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	543 Reviews by Jeffrey Westhoff 543 Reviews by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) Movie: Bee Movie Release date: 11/2/2007 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (6/0) Seinfeld's quick wit and glib personality are strong enough to give the scattershot story an illu... 44 other reviews of this movie Movie: American Gangster Release date: 11/2/2007 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (6/0) A gritty 1970s thriller made for today, re-creating the past to find lessons for the present. 167 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dan in Real Life Release date: 10/26/2007 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (6/0) Ultimately it is Carell who grounds Dan in something close to real life. 92 other reviews of this movie Movie: Things We Lost in the Fire Release date: 10/19/2007 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (6/0) In an unusual season with so many films are aimed at adults Things We Lost may be the most mature... 82 other reviews of this movie Movie: Rendition Release date: 10/19/2007 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (6/0) Hood's greatest concern is the line between moral courage and cowardice. 124 other reviews of this movie Movie: Elizabeth: The Golden Age Release date: 10/12/2007 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (6/0) Unreliable as history and misguided as a contemporary allegory, Golden Age finally fails because ... 110 other reviews of this movie Movie: Feast of Love Release date: 9/28/2007 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (6/0) Has just enough honesty and heart to redeem it. 85 other reviews of this movie Movie: Kingdom, The Release date: 9/28/2007 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (6/0) The film's American heroes are depicted as pig-headed, offensive bullies who claim the moral high... 107 other reviews of this movie Movie: 3:10 to Yuma Release date: 9/7/2007 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (6/0) Remains an evocative morality tale about what makes men good, what makes them bad and what makes ... 159 other reviews of this movie Movie: Death Sentence Release date: 8/31/2007 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (6/0) Begins promisingly but ends putridly. 93 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dedication Release date: 8/24/2007 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (6/0) It restores one's faith in Mandy Moore's film career. 44 other reviews of this movie Movie: Simpsons Movie, The Release date: 7/27/2007 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (6/1) It cannot compete with the series that inspired it, but it can compete with everything else in th... 154 other reviews of this movie Movie: I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry Release date: 7/20/2007 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Many, many things are wrong with Chuck and Larry, but its ultimate failure lies in the ludicrous ... 113 other reviews of this movie Movie: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Release date: 7/11/2007 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Occupies the middle ground among the Potter movies, not as good as the third and fourth but bette... 179 other reviews of this movie Movie: Rescue Dawn Release date: 7/4/2007 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) A compelling and compassionate portrait of a survivor. 103 other reviews of this movie Movie: Transformers Release date: 7/3/2007 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Whatever chance Transformers might have been a decent movie disappeared the moment Bay was hired ... 177 other reviews of this movie Movie: License to Wed Release date: 7/3/2007 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Like a creepy kid who has taken a few too many Ritalin tablets, License to Wed bounds around the ... 96 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sicko Release date: 6/29/2007 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) A persuasive piece of propaganda because it is as entertaining and funny as it is heart-rending a... 150 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ratatouille Release date: 6/29/2007 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) While others in the computer-animation field are obsessed with making backgrounds appear real, Pi... 152 other reviews of this movie Movie: Mighty Heart, A Release date: 6/22/2007 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) A Mighty Heart is scrupulously journalistic, a would-be documentary that tells in rigorous detail... 131 other reviews of this movie Movie: Evan Almighty Release date: 6/22/2007 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The story plays on a juvenile level, and surprisingly enough it works on that level. 142 other reviews of this movie Movie: Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer Release date: 6/15/2007 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Maintains the tongue-in-cheek quality of the first film without falling into camp. 119 other reviews of this movie Movie: Nancy Drew Release date: 6/15/2007 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Who do they think their audience is? Nancy's many fans rightfully will be insulted by the spoofin... 104 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ocean's Thirteen Release date: 6/8/2007 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The cast and crew are having a lark, and the mood is infectious rather than insular, as it was in... 157 other reviews of this movie Movie: Knocked Up Release date: 6/1/2007 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Apatow loves his actors and the characters they play, and the improvisational spirit on his set k... 160 other reviews of this movie Movie: Mr. Brooks Release date: 6/1/2007 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Just when it seemed the serial-killer film had been done to death, Mr. Brooks brings something fr... 119 other reviews of this movie Movie: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Release date: 5/25/2007 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Director Gore Verbinski continues to deliver the big-budget goods. 165 other reviews of this movie Movie: Shrek the Third Release date: 5/18/2007 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Flat and pointless, Shrek the Third is a sequel made for the worst reason, merely to keep a mega ... 149 other reviews of this movie Movie: 28 Weeks Later Release date: 5/11/2007 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Most post-apocalyptic thrillers make you wonder if humanity will survive before the film ends. Th... 134 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lucky You Release date: 5/4/2007 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The Bellagio's fountains give a more expressive performance than Bana. 101 other reviews of this movie Movie: Waitress Release date: 5/2/2007 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) A celebration of cheating on your spouse. 111 other reviews of this movie Movie: Condemned, The Release date: 4/27/2007 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Wiper may make the point that people would pay to watch such a snuff film, but he too vigorously ... 87 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hot Fuzz Release date: 4/20/2007 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The characters are more fully rounded than the heroes of the Bruckheimer films being aped. 167 other reviews of this movie Movie: Fracture Release date: 4/20/2007 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) A solid, old-fashioned game of mental cat and mouse between two fine actors. 133 other reviews of this movie Movie: Fracture Release date: 4/20/2007 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) A solid, old-fashioned game of mental cat and mouse between two fine actors. 133 other reviews of this movie Movie: Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters Release date: 4/13/2007 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) I didn't feel like I was watching somebody else's idea of a joke; I felt like I was watching some... 54 other reviews of this movie Movie: Disturbia Release date: 4/13/2007 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Disturbia slowly builds from suspense to shocks at the cost of very few brain cells. 120 other reviews of this movie Movie: Grindhouse Release date: 4/6/2007 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The numbness of sitting through nearly two hours of dreck isn't all that kills the momentum going... 160 other reviews of this movie Movie: Grindhouse Release date: 4/6/2007 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The numbness of sitting through nearly two hours of dreck isn't all that kills the momentum going... 160 other reviews of this movie Movie: Reaping, The Release date: 4/5/2007 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The most positive thing about The Reaping is that it isn't as big a waste of time as last year's ... 108 other reviews of this movie Movie: Meet the Robinsons Release date: 3/30/2007 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The film has a freewheeling, quick-hit absurdism closer to Airplane! than Aladdin. 108 other reviews of this movie Movie: TMNT Release date: 3/23/2007 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The Turtles themselves are still a treat and they overcome many of the story's deficiencies. 89 other reviews of this movie Movie: Shooter Release date: 3/23/2007 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Usually conspiracy thrillers don't work. And few fail on as many levels as Shooter. 111 other reviews of this movie Movie: I Think I Love My Wife Release date: 3/16/2007 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Perhaps Rock tries to stretch himself further than his talents currently allow, but next time he ... 83 other reviews of this movie Movie: Premonition Release date: 3/16/2007 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Premonition falls apart because the script turns stupefyingly boneheaded during the most crucial ... 119 other reviews of this movie Movie: 300 Release date: 3/9/2007 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Months before its release 300 already was revered by those who consider it a magnificent achievem... 188 other reviews of this movie Movie: Namesake, The Release date: 3/9/2007 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) When The Namesake focuses on the family and Gogol's struggle to understand what his father means ... 92 other reviews of this movie Movie: Wild Hogs Release date: 3/2/2007 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) An especially lame comedy based on nothing but a situation. The humor is farce or slapstick, so c... 106 other reviews of this movie Movie: Zodiac Release date: 3/2/2007 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) As ungainly as Zodiac is, it never loses your interest. 169 other reviews of this movie Movie: Black Snake Moan Release date: 3/2/2007 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) That's the hypocrisy that tears this fascinating film apart: The female sexual urge must be broke... 146 other reviews of this movie Movie: Black Snake Moan Release date: 3/2/2007 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) That's the hypocrisy that tears this fascinating film apart: The female sexual urge must be broke... 146 other reviews of this movie Movie: Gray Matters Release date: 2/23/2007 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The plot sputters from one unconvincing scene to the next until Kramer just gives up on telling a... 39 other reviews of this movie Movie: Astronaut Farmer, The Release date: 2/23/2007 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Without straining to preach the things studio executives mistake for values, Astronaut Farmer bec... 115 other reviews of this movie Movie: Music and Lyrics Release date: 2/14/2007 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The film's greatest asset is Grant, who could sound witty and erudite reading the ingredients off... 156 other reviews of this movie Movie: Music and Lyrics Release date: 2/14/2007 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The film's greatest asset is Grant, who could sound witty and erudite reading the ingredients off... 156 other reviews of this movie Movie: Smokin' Aces Release date: 1/26/2007 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Repellant for reasons that would take a week to list, but the biggest one is that it tries to rev... 133 other reviews of this movie Movie: Catch and Release Release date: 1/26/2007 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Catch and Release is a little one that gets away. 97 other reviews of this movie Movie: Miss Potter Release date: 12/29/2006 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Succeeds on its performances, its sunny re-creation of London from 100 years ago and a winsome to... 88 other reviews of this movie Movie: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer Release date: 12/27/2006 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) It is refreshing to see Rickman in a heroic role, but everything else about this overripe travest... 