A version of this review first appeared in The Colorado Springs Gazette. To read this review at its original source, click here.
Proving definitively that his remarkable freshman effort, Moon, was anything but luck or chance, director Duncan Jones returns with Source Code, a less meditative and ambitious film than his last outing, but one which [...]

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Despite being the producer of such shows as thirtysomething and My So-Called Life, director Edward Zwick is not exactly known for his contemporary comedies. He is best known for his historical epics, like the exceptional Glory and Legends of the Fall. Over the years, Zwick’s films have become increasingly artistically compromised, bowing to diluted Hollywood [...]

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This review first appeared in The Colorado Springs Gazette. To read this review at its original source, click here.
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is the first popcorn hit of the summer, a mindless, high-fructose, high-octane adventure that demands very little of your intellect but is sure to get your heart racing. Like the [...]

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This review first appeared in The Colorado Springs Gazette. To read this review at its original source, click here.
Intended as a traumatic melodrama about the harrowing toll of war on the home front, Brothers is a prodigal son story that collapses under the weight of its own narrative schizophrenia and lacks the courage of its [...]

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