Having become a nameless rogue since his previous appearance in The Road Warrior, Mel Gibson finds himself fighting for his stolen possessions in a cruel shantytown flourishing in post-apocalyptic Australia. Governed by an armor-clad Tina Turner, the town ultimately exiles Gibson into the desert where he discovers that humanity has reinvented ( Read more... )

In this action-packed sequel to Mad Max, Mel Gibson redefines the reluctant hero as a loving father and devoted husband robbed of his family who seeks vengeance against his injustices by helping others. Set in post-apocalyptic Australia, battles to obtain gasoline propel the weak storyline across the wasteland where Max's destiny drifts along the ( Read more... )

Czech immigrant Selma (Bjork) struggles to save money to pay for a surgery to prevent the hereditary blindness that afflicts her son from reaching the extremity of her own handicap. Despite hardships, Selma is encouraged by the sounds of everyday life that transform reality into a fantasy of musical expression. Ultimately, Selma must sacrifice her ( Read more... )

Paul Hogan plays an Aussie crocodile hunter who reshapes his outback muckraking talents to assist his soon-to-be-wife with a perilous journalistic investigation in the glitzy American film industry. Ignorance is bliss for the protagonist in this warm-hearted comedy as he succeeds to unravel a scandal with the help of conveniently present animals ( Read more... )

Purported as starring Richard Gere as a highball lawyer trying to become a celebrity, the real star is film newcomer Edward Norton, who plays a choir boy on trial for allegedly murdering an archbishop. The scenes without Norton are pure fluff, complete with convoluted plot inventions not compensated for by the lackluster acting. Not enough footage ( Read more... )

Detective Alex Cross (Morgan Freeman) falls from grace after his last adventure in Kiss the Girls but has the opportunity to redeem himself when the daughter of a senator is kidnapped. Assisted by the secret service agent responsible for the missing child's welfare (Monica Potter), Cross soon discovers that the kidnapper seeks infamy by duplicating ( Read more... )

Adapted from Oscar Wilde's play, this movie promises a suspenseful plot with witty dialogue and delivers. Basically, the sanctity of a perfect marriage (Jeremy Northam and Cate Blanchett) and the bachelorhood of an whimsical seducer (Rupert Everett) are determined by the manipulative ploys of an old acquaintance (Julianne Moore). A Victorian comedy ( Read more... )

A mosaic of the drug world illustrating the despair of people on high and low ends of both sides of the narcotics industry--from producing, transporting, and using drugs to rehabilitation, prevention, and law enforcement. All levels are encountered, the slippery boundaries between good and bad as well as the temptation to switch sides are divulged ( Read more... )

A beer-bellied bong-smoking philosopher has mastered the art of seduction based on the tactics of Steve McQueen: be desireless of sex, be excellent, retreat. This surefire approach makes any man irresistable to women. The philosopher is followed by a cult of guy friends, who share a luxurious Santa Fe mansion with him. But when he suddenly falls in ( Read more... )

Christopher Guest's film (writer, director, and actor) satirizing the pomp and grandeur of dog shows and the eccentrics who enter. Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara play the blue-collar protagonists who are competing against lawyers, hairdressers, lesbians, and outdoorsmen. A riotous cast of comedians playing parodic roles with lots of adlibbing ( Read more... )