54 other reviews of this movie Movie: Children of Men Release date: 12/25/2006 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Filming Children of Men as if it were a war documentary enhances its urgency, but Cuar�n allows q... 61 other reviews of this movie Movie: Good Shepherd, The Release date: 12/22/2006 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The film purports to tell the inside story of the first 20 years of the CIA, but Damon's Bourne m... 104 other reviews of this movie Movie: Letters From Iwo Jima Release date: 12/20/2006 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Letters From Iwo Jima should remind us that even a "good war" is an ugly thing. 152 other reviews of this movie Movie: Rocky Balboa Release date: 12/20/2006 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Before we realize it, we care about this palooka again, care about him like we haven't since 1979... 145 other reviews of this movie Movie: Venus Release date: 12/20/2006 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Venus is the type of comic drama that the British do best. It is poignant without dwelling on its... 124 other reviews of this movie Movie: Pursuit of Happyness, The Release date: 12/15/2006 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Smith's performance is definitely on par with Julia Roberts' in Erin Brockovich. 135 other reviews of this movie Movie: Arthur and the Invisibles Release date: 12/15/2006 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) I know this is supposed to be a children's fantasy and that the color of the Miminoys' skin shoul... 47 other reviews of this movie Movie: Good German, The Release date: 12/15/2006 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) If The Third Man could create a bleak world without characters spewing obscenities, The Good Germ... 96 other reviews of this movie Movie: Breaking and Entering Release date: 12/15/2006 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Writer-director Anthony Minghella tries to base his story on the messy, unpredictable nature of h... 103 other reviews of this movie Movie: Charlotte's Web Release date: 12/15/2006 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Charlotte's Web may not emerge from the shadow of that other talking pig movie, but in its own hu... 111 other reviews of this movie Movie: Happy Feet Release date: 11/17/2006 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) While the film's visual inventiveness and technological innovations can be daunting at the start,... 124 other reviews of this movie Movie: Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus Release date: 11/10/2006 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) In Fur the filmmakers have created something more unbearable than the pretentious biopic of a suf... 98 other reviews of this movie Movie: Good Year, A Release date: 11/10/2006 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The humor is fast and witty - P.G. Wodehouse on rocket fuel. 102 other reviews of this movie Movie: Stranger Than Fiction Release date: 11/10/2006 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Indulge the movie's excesses, and it rewards the viewer's intelligence with humor mingled with in... 131 other reviews of this movie Movie: Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan Release date: 11/3/2006 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) A cinematic stunt that works occasionally, but not often enough. 170 other reviews of this movie Movie: Flushed Away Release date: 11/3/2006 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) This is one of those movies that sends kids - and adults - out of the theater listing dozens of t... 109 other reviews of this movie Movie: Flags of Our Fathers Release date: 10/20/2006 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The most intriguing, and in some ways most courageous, aspect of Flags is how Eastwood deconstruc... 158 other reviews of this movie Movie: Running With Scissors Release date: 10/20/2006 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Running With Scissors loses its edge because we want to see more of Baldwin and less of everyone ... 101 other reviews of this movie Movie: Prestige, The Release date: 10/20/2006 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Following The Illusionist, The Prestige is this season's second thriller about stage magic at the... 61 other reviews of this movie Movie: Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker Release date: 10/13/2006 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) If Pettyfer approached the material as a teenage James Bond movie, the actors playing the villain... 56 other reviews of this movie Movie: Departed, The Release date: 10/6/2006 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) It may not be vintage Scorsese, but it is exciting Scorsese. 189 other reviews of this movie Movie: Last King of Scotland, The Release date: 9/27/2006 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Amin's story is so thick with drama, terror and bloodshed, why create a fictional character to se... 108 other reviews of this movie Movie: All the King's Men Release date: 9/22/2006 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Like Polonius in "Hamlet," All the King's Men takes on airs as it pretends to explain the mysteri... 56 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hollywoodland Release date: 9/8/2006 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The fatal flaw of Hollywoodland is as basic as the mystery genre gets: too much detective, not en... 114 other reviews of this movie Movie: Snakes on a Plane Release date: 8/18/2006 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Snakes on a Plane is good fun that could have been great fun. 75 other reviews of this movie Movie: World Trade Center Release date: 8/9/2006 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Stone taps into great reserves of undiscovered subtlety. 215 other reviews of this movie Movie: World Trade Center Release date: 8/9/2006 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Stone taps into great reserves of undiscovered subtlety. 215 other reviews of this movie Movie: Miami Vice Release date: 7/28/2006 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Several voters at Jumptheshark.com believe the Miami Vice TV show jumped the shark when Don Johns... 66 other reviews of this movie Movie: Monster House Release date: 7/21/2006 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The ultimate movie for 10-year-old boys. 122 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lady in the Water Release date: 7/21/2006 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) For a movie constantly explaining itself, M. Night Shyamalan's Lady in the Water doesn't make a d... 86 other reviews of this movie Movie: You, Me and Dupree Release date: 7/14/2006 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) When your straight man gets more laughs than you, it's time to modify your act. 145 other reviews of this movie Movie: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Release date: 7/7/2006 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Taking Dead Man's Chest for what it is, half a movie, this is a rollicking half a movie that rest... 186 other reviews of this movie Movie: Devil Wears Prada, The Release date: 6/30/2006 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (6/1) Andy's corruption is so gradual she doesn't realize it is happening. While this is probably truer... 154 other reviews of this movie Movie: Strangers With Candy Release date: 6/28/2006 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Strangers With Candy is Nacho Libre for the self-proclaimed cool kids. 79 other reviews of this movie Movie: Superman Returns Release date: 6/28/2006 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Its deliberate lack of originality is demoralizing. 258 other reviews of this movie Movie: Click Release date: 6/23/2006 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) It is basically a lowbrow and secular rehash of A Christmas Carol, although Sandler creates a cha... 59 other reviews of this movie Movie: Cars Release date: 6/9/2006 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (6/1) The script may miss the parental angst lurking within Toy Story and The Incredibles, but it still... 78 other reviews of this movie Movie: Break-Up, The Release date: 6/2/2006 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The Break-Up is more like Annie Hall told with Chicago attitude and work ethic. 157 other reviews of this movie Movie: X-Men: The Last Stand Release date: 5/26/2006 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Although Last Stand remains entertaining, it has the slapped-together look and feel of the first ... 204 other reviews of this movie Movie: Over the Hedge Release date: 5/19/2006 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Over the Hedge is an important evolution for DreamWorks Animation because it proceeds from a stor... 55 other reviews of this movie Movie: Poseidon Release date: 5/12/2006 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) 'Adventure' no longer describes what the survivors endure, and an accurate alternative such as Th... 78 other reviews of this movie Movie: Mission: Impossible III Release date: 5/5/2006 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Abrams and Cruise create an explosive and highly entertaining blend of old-school and new-school ... 159 other reviews of this movie Movie: Scary Movie 4 Release date: 4/14/2006 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) For what it's worth, Scary Movie 4 probably is the best entry in this strangely resilient series. 111 other reviews of this movie Movie: Friends With Money Release date: 4/7/2006 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Friends With Money should be on Prozac, Zoloft or Paxil. I mean that in a good way. 116 other reviews of this movie Movie: Basic Instinct 2 Release date: 3/31/2006 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) For many people, the only reason to see Basic Instinct 2 is to find out if Stone uncrosses her le... 125 other reviews of this movie Movie: She's the Man Release date: 3/17/2006 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) She�s the Man is foremost an excellent showcase for Bynes. 96 other reviews of this movie Movie: V for Vendetta Release date: 3/17/2006 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The political anger of V for Vendetta, like that of 1984, is timeless. 204 other reviews of this movie Movie: Shaggy Dog, The Release date: 3/10/2006 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) It mongrelizes a much funnier, fresher movie. 94 other reviews of this movie Movie: Tsotsi Release date: 2/24/2006 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Hood was fortunate to find such a marvelous canvas in Chweneyagae�s face. 104 other reviews of this movie Movie: Eight Below Release date: 2/17/2006 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Eight Below is Disney�s long-form apology for Snow Dogs. 121 other reviews of this movie Movie: Pink Panther, The Release date: 2/10/2006 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Martin plays Clouseau as a cartoon. We always are aware of the distance between the actor and the... 44 other reviews of this movie Movie: Firewall Release date: 2/10/2006 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) If Ford�s character is too much like the ones he played in Patriot Games and The Fugitive, at lea... 128 other reviews of this movie Movie: Something New Release date: 2/3/2006 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Quietly, almost subliminally, Something New is more profound than the overwrought �relevance� of ... 84 other reviews of this movie Movie: Imagine Me & You Release date: 1/27/2006 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) What makes Imagine Me & You noteworthy at this particular moment in film history is that it openl... 89 other reviews of this movie Movie: Why we Fight Release date: 1/20/2006 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (6/1) A provocative documentary that asks us to ask questions about our foreign policy and our responsi... 82 other reviews of this movie Movie: Glory Road Release date: 1/13/2006 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) For all its faults, the film brings back a forgotten moment in racial equality more vividly than ... 126 other reviews of this movie Movie: Match Point Release date: 12/28/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Match Point may be Allen�s best film in years, but the disastrous casting of Rhys-Myers makes it ... 159 other reviews of this movie Movie: Rumor Has It... Release date: 12/25/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Reiner is guilty of either mishandling his material on a grand scale or of not recognizing that t... 84 other reviews of this movie Movie: New World, The Release date: 12/25/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) A beautiful and remarkable film about a beautiful and remarkable person. 129 other reviews of this movie Movie: Munich Release date: 12/23/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Spielberg invests too much time and energy on the intricate espionage plot before getting around ... 