, sensitive, and multi-layered performances that make this a very engrossing motion picture [..]

"Waiting to Exhale" is the story of four women and their trials and tribulations in their romantic relationships. Director Forest Whitaker, in his feature film debut, and screenwriters Terry McMillan and Ronald Bass, crafted an engrossing drama that transcends the expected "chic flick" genre. The four [..]

Director Steven Spielberg's second act in the Jurassic Park series certainly hit the mark. "The Lost World: Jurassic Park" is loaded with action sequences, realistic looking dinosaurs terrorizing people, a reasonably good storyline, and more. Four years after the original film, John Hammond loses control of [..]

"Walt Before Mickey" is an interesting look at the early career of Walt Disney from director Khoa Le and screenwriter Arthur L. Bernstein. It was adapted from Timothy Susanin's 2011 book "Walt Before Mickey: Disney's Early Years, 1919-1928." Thomas Ian Nicholas did [..]

Low-brow comedy, poorly written script, bad acting, and endless gory scenes characterize "Cocaine Bear." Producer-director Elizabeth Banks ("Pitch Perfect 2" 2015) and screenwriter Jimmy Warden took a real-life 1985 incident where a bear consumed 75 pounds of cocaine dropped from an airplane and made it into a [..]

"Teenagers from Outer Space" is a science fiction B-movie thriller about a young alien who abandons his space ship and crew from another planet. The aliens' mission is to use human life on earth as a farm for giant lobsters they in turn use for food. [..]