163 other reviews of this movie Movie: Producers, The Release date: 12/16/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The Producers is such a blast you have to wonder how great it could have been with a director who... 122 other reviews of this movie Movie: Family Stone, The Release date: 12/16/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The Family Stone introduces a fun and agreeable bunch of people to hang around with, even if they... 123 other reviews of this movie Movie: King Kong Release date: 12/14/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Jackson hasn�t realized just his own dream but the collective dream of everyone who sees the movi... 203 other reviews of this movie Movie: Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The Release date: 12/14/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) While compelling in its own right, Three Burials is more an homage to a past master than an origi... 104 other reviews of this movie Movie: Memoirs of a Geisha Release date: 12/9/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Films set in different countries can teach us so much about other cultures. For example, did you ... 127 other reviews of this movie Movie: Brokeback Mountain Release date: 12/9/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) If the filmmakers weren�t trying so hard to deny the characters' failings, Brokeback Mountain mig... 146 other reviews of this movie Movie: Mrs. Henderson Presents Release date: 12/9/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Mrs. Henderson Presents whips up a sexy bit of froth that goes flat only near the end when the mo... 59 other reviews of this movie Movie: The World's Fastest Indian Release date: 12/7/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Donaldson never raises the stakes high enough for the audience to empathize with Munro, just to b... 39 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ice Harvest, The Release date: 11/23/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Ramis gives this twisted thriller the grim irony Quentin Tarantino and his followers boast of, bu... 35 other reviews of this movie Movie: Walk the Line Release date: 11/18/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Phoenix explores the dark, gravelly depths of his voice to find Cash�s haunted tones. 177 other reviews of this movie Movie: Pride & Prejudice Release date: 11/11/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Knightley fits into Austen's era so perfectly it's hard to believe the actress ever wore a soccer... 100 other reviews of this movie Movie: Zathura Release date: 11/11/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Zathura is a far better film than Jumanji, and not just because Robin Williams isn�t in it. 123 other reviews of this movie Movie: Legend of Zorro, The Release date: 10/28/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (6/1) The Legend of Zorro is fun all right, but it is a comedown from the excellent Mask of Zorro. 64 other reviews of this movie Movie: Weather Man, The Release date: 10/28/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) A strange and brave film for its star, director and studio. 106 other reviews of this movie Movie: North Country Release date: 10/21/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Properly spare and earnest, which prevents it from becoming obnoxious Oscar bait. 42 other reviews of this movie Movie: Shopgirl Release date: 10/21/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Shopgirl has a loveliness rare in modern Hollywood. 122 other reviews of this movie Movie: Elizabethtown Release date: 10/14/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Four to six movies are happening simultaneously in Elizabethtown and Crowe never decides which on... 140 other reviews of this movie Movie: Greatest Game Ever Played, The Release date: 9/30/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (6/1) More than any such movie I remember, The Greatest Game Ever Played celebrates the ideal of sports... 54 other reviews of this movie Movie: Flightplan Release date: 9/23/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) We identify not with Jodie Foster, but with the 423 other passengers whose trip has been loused u... 150 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dirty Love Release date: 9/23/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Aims to be the chick-flick answer to Deuce Bigalow, but even that turns out to be setting its sig... 25 other reviews of this movie Movie: Roll Bounce Release date: 9/23/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (6/1) A spunky, fun little film. 70 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lord of War Release date: 9/16/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Few works are as unbearable as a tirade that thinks it�s a satire. 110 other reviews of this movie Movie: Just Like Heaven Release date: 9/16/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Reese Witherspoon returns to a classier brand of romantic comedy. 130 other reviews of this movie Movie: Constant Gardener, The Release date: 8/31/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (6/1) The Constant Gardener doesn�t self-destruct, implode or fall to pieces the way other movies do wh... 128 other reviews of this movie Movie: Brothers Grimm, The Release date: 8/26/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Like so many children in fairy tales, The Brothers Grimm gets lost in the woods. 156 other reviews of this movie Movie: Red Eye Release date: 8/19/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The tension rises mostly from the verbal game of cat and mouse of the hunter and hunted sharing a... 54 other reviews of this movie Movie: 40-Year-Old Virgin, The Release date: 8/19/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) They have written a story about likable people whom we care about, which allows genuine sweetness... 168 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dukes of Hazzard, The Release date: 8/5/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) If this is how Bo and Luke translate to the big screen, I�d hate to see the movie versions of Coy... 143 other reviews of this movie Movie: Must Love Dogs Release date: 7/29/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Writer-director Gary David Goldberg relies so much on the predetermined beats of sitcom writing t... 123 other reviews of this movie Movie: Island, The Release date: 7/22/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) It is never flat-out awful. 161 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bad News Bears, The Release date: 7/22/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (6/1) The film equivalent of a tribute band. 114 other reviews of this movie Movie: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Release date: 7/15/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Depp�s one-joke performance makes the film a confection with a hollow center. 204 other reviews of this movie Movie: Wedding Crashers Release date: 7/15/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Vaughn and Wilson could do cold readings of Sylvia Plath poems and make them sound hilarious. 69 other reviews of this movie Movie: Murderball Release date: 7/8/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Murderball opens our eyes to many things, but the greatest is that handicapped people don�t have ... 103 other reviews of this movie Movie: War of the Worlds Release date: 6/29/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) May be the most efficiently built engine of escalating terror you will ever encounter. But Spielb... 207 other reviews of this movie Movie: George A. Romero's Land of the Dead Release date: 6/24/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The most shocking thing about Land of the Dead is not the vivid dismemberments but how boldly Rom... 139 other reviews of this movie Movie: March of the Penguins Release date: 6/24/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Amazing documentary. 113 other reviews of this movie Movie: Herbie: Fully Loaded Release date: 6/22/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) A fun, silly family movie that, like its star, has more under its hood than expected. 43 other reviews of this movie Movie: Perfect Man, The Release date: 6/17/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Take away the giggling, pop songs and pink scenery and you have a story as mean-spirited as The S... 91 other reviews of this movie Movie: Honeymooners, The Release date: 6/10/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Cedric the Entertainer is a funny man, but he isn't Jackie Gleason, and anyone who isn't Jackie G... 91 other reviews of this movie Movie: Cinderella Man Release date: 6/3/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Not matter how hard the script tries to turn Braddock into a symbol of American perseverance, Cro... 171 other reviews of this movie Movie: Longest Yard, The Release date: 5/27/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Thirty years later Reynolds still looks fit to play the lead; Sandler still looks like a water bo... 129 other reviews of this movie Movie: Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith Release date: 5/19/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) As he brings his beginning to an end, George Lucas finally produces a second-generation Star Wars... 250 other reviews of this movie Movie: Layer Cake Release date: 5/13/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) It's hard to remember an American gangster film that has been as brazenly entertaining as Layer C... 56 other reviews of this movie Movie: Kingdom of Heaven Release date: 5/6/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Unfortunately, you don't have to see Kindgom of Heaven to learn how it ends. You just have to tur... 49 other reviews of this movie Movie: House of Wax Release date: 5/6/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) House of Wax is not a remake of the 1953 Vincent Price movie with the same title. Rather, it is t... 138 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hitchhiker's Guide To the Galaxy, The Release date: 4/29/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (6/1) Its greatest fault is that it simply doesn't live up to the reputation � not to mention the radi... 160 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sahara Release date: 4/8/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Someone had the brilliant idea to treat Sahara as a Hope and Crosby �Road� picture pasted onto a ... 52 other reviews of this movie Movie: Kung Fu Hustle Release date: 4/8/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (6/1) What makes Chow unique, perhaps even revolutionary, is that he is the first movie comedian to con... 139 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sin City Release date: 4/1/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) You know you�ve gone beyond run-of-the-mill movie violence when you need to use the plural for 'c... 204 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dust to Glory Release date: 4/1/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Brown features so many drivers in so many classes that we lose track of the players after 10 minu... 59 other reviews of this movie Movie: Beauty Shop Release date: 3/30/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Without a real story, even a personality as indomitable as Queen Latifah can carry a movie only s... 86 other reviews of this movie Movie: Guess Who Release date: 3/25/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Defying the sitcom flippancy imposed upon it, Guess Who lurches into moments of relevance. 130 other reviews of this movie Movie: Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous Release date: 3/24/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) A bigger, gaudier mess than the first movie. 66 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ice Princess Release date: 3/18/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Deals with a surprising number of complexities for a G-rated film. Even if doesn't address all of... 58 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ring Two, The Release date: 3/18/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Although thoroughly mediocre, The Ring Two does make sense of the first movie. 129 other reviews of this movie Movie: Robots Release date: 3/11/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) A blast of fun for the whole family, Robots is a clean and precision-tuned entertainment machine. 85 other reviews of this movie Movie: Boys and Girl From County Clare, The Release date: 3/11/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Pushes the least interesting relationships to the front and shoves the most interesting ones too ... 25 other reviews of this movie Movie: Upside of Anger, The Release date: 3/11/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) This vehicle was designed with Allen in the driver�s seat and she roars with it, giving a perform... 47 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hostage Release date: 3/11/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The 7-year-old is far and away the smartest character, which is one sign Hostage is an implosion ... 82 other reviews of this movie Movie: Jacket, The Release date: 3/4/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (6/1) The Jacket relies more on strong acting and humanist philosophy than on the desire to shock that ... 146 other reviews of this movie Movie: Around the Bend Release date: 3/2/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) A slight exercise in sentiment, a funny Hallmark card to the bereaved. 41 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hitch Release date: 2/11/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Hitch is one of those movies � common in the 1930s but rare today � where we envy how the stars s... 73 other reviews of this movie Movie: Uncle Nino Release date: 2/11/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) A superior cast and fine, believable performances lift this above an original production you woul... 30 other reviews of this movie Movie: Schultze Gets the Blues Release date: 2/11/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Director Michael Schorr finds quiet, unforced hilarity in Schultze�s awkward transition to noncon... 44 other reviews of this movie Movie: Wedding Date, The Release date: 2/4/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) It�s telling that we don�t find Messing�s character worthy of a male prostitute�s love. 109 other reviews of this movie Movie: Rory O'Shea Was Here Release date: 2/4/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) A movie friendship to haunt our thoughts and inspire our deeds long after the details of the plot... 58 other reviews of this movie Movie: Alone in the Dark Release date: 1/28/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) If Ed Wood had the opportunity to fall under MTV's influence, Plan Nine From Outer Space would ha... 104 other reviews of this movie Movie: White Noise Release date: 1/7/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Director Geoffrey Sax bravely avoids treating White Noise as another grab bag of scare tactics. 114 other reviews of this movie Movie: Woodsman, The Release date: 12/24/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Bacon's performance, probably the best this underrated pro has delivered, is just about the only ... 30 other reviews of this movie Movie: Spanglish Release date: 12/17/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Enormously entertaining, Spanglish also praises the nobility of everyday life, 115 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events Release date: 12/17/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The results are enthralling, a term that here means 'an improvement upon the best-selling books.' 109 other reviews of this movie Movie: House of Flying Daggers Release date: 12/3/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) As exquisitely photographed as Hero, but with a genuine story. 136 other reviews of this movie Movie: House of Flying Daggers Release date: 12/3/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) As exquisitely photographed as Hero, but with a genuine story. 136 other reviews of this movie Movie: Christmas with the Kranks Release date: 11/24/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Chris Columbus got the bizarre idea that a Grisham book, even a slight one, should be turned into... 108 other reviews of this movie Movie: National Treasure Release date: 11/19/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) A scavenger hunt conceived in liberty and dedicated to the notion that all Jerry Bruckheimer film... 146 other reviews of this movie Movie: Finding Neverland Release date: 11/12/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) If Peter Pan were forgotten and Barrie just an obscure, failed playwright, Finding Neverland stil... 137 other reviews of this movie Movie: Kinsey Release date: 11/12/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Everything about Kinsey is first-class, especially the performances, yet the film cannot be hones... 148 other reviews of this movie Movie: After the Sunset Release date: 11/12/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Amiable pop entertainment. 109 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason Release date: 11/12/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Bridget Jones has lost her voice. ...The sequel lacks the character�s sardonic and distinctly Eng... 105 other reviews of this movie Movie: Polar Express, The Release date: 11/10/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Combine the dead eyes with the shiny skin and Polar Express becomes a Christmas pageant enacted b... 127 other reviews of this movie Movie: Alfie Release date: 11/5/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) While this new Alfie is far from PC, giving him even an ounce of sympathy misses the point. 52 other reviews of this movie Movie: Incredibles, The Release date: 11/5/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The Incredibles is the coolest movie ever made. It rolls Marvel Comics, James Bond and Jonny Ques... 85 other reviews of this movie Movie: Undertow Release date: 10/22/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) This allegiance to Badlands costs Undertow. Green's film never feels as organic as one of Malick'... 87 other reviews of this movie Movie: Shall We Dance? Release date: 10/15/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The original is about the restorative power of dance. The remake is about working a rap number in... 118 other reviews of this movie Movie: Final Cut Release date: 10/15/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) I never thought I would say this, but in The Final Cut I wanted Robin Williams to liven up. 58 other reviews of this movie Movie: Stage Beauty Release date: 10/8/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Stage Beauty, despite many merits, seems to reach the harmful conclusion that sex with Claire Dan... 90 other reviews of this movie Movie: Taxi Release date: 10/8/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Cripes, it's bad enough these Saturday Night Live guys recycle the same dumb ideas; now they're s... 88 other reviews of this movie Movie: Raise Your Voice Release date: 10/8/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Depending on your age, Duff is either the perfect big sister or the perfect baby sitter. She is n... 26 other reviews of this movie Movie: Friday Night Lights Release date: 10/8/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) In a movie where the players are ordered to give 110 percent, Berg holds back. 135 other reviews of this movie Movie: I Heart Huckabees Release date: 10/1/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) If the worst thing I Heart Huckabees does is ask you to think too much, then let all movies be th... 47 other reviews of this movie Movie: Shark Tale Release date: 10/1/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Shark Tale is not without charms, but they are lost at sea. A shallow one at that. 110 other reviews of this movie Movie: Last Shot, The Release date: 9/24/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Match the right actors to right roles, and it doesn't always matter when a movie misses its poten... 63 other reviews of this movie Movie: Mr. 3000 Release date: 9/17/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Mr. 3000 is not the film that will get Mac over the top, but it should guarantee him a few more a... 44 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow Release date: 9/17/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Rolls fantastic tales from the early 20th century into a rock 'em, sock 'em action story as groun... 165 other reviews of this movie Movie: Wimbledon Release date: 9/17/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) A hopelessly contrived and superficial romantic comedy. 111 other reviews of this movie Movie: Criminal Release date: 9/10/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Scores higher than most con artist movies by focusing more on the artists than the con. 91 other reviews of this movie Movie: Vanity Fair Release date: 9/1/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Mira Nair and writer Julian Fellowes reestablish Thackery's sense of melodrama, but cannot fully ... 117 other reviews of this movie Movie: Suspect Zero Release date: 8/27/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) In a genre fast running out of original ideas, Suspect Zero has found one. It just doesn't do muc... 109 other reviews of this movie Movie: Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid Release date: 8/27/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Long before the snakes appear we're already on their side. 83 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hero Release date: 8/27/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The cinematography is more dynamic than the many fight sequences. 151 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bright Young Things Release date: 8/20/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) When the decade winds down, though, Bright Young Things loses its luminence. 49 other reviews of this movie Movie: Without a Paddle Release date: 8/20/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) I'm not saying Without a Paddle shouldn't be a comedy, but it didn't have to be a stupid comedy. 111 other reviews of this movie Movie: Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement, The Release date: 8/11/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) With the chemistry between Anne Hathaway and Julie Andrews he discovered in the first film, Marsh... 86 other reviews of this movie Movie: Collateral Release date: 8/6/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) No director today, not even Martin Scorsese, matches Michael Mann's intensity or artistry when he... 188 other reviews of this movie Movie: Little Black Book Release date: 8/6/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Little Black Book has more in common with Sweet Smell of Success than When Harry Met Sally. 83 other reviews of this movie Movie: Village, The Release date: 7/30/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) What The Village says about human behavior is more chilling than any plot twist. 158 other reviews of this movie Movie: I, Robot Release date: 7/16/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) I, Robot succeeds where other movies that blend science fiction and mystery fiction have failed. 131 other reviews of this movie Movie: Door in the Floor, The Release date: 7/14/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The Door in the Floor is a film about child abuse. The filmmakers either don't realize this or do... 79 other reviews of this movie Movie: Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy Release date: 7/9/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The weirder Anchorman gets, the stronger its comedy. 106 other reviews of this movie Movie: De-Lovely Release date: 7/2/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) De-Lovely has much to sing about but little to say. 120 other reviews of this movie Movie: Terminal, The Release date: 6/18/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Spielberg's most optimistic film since 1989. 154 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story Release date: 6/18/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) More a concept than a movie, and the concept just isn't as clever as the filmmakers think. 108 other reviews of this movie Movie: Around the World in 80 Days Release date: 6/16/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Coraci belongs to a Hollywood faction that believes children won't be entertained unless a movie ... 101 other reviews of this movie Movie: Chronicles of Riddick, The Release date: 6/11/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The quantum leap from Pitch Black to Riddick is disorienting. 124 other reviews of this movie Movie: Stepford Wives, The Release date: 6/11/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The Stepford Wives fails to find a comfortable tone. The humor is never black enough, the plot ne... 116 other reviews of this movie Movie: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Release date: 6/4/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Despite a stronger appreciation for the characters' psyches, Prisoner of Azkaban gets messy when... 70 other reviews of this movie Movie: Day After Tomorrow, The Release date: 5/28/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) For all this expertly rendered destruction, the characters don't seem fazed by casualty counts th... 84 other reviews of this movie Movie: Raising Helen Release date: 5/28/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The characters are all enjoyable, which is Marshall's goal. 49 other reviews of this movie Movie: Troy Release date: 5/14/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) From a technical standpoint Troy ceaselessly impresses, but that doesn�t make the story any easie... 117 other reviews of this movie Movie: Van Helsing Release date: 5/7/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Watching Van Helsing is like having a crazy guy yell conspiracy theories at you for more than two... 116 other reviews of this movie Movie: Super Size Me Release date: 5/7/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Spurlock picks apart a serious issue in a highly entertaining way. 131 other reviews of this movie Movie: Mean Girls Release date: 4/30/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Mean Girls is Heathers sanitized for your middle-schooler's protection. 126 other reviews of this movie Movie: Laws of Attraction Release date: 4/30/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Brosnan and Moore look great together on the poster, but in the film the pairing isn't perfect. 67 other reviews of this movie Movie: Kill Bill Vol. 2 Release date: 4/16/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Kill Bill Vol. 2 is still pulp, but it is elegant pulp. 71 other reviews of this movie Movie: Alamo, The Release date: 4/9/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Hancock's film immediately and emotionally establishes itself as the definitive version. 117 other reviews of this movie Movie: Girl Next Door, The Release date: 4/9/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) If The Girl Next Door had been released last year, it could have billed itself as the 20th annive... 120 other reviews of this movie Movie: I'm Not Scared Release date: 4/9/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Reminiscent of the live-action Disney films of the 1970s � if Wes Craven directed one. 63 other reviews of this movie Movie: Johnson Family Vacation Release date: 4/7/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The humor runs out of gas after about 30 minutes. 79 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hellboy Release date: 4/2/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (6/1) A damned good time. 145 other reviews of this movie Movie: Prince & Me, The Release date: 4/2/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Delivers the most important thing we ask of a romantic comedy, a charming couple played by charmi... 82 other reviews of this movie Movie: Home on the Range Release date: 4/2/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) I laughed so hard I almost passed out. 90 other reviews of this movie Movie: Jersey Girl Release date: 3/26/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Affleck is out-acted by everyone else in the cast, including the infant who plays his daughter. 109 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ladykillers, The Release date: 3/26/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The Ladykillers might improve when it becomes an in-flight movie. With its unnecessary foul langu... 148 other reviews of this movie Movie: Never Die Alone Release date: 3/26/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Like its main character, Never Die Alone is beyond redemption. 37 other reviews of this movie Movie: Taking Lives Release date: 3/19/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) As Angelina Jolie gets better as an actress, her films get worse. It�s not supposed to work that ... 124 other reviews of this movie Movie: Secret Window Release date: 3/12/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Except for Depp's performance, "Secret Window" is a film we've seen and heard before. 59 other reviews of this movie Movie: Passion of the Christ, The Release date: 2/25/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) If Jesus actually received the amount of punishment dished out in this film, he would have been d... 203 other reviews of this movie Movie: Monsieur Ibrahim Release date: 2/13/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Sharif is a joy. 65 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dreamers, The Release date: 2/6/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) I wish that this first release to show the artistic potential of the NC-17 rating was an undisput... 117 other reviews of this movie Movie: Catch That Kid Release date: 2/6/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) I want to hear Jack Valenti explain why this movie is acceptable for young children and the PG-13... 21 other reviews of this movie Movie: Barbershop 2: Back in Business Release date: 2/6/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Barbershop 2: Back in Business is the second episode of a big-screen sit-com. It may be three tim... 82 other reviews of this movie Movie: Miracle Release date: 2/6/2004 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Asking how it ends is like asking whether the boat sinks in Titanic. What makes Miracle special i... 55 other reviews of this movie Movie: Cold Mountain Release date: 12/25/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Law�s performance and Seale�s camerawork redeem the excesses of Cold Mountain, even though Minghe... 156 other reviews of this movie Movie: Young Black Stallion Release date: 12/25/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) As with most IMAX pictures, the spectacular presentation is worth seeing, although this time the ... 32 other reviews of this movie Movie: Peter Pan Release date: 12/25/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Simultaneously a faithful retelling of J.M. Barrie�s beloved story and an audacious reinterpretat... 93 other reviews of this movie Movie: Mona Lisa Smile Release date: 12/19/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) It�s always a riot when a movie preaches artistic freedom and nonconformity while the script scru... 112 other reviews of this movie Movie: Calendar Girls Release date: 12/19/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Sweet and funny, but wouldn�t be worth seeing at all without Mirren and Walters. 96 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The Release date: 12/17/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Even if The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers had not preceded it, Return of the King wou... 82 other reviews of this movie Movie: Stuck on You Release date: 12/12/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The Farrelly brothers again have risen to comic perfection. 116 other reviews of this movie Movie: Love Don't Cost a Thing Release date: 12/12/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) If you remake a mediocre movie, you get another mediocre movie. 62 other reviews of this movie Movie: Big Fish Release date: 12/10/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Burton�s floundering has ended. With Big Fish he finds a movie that allows him a much-needed boos... 53 other reviews of this movie Movie: Honey Release date: 12/5/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Honey is the movie for those who couldn't handle the complexities of Flashdance. 90 other reviews of this movie Movie: Last Samurai, The Release date: 12/5/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The purity of Cruise's anguish and Watanabe's nobility carries the drama. 166 other reviews of this movie Movie: Triplets of Belleville, The Release date: 11/26/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) A strange delight, an original vision that enhances the state of contemporary animation. 96 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat Release date: 11/21/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Myers isn�t playing a character. He�s just doing comedy sketches in a strange costume and makeup ... 108 other reviews of this movie Movie: Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Release date: 11/14/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) A fine, handsomely crafted adventure film, but not much more. 157 other reviews of this movie Movie: Love Actually Release date: 11/7/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Runs long and gets silly at times, but it is not embarrassed to be a simple, happy film that affi... 149 other reviews of this movie Movie: Matrix Revolutions, The Release date: 11/5/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The Wachowskis focus so much on resolving the final conflict between good and evil that they negl... 158 other reviews of this movie Movie: Shattered Glass Release date: 10/31/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Joins All the President's Men, The Insider and Call Northside 777 on the list of essential journa... 118 other reviews of this movie Movie: Brother Bear Release date: 10/24/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Proves hand-drawn animation can dazzle as much the computerized kind. 46 other reviews of this movie Movie: Scary Movie 3 Release date: 10/24/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) I don't expect Zucker to exhibit good taste, but he could have relied less on the predictably cru... 76 other reviews of this movie Movie: Veronica Guerin Release date: 10/17/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Either the movie isn't worthy of the real Veronica Guerin, or the real Veronica Guerin wasn't wor... 41 other reviews of this movie Movie: Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Release date: 10/17/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The original movie has been ripped off so many times over 29 years that a genuine remake comes of... 120 other reviews of this movie Movie: Runaway Jury Release date: 10/17/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Runaway Jury is as unbelievable as any Grisham adaptation, but director Gary Fleder keeps the sto... 87 other reviews of this movie Movie: Kill Bill Vol. 1 Release date: 10/10/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Just as only NBA fanatics can justify watching the first three quarters of a game, only Tarantino... 163 other reviews of this movie Movie: Mystic River Release date: 10/8/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Mystic River draws its power from the shadow murder throws over everyday life. 142 other reviews of this movie Movie: Prey For Rock & Roll Release date: 10/3/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Despite all its angst and bitterness, Prey doesn't convey the pure appreciation of rock 'n' roll ... 42 other reviews of this movie Movie: Out of Time Release date: 10/3/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The ending is several shades too blanc for true noir, but director Carl Franklin leads us through... 97 other reviews of this movie Movie: School of Rock Release date: 10/3/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) With its knowing humor and Jack Black unbound, School of Rock cranks its fun up to 11. 148 other reviews of this movie Movie: Under the Tuscan Sun Release date: 9/26/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Warmth and joy fill the movie. Some of it comes from that sun over Tuscany, but most of it comes ... 51 other reviews of this movie Movie: Rundown, The Release date: 9/26/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Shows The Rock's promise as an action star. A better director would have let him deliver on that ... 109 other reviews of this movie Movie: Cold Creek Manor Release date: 9/19/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) One of those well-made movies that can�t find the elusive element that turns a lukewarm thriller ... 53 other reviews of this movie Movie: Secondhand Lions Release date: 9/19/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Osment doesn�t have to worry about looks ending his career early. But more films like Secondhand ... 95 other reviews of this movie Movie: Cabin Fever Release date: 9/12/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Taken as a horror movie, it is the best of its breed in ages. Taken as a commentary on human beha... 110 other reviews of this movie Movie: Matchstick Men Release date: 9/12/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) One of the few con jobs since The Grifters that cheats its characters, not its audience. 116 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star Release date: 9/5/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Filled with ideas that aren't credible even in a zany comedy. 78 other reviews of this movie Movie: Other Side of the Bed, The Release date: 8/29/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The dance steps are more Drew Carey than Gene Kelly. 28 other reviews of this movie Movie: Jeepers Creepers 2 Release date: 8/29/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (6/1) Salva develops the tension and terror with skill. 94 other reviews of this movie Movie: Freddy vs. Jason Release date: 8/15/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) It�s a Nightmare on Elm Street movie as badly written and performed as a Friday the 13th movie. 103 other reviews of this movie Movie: American Splendor Release date: 8/15/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) A jolt of originality 133 other reviews of this movie Movie: Uptown Girls Release date: 8/15/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) So shiny and sweet, it�s too bad director Boaz Yakin couldn�t squeeze more originality into it. 91 other reviews of this movie Movie: Gigli Release date: 8/1/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) It's worth knowing how to pronounce Gigli because it will enter the vocabulary as a word meaning ... 135 other reviews of this movie Movie: American Wedding Release date: 8/1/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) American Wedding is dumb and vulgar and � don't tell my mother I said this � awfully funny. 116 other reviews of this movie Movie: Seabiscuit Release date: 7/25/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Striving to affirm Seabiscuit�s historic impact, Ross misses the joy of Seabiscuit�s history. 121 other reviews of this movie Movie: Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over Release date: 7/25/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The silly sensation is fun, even for victims of the short-lived 1980s 3-D revival of Comin� at Ya... 116 other reviews of this movie Movie: Buffalo Soldiers Release date: 7/25/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Buffalo Soldiers takes place only 14 years ago, but its world seems more ancient than From Here t... 27 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life Release date: 7/25/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) This time the filmmakers understand how to treat this female fusion of Indiana Jones and James Bo... 132 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bad Boys II Release date: 7/18/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) No movie has pursued its own wretchedness with such ferocity. 57 other reviews of this movie Movie: Johnny English Release date: 7/18/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (6/1) The good jokes are so infrequent Johnny English could be retitled You Only Laugh Twice. 30 other reviews of this movie Movie: I Capture the Castle Release date: 7/11/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (6/1) A newcomer who exudes confidence, Romola Garai steadily guides us through the story�s early comed... 63 other reviews of this movie Movie: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Release date: 7/9/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) May not blow you out of the water as the trailer promised, but it delivers enough fun to shiver a... 152 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas Release date: 7/2/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Pitt�s mumblings result in Sinbad�s inexpressive face, which gives us a movie hero who leaps from... 30 other reviews of this movie Movie: Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle Release date: 6/27/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Finds its groove but doesn�t get out when it turns into a rut. 96 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hulk, The Release date: 6/20/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) This ambitious comic book adaptation gets it right most of the time, and when it does, The Hulk i... 73 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hollywood Homicide Release date: 6/13/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) A smashing satire disguised as a generic buddy cop thriller. 57 other reviews of this movie Movie: Rugrats Go Wild Release date: 6/13/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Too many boogers, not enough heart. 72 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd Release date: 6/13/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Relies on double entendres so obvious they wouldn't get a chuckle from Beavis and Butt-head. 94 other reviews of this movie Movie: Whale Rider Release date: 6/6/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) An epic for the family, one that celebrates the inner strength of girls without becoming strident... 119 other reviews of this movie Movie: 2 Fast 2 Furious Release date: 6/6/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) You would think the producers would have hired a director who could put together an exciting acti... 106 other reviews of this movie Movie: Finding Nemo Release date: 5/30/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Pixar�s super genius continues to flow with no ebb in sight. 136 other reviews of this movie Movie: In-Laws, The Release date: 5/23/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Instead of escalating the comedy the remake merely makes it empty and more expensive. 44 other reviews of this movie Movie: Down With Love Release date: 5/16/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) As the ultimate New Frontier swinger, McGregor is the smoothest, coolest cat to hit the screen si... 115 other reviews of this movie Movie: Matrix Reloaded, The Release date: 5/15/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Once the action gets started � and unfortunately that takes a while � Reloaded is nearly as invig... 228 other reviews of this movie Movie: Daddy Day Care Release date: 5/9/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Furthers Eddie Murphy's transformation into Bill Cosby. Two things are wrong with that. Bill Cos... 60 other reviews of this movie Movie: X2: X-Men United Release date: 5/2/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) While it lacks Spider-Man's emotional wallop, X2: X-Men United represents the purest translation ... 179 other reviews of this movie Movie: Holes Release date: 4/18/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Davis turns his talents to a children's film by treating his audience like adults. 36 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bulletproof Monk Release date: 4/16/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Any movie that pairs the star of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon with the guy who played Stifler i... 102 other reviews of this movie Movie: Phone Booth Release date: 4/4/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Does a decent job of giving us the creeps until drizzling out toward the end. 154 other reviews of this movie Movie: Head of State Release date: 3/28/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Rock can make some of the people laugh some of the time, but he can�t make all of the people laug... 91 other reviews of this movie Movie: Assassination Tango Release date: 3/28/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The dancing episodes hold interest while the assassination plot becomes superfluous. 57 other reviews of this movie Movie: Boat Trip Release date: 3/21/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) I can think of one thing worse than Boat Trip, and that would be drowning. But just barely. 80 other reviews of this movie Movie: Agent Cody Banks Release date: 3/14/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) In this generation of family-friendly secret agents, Cody Banks is agreeably entertaining, better... 74 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hunted, The Release date: 3/14/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Offers little more than macho bloodletting, but the macho bloodletting is primo. 100 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bringing Down the House Release date: 3/7/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Jason Filardi�s script could have been written for Bob Hope and Phyllis Diller in the 1960s, with... 106 other reviews of this movie Movie: Life of David Gale, The Release date: 2/21/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) If the film heaps contempt upon the death penalty, it heaps even more contempt upon those who opp... 113 other reviews of this movie Movie: Jungle Book 2, The Release date: 2/14/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The naked greed of capitalism can be an ugly sight, and with Disney it doesn't come much uglier t... 57 other reviews of this movie Movie: Shanghai Knights Release date: 2/7/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) As agreeably silly as Hollywood gets. 123 other reviews of this movie Movie: Recruit, The Release date: 1/31/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Even if you haven�t seen the commercials, the ending shouldn�t surprise you. 159 other reviews of this movie Movie: Darkness Falls Release date: 1/24/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The story and characters are so thin that Darkness Falls has nothing to offer but the entertainme... 105 other reviews of this movie Movie: Kangaroo Jack Release date: 1/17/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Bruckheimer has thrown hundreds of millions of dollars at lousy movies before, but who would have... 102 other reviews of this movie Movie: National Security Release date: 1/17/2003 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Too often, National Security tries to be a gritty thriller and wacky comedy at once. 73 other reviews of this movie Movie: Harrison's Flowers Release date: 12/31/2002 11:01:33 PM Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Acutely shows the pain and horror war inflicts on regular people. 34 other reviews of this movie Movie: Good Thief, The Release date: 12/31/2002 11:01:32 PM Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Won�t be remembered as a classic, but it�s a fine imitation. 88 other reviews of this movie Movie: Confessions of a Dangerous Mind Release date: 12/31/2002 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The concoction entertains from beginning to end, though the lessons of Barris� life are as slippe... 54 other reviews of this movie Movie: Nicholas Nickleby Release date: 12/27/2002 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) An unbelievably fun film just a leading man away from perfection. 87 other reviews of this movie Movie: Chicago Release date: 12/27/2002 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Rousing throwback and up-to-the-minute satire, Chicago puts the �all� in all that jazz. 176 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hours, The Release date: 12/27/2002 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) One of those insufferable, dull, pseudo-literary pieces of sludge that elitists mistake for cinem... 139 other reviews of this movie Movie: Catch Me If You Can Release date: 12/25/2002 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Spielberg becomes a Sinatra with this one, asking us to do nothing more than snap our fingers and... 169 other reviews of this movie Movie: Gangs of New York Release date: 12/20/2002 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Both flawed and delayed, Martin Scorcese�s Gangs of New York still emerges as his most vital work... 149 other reviews of this movie Movie: Two Weeks Notice Release date: 12/20/2002 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Succeeds only because Bullock and Grant were made to share the silver screen. 36 other reviews of this movie Movie: Maid in Manhattan Release date: 12/13/2002 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Maid in Manhattan is a Nora Ephron movie with the cutesiness replaced by genuine charm. 93 other reviews of this movie Movie: Evelyn Release date: 12/13/2002 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Brosnan gives a portrayal as solid and as perfect as his outstanding performance as Bond in Die A... 80 other reviews of this movie Movie: Star Trek: Nemesis Release date: 12/13/2002 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The ease that the Next Generation actors slip into their roles gives Nemesis a comfort zone that ... 118 other reviews of this movie Movie: About Schmidt Release date: 12/13/2002 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Trying their hand at hope, Payne and Taylor reveal they should stick to cynicism. But Nicholson�s... 55 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Release date: 12/12/2002 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) While this movie, by necessity, lacks Fellowship�s heart, Two Towers outdoes its spectacle. 166 other reviews of this movie Movie: Analyze That Release date: 12/6/2002 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) To say Analyze That is De Niro's best film since Meet the Parents sums up the sad state of his re... 73 other reviews of this movie Movie: Adaptation Release date: 12/6/2002 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Leave it to Charlie Kaufman, author of Being John Malkovich, to turn writer�s block into cockeyed... 141 other reviews of this movie Movie: Solaris Release date: 11/27/2002 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Steven Soderbergh doesn�t remake Andrei Tarkovsky�s Solaris so much as distill it. 103 other reviews of this movie Movie: Treasure Planet Release date: 11/27/2002 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Looking at Treasure Planet is a wondrous thing, but listening to it is another matter. The Disney... 97 other reviews of this movie Movie: Die Another Day Release date: 11/22/2002 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Regaining his bearings after that �look how angry I can be� turn in The World Is Not Enough, Bros... 65 other reviews of this movie Movie: Half Past Dead Release date: 11/15/2002 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (6/1) Every so often a film comes along that is so insanely stupid, so awful in so many ways that watch... 81 other reviews of this movie Movie: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Release date: 11/15/2002 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) In his second year at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, the cinematic Harry Potter ... 195 other reviews of this movie Movie: 8 Mile Release date: 11/8/2002 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) You have to question the time and care you want to invest in a character whose goal is to excel a... 143 other reviews of this movie Movie: Far From Heaven Release date: 11/8/2002 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) A 1950s film that could not have been made in the 1950s. 147 other reviews of this movie Movie: Truth About Charlie, The Release date: 10/25/2002 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Attempting to mix a classic Parisian movie with the style of the French New Wave, director Jonath... 52 other reviews of this movie Movie: All the Queen's Men Release date: 10/25/2002 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Maybe LeBlanc thought, �Hey, the movie about the baseball-playing monkey was worse.� 26 other reviews of this movie Movie: Auto Focus Release date: 10/18/2002 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Director Paul Schrader laudably keeps Auto Focus free of cheap sensation, but his one failing is ... 41 other reviews of this movie Movie: Formula 51 Release date: 10/18/2002 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Just as the lousy Tarantino imitations have subsided, here comes the first lousy Guy Ritchie imit... 76 other reviews of this movie Movie: Swept Away Release date: 10/11/2002 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) It makes you wonder why a husband and wife would collaborate on a project in which a nasty woman ... 50 other reviews of this movie Movie: Pokemon 4Ever Release date: 10/11/2002 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The threat implied in the title Pok�mon 4ever is terrifying � like locusts in a horde these thing... 26 other reviews of this movie Movie: Red Dragon Release date: 10/4/2002 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) This hastily mounted production exists only to capitalize on Hopkins� inclination to play Hanniba... 136 other reviews of this movie Movie: Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie Release date: 10/4/2002 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) It's like Davey and Goliath with hip humor. 37 other reviews of this movie Movie: Moonlight Mile Release date: 9/27/2002 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) A sanitized Hollywood treatment of grief. 129 other reviews of this movie Movie: Tuxedo, The Release date: 9/27/2002 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The elements don't come together, and the movie looks too small and cheap for its star. 103 other reviews of this movie Movie: Four Feathers, The Release date: 9/20/2002 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Not far beneath the surface, this reconfigured tale asks disturbing questions about those things ... 53 other reviews of this movie Movie: 8 Women Release date: 9/20/2002 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Combining the traditions of the English country house murder mystery and the 1960s musical, 8 Wom... 87 other reviews of this movie Movie: Spirited Away Release date: 9/20/2002 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Every scene brings a new set of wonders to delight and sometimes stagger the mind 115 other reviews of this movie Movie: Igby Goes Down Release date: 9/13/2002 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) It�s Harold and Maude without the humanism, Rushmore without the insight and The Graduate without... 82 other reviews of this movie Movie: City by the Sea Release date: 9/6/2002 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Unfortunately the story and the actors are served with a hack script. 102 other reviews of this movie Movie: XXX Release date: 8/9/2002 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) For all its posturing, XXX essentially is a James Bond movie refitted for the Tony Hawk crowd. 126 other reviews of this movie Movie: Signs Release date: 8/2/2002 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) An old-fashioned scary movie, one that relies on lingering terror punctuated by sudden shocks and... 76 other reviews of this movie Movie: Master of Disguise, The Release date: 8/2/2002 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The Master of Disguise finds Carvey woefully out of practice. 43 other reviews of this movie Movie: Full Frontal Release date: 8/2/2002 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) An entertaining, often amusing exercise made to look more artistic and intellectual than it reall... 102 other reviews of this movie Movie: Last Kiss, The Release date: 8/2/2002 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Hollywood is so filled with so-called romantic comedies about emotionally stunted men, why import... 46 other reviews of this movie Movie: Country Bears, The Release date: 7/26/2002 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The movie is not as terrible as the synergistic impulse that created it. 59 other reviews of this movie Movie: Austin Powers in Goldmember Release date: 7/26/2002 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The outrageous pee-pee poo-poo jokes from the second movie haven't gone away, but the knowing spy... 126 other reviews of this movie Movie: Stuart Little 2 Release date: 7/19/2002 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) So aggressively cheery that Pollyana would reach for a barf bag. 81 other reviews of this movie Movie: K-19: The Widowmaker Release date: 7/19/2002 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Director Kathryn Bigelow glides her camera through K-19�s claustrophobic corridors, expertly buil... 120 other reviews of this movie Movie: Road to Perdition Release date: 7/12/2002 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) A solid, intelligent drama where excellent performances fall slightly out of tune with superb tec... 54 other reviews of this movie Movie: Men in Black II Release date: 7/3/2002 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The original Men in Black also had a slim plot, but the movie had comic verve and enjoyable bypla... 153 other reviews of this movie Movie: Mr. Deeds Release date: 6/28/2002 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Mr. Deeds" oddly enough is enjoyable while it follows Capra's outline. Only when it goes its own ... 108 other reviews of this movie Movie: Minority Report Release date: 6/21/2002 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) As a science fiction movie, �Minority Report� astounds. 117 other reviews of this movie Movie: Juwanna Mann Release date: 6/21/2002 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) You cannot guess why the cast and crew didn�t sign a pact to burn the negative and the script and... 23 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sunshine State Release date: 6/21/2002 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Sayles� pace is leisurely, but the characters and story keep us engrossed. 71 other reviews of this movie Movie: Scooby-Doo Release date: 6/14/2002 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Lillard and Cardellini earn their Scooby Snacks, but not anyone else. 116 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bourne Identity, The Release date: 6/14/2002 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Damon does not look like a guy who could break your arm like a matchstick, and that�s why �The Bo... 146 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sum of All Fears, The Release date: 5/31/2002 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Sum" is Jack Ryan's "do-over." Give credit to everyone from Robinson down to the key grip that th... 134 other reviews of this movie Movie: Thirteen Conversations About One Thing Release date: 5/24/2002 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The sisterly writing team of Karen and Jill Sprecher create that deadly form of cinema, the play ... 79 other reviews of this movie Movie: Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron Release date: 5/24/2002 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron� proves traditional animation still can feel its oats when filmm... 47 other reviews of this movie Movie: Importance of Being Earnest, The Release date: 5/22/2002 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Though "Earnest" is Wilde's most famous work, this film is not as rich as Parker's version of "An... 77 other reviews of this movie Movie: About a Boy Release date: 5/17/2002 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The Weitz brothers succeed mostly because they are smart enough to let Grant be Grant and Hornby ... 107 other reviews of this movie Movie: Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones Release date: 5/16/2002 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The battling Yoda looks ludicrous, like Kermit the Frog in a Matrix fight scene. 89 other reviews of this movie Movie: Spider-Man Release date: 5/3/2002 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Someday rational thought will return and I will realize �Spider-Man� does not rank among the mile... 157 other reviews of this movie Movie: New Best Friend Release date: 4/12/2002 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) New Best Friend shouldn�t have gone straight to video; it should have gone straight to a Mystery ... 31 other reviews of this movie Movie: 40 Days and 40 Nights Release date: 3/1/2002 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The script boils down to 90 minutes of dirty jokes. Most of them are funny and some are hilarious... 57 other reviews of this movie Movie: Monsoon Wedding Release date: 2/22/2002 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) One of those wonderful foreign films that allow Americans to appreciate another culture and learn... 43 other reviews of this movie Movie: Collateral Damage Release date: 2/8/2002 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Sept. 11 has made this type of explosion-filled movie tedious and Schwarzenegger's brand of heroi... 97 other reviews of this movie Movie: Snow Dogs Release date: 1/18/2002 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Ten minutes into the movie Gooding already has screamed at least 57 times. 59 other reviews of this movie Movie: Brotherhood of the Wolf, The Release date: 1/11/2002 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The damnedest thing I've seen since the Siegfried and Roy 3-D Imax movie. 73 other reviews of this movie Movie: Kate & Leopold Release date: 12/25/2001 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Jackman commands Kate and Leopold as no actor has commanded a romantic comedy since Steve Martin ... 74 other reviews of this movie Movie: Not Another Teen Movie Release date: 12/14/2001 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The targets may be obvious, but director Joel Gallen and his squad of screenwriters happen to be ... 71 other reviews of this movie Movie: Royal Tenenbaums, The Release date: 12/14/2001 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) No one derives such exquisite humor from emotional pain as Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson. 122 other reviews of this movie Movie: Vanilla Sky Release date: 12/14/2001 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) A mature, intelligent thriller that bends the audience's perceptions and expectations with every ... 48 other reviews of this movie Movie: Behind Enemy Lines Release date: 11/30/2001 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Behind Enemy Lines crosses into the ugly side of patriotism. 111 other reviews of this movie Movie: Spy Game Release date: 11/21/2001 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) This is Brad Pitt, for crying out loud! Where can you send him undercover? In the CIA's Beverly H... 93 other reviews of this movie Movie: Monsters, Inc. Release date: 11/2/2001 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) An irresistible bear hug of a movie. 117 other reviews of this movie Movie: Amelie Release date: 11/2/2001 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Amelie's lesson for us is that every moment is one that we all share, no matter how we spend it. 42 other reviews of this movie Movie: Man Who Wasn't There, The Release date: 10/31/2001 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The Coen Brothers wander down some dead ends in The Man Who Wasn't There, but they still reach a ... 43 other reviews of this movie Movie: From Hell Release date: 10/19/2001 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) As From Hell sprints toward its climax, the tone grows more grim, the violence more explicit and ... 114 other reviews of this movie Movie: Training Day Release date: 10/5/2001 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) It aims to be a contemporary L.A. Confidential but crumples with a simplistic, unbelievable clima... 105 other reviews of this movie Movie: Rock Star Release date: 9/7/2001 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The milieu is more convincing than the story. 93 other reviews of this movie Movie: O Release date: 8/31/2001 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Watching these events carried out by teenagers is not tragic but sad, a needless waste of young l... 82 other reviews of this movie Movie: John Carpenter's Ghosts Of Mars Release date: 8/24/2001 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Original movies on the Sci-Fi Channel have better production values. 25 other reviews of this movie Movie: American Outlaws Release date: 8/17/2001 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Setting new standards in historical inaccuracy. 26 other reviews of this movie Movie: Osmosis Jones Release date: 8/10/2001 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Deserves all the praise showered upon the overrated Shrek. 68 other reviews of this movie Movie: Princess Diaries, The Release date: 8/3/2001 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Garry Marshall directs with the same fairy tale charm he gave "Pretty Woman," but without the dis... 64 other reviews of this movie Movie: Jurassic Park III Release date: 7/18/2001 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) With "Jurassic Park III" Johnston inherits the series one film too late. There are only so many w... 95 other reviews of this movie Movie: Legally Blonde Release date: 7/13/2001 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Comes up just short of making a winning case. 100 other reviews of this movie Movie: A.I. Artificial Intelligence Release date: 6/29/2001 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) No film scholar would pick the populist Spielberg as the esoteric Kubrick's successor. It's as un... 145 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dr. Dolittle 2 Release date: 6/22/2001 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The movie that the first one should have been. 39 other reviews of this movie Movie: Fast and the Furious, The Release date: 6/22/2001 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The Fast and the Furious" is the perfect movie to watch on DVD. You can hit a few buttons and che... 91 other reviews of this movie Movie: Atlantis: the Lost Empire Release date: 6/15/2001 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The filmmakers are more ambitious than wise. While distancing themselves from the Disney animatio... 76 other reviews of this movie Movie: Pearl Harbor Release date: 5/25/2001 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Bay is the most dangerous of directors, a hack who believes himself an auteur. 107 other reviews of this movie Movie: Mummy Returns, The Release date: 5/4/2001 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) An old-fashioned adventure yarn accelerated for a video-game era, an H. Rider Haggard novel rocke... 66 other reviews of this movie Movie: Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles Release date: 4/20/2001 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Becomes so laconic it forgets a movie ought to do something besides show you a lazy smile. 47 other reviews of this movie Movie: Freddy Got Fingered Release date: 4/20/2001 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Watching Freddy Got Fingered is like body-surfing through raw sewage. 40 other reviews of this movie Movie: Tailor of Panama, The Release date: 3/30/2001 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Like "Three Kings," "The Tailor of Panama" is a political satire that emerged from the studio sys... 24 other reviews of this movie Movie: Say It Isn't So Release date: 3/23/2001 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The trash heap of "There's Something About Mary" ripoffs grows a little higher. 43 other reviews of this movie Movie: Company Man Release date: 3/9/2001 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) McGrath aims for the humor of early Woody Allen. He doesn't even achieve the humor of early Austi... 36 other reviews of this movie Movie: Monkeybone Release date: 2/23/2001 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Monkeybone's brief running time suggests the studio attempted to resuscitate its humor in the edi... 69 other reviews of this movie Movie: Down to Earth Release date: 2/16/2001 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Down to Earth" follows the plot of "Heaven Can Wait" the way a robot follows its programming. 63 other reviews of this movie Movie: Waking Life Release date: 1/19/2001 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Waking Life" tells us not to be afraid to think the big thoughts, not be dulled by our daily task... 67 other reviews of this movie Movie: Caveman's Valentine, The Release date: 1/19/2001 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Remember David Helfgott, the concert pianist who goes mad in Shine? Imagine him in dreadlocks and... 52 other reviews of this movie Movie: Traffic Release date: 12/27/2000 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) An entertaining polemic filled with world-class performances, 40 other reviews of this movie Movie: Space Cowboys Release date: 12/22/2000 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) One advantage "Space Cowboys" has over "Armageddon" is that Eastwood is a more laconic director t... 68 other reviews of this movie Movie: Finding Forrester Release date: 12/20/2000 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The relationship between Connery and Brown is powerful enough to sustain the story. 28 other reviews of this movie Movie: Finding Forrester Release date: 12/20/2000 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The relationship between Connery and Brown is powerful enough to sustain the story. 28 other reviews of this movie Movie: What Women Want Release date: 12/15/2000 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Takes a promising idea and buries it under subplots and speeches that don't know when to quit. 55 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dungeons and Dragons: the Movie Release date: 12/8/2000 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Any dungeon master worth his 20-sided dice could have whipped up a better scenario. 30 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas Release date: 11/17/2000 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) A shockingly noisy, ugly film. 25 other reviews of this movie Movie: Men of Honor Release date: 11/10/2000 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The performances, especially De Niro's quiet rage, occasionally lift Men of Honor above its predi... 57 other reviews of this movie Movie: Little Nicky Release date: 11/10/2000 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Plays like a series of sketches performed by a revolving cast of guest stars, a Carol Burnett Sho... 52 other reviews of this movie Movie: Red Planet Release date: 11/10/2000 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Red Planet's lack of original ideas locks it into a decaying orbit. 30 other reviews of this movie Movie: Wonder Boys Release date: 11/8/2000 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) A literate screwball comedy. 53 other reviews of this movie Movie: Charlie's Angels Release date: 11/3/2000 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) This wants to spoof macho action movies.... But lacking a coherent script to link the jokes, thes... 36 other reviews of this movie Movie: Billy Elliot Release date: 11/3/2000 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Daldry coaches an astonishing performance from Bell. 31 other reviews of this movie Movie: Pay It Forward Release date: 10/20/2000 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Filled with calculated sentiment, this is not a movie but a feature-length shill for Academy Awar... 72 other reviews of this movie Movie: Best in Show Release date: 9/29/2000 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Doesn�t live up to its pedigree. 56 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bless the Child Release date: 8/11/2000 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Any movie where the villain is a combination of Danny Bonaduce and L. Ron Hubbard has at least ha... 59 other reviews of this movie Movie: Battlefield Earth Release date: 5/12/2000 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) It's as if Travolta wanted to destroy his career again just to see if he could stage another come... 84 other reviews of this movie Movie: Gladiator Release date: 5/5/2000 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) It is 1964's "The Fall of the Roman Empire" on both ends, with "Spartacus" in the middle. 112 other reviews of this movie Movie: American Psycho Release date: 4/14/2000 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) When not bludgeoning a business rival with an ax, well-heeled killer Patrick Bateman bludgeons th... 68 other reviews of this movie Movie: Joe Gould's Secret Release date: 4/7/2000 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Tucci�s slow-paced storytelling in �Big Night� was brave and worked beautifully, but the same tec... 6 other reviews of this movie Movie: Road to El Dorado, The Release date: 3/31/2000 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) In the few moments when the noise and the fast-paced story subside long enough for a good look at... 45 other reviews of this movie Movie: Here on Earth Release date: 3/24/2000 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) This is just the type of "dignified" tragedy Louis B. Mayer loved to churn out in the 1940s, wher... 20 other reviews of this movie Movie: Mission to Mars Release date: 3/10/2000 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) If Brian DePalma's Mission to Mars were a book, it would have a yellow cover and the title '2001 ... 55 other reviews of this movie Movie: Judy Berlin Release date: 2/25/2000 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Anything that a first-time filmmaker can do to annoy, Mendelsohn does it. 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: Whole Nine Yards, The Release date: 2/18/2000 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Comes as close as a movie can to being a successful comedy without making it. 33 other reviews of this movie Movie: Pitch Black Release date: 2/18/2000 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) It may not be original, but it is smart. More importantly, it's scary. 41 other reviews of this movie Movie: Twin Dragons Release date: 12/31/1999 11:01:45 PM Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Concentrates more on Chan's comedy than his kung fu. 11 other reviews of this movie Movie: 13th Floor, The Release date: 12/31/1999 11:01:10 PM Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Rehashes every Star Trek: The Next Generation episode where the holodeck goes haywire. 26 other reviews of this movie Movie: Galaxy Quest Release date: 12/25/1999 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The idea of actors being mistaken for their roles was used in "The Three Amigos," but "Galaxy Que... 74 other reviews of this movie Movie: Man on the Moon Release date: 12/22/1999 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) More of an illustrated r�sum� than a character study, entertaining but seldom insightful. 44 other reviews of this movie Movie: Stuart Little Release date: 12/17/1999 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) A playful holiday diversion. 38 other reviews of this movie Movie: Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo Release date: 12/10/1999 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The only thing that changes is the star: Adam Sandler, Chris Farley, David Spade or Rob Schneider... 39 other reviews of this movie Movie: Toy Story 2 Release date: 11/24/1999 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Every bit as intelligent, humorous and heartwarming as its predecessor. 16 other reviews of this movie Movie: World Is Not Enough, The Release date: 11/19/1999 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Confusing, drab and joyless, "The World Is Not Enough" is the worst James Bond movie in 25 years. 39 other reviews of this movie Movie: American Movie Release date: 11/5/1999 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) American Movie shows what it is to be an artist obsessed with creating. 10 other reviews of this movie Movie: Insider, The Release date: 11/5/1999 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The most compelling big-screen diagnosis of investigative journalism since All the President's Me... 72 other reviews of this movie Movie: Straight Story, The Release date: 10/15/1999 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Farnsworth proves the greatest special effect is the human face. 45 other reviews of this movie Movie: Random Hearts Release date: 10/8/1999 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) I am trying to remember what Random Hearts is about, but during the film I was transfixed by Harr... 34 other reviews of this movie Movie: Drive Me Crazy Release date: 10/1/1999 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Despite its terrible title �Drive Me Crazy� proves more substantial than bubble gum. The story is... 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: American Beauty Release date: 9/15/1999 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Mendes has assembled "American Beauty" from other groundbreaking films. His ambition lies in the ... 109 other reviews of this movie Movie: 13th Warrior, The Release date: 8/27/1999 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) It harks back to the late 1950s when people actually made movies about Vikings and other seafarin... 38 other reviews of this movie Movie: Thomas Crown Affair, The Release date: 8/6/1999 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The best thing about "The Thomas Crown Affair" is that it doesn't give a hang if the 14-year-olds... 15 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dick Release date: 8/4/1999 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Blends the drama of All the President's Men with the wisdom of The Brady Bunch. 45 other reviews of this movie Movie: Blair Witch Project, The Release date: 7/30/1999 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (6/1) The combination of the distant noises and the raw fear in the voices will throw a chill into anyo... 40 other reviews of this movie Movie: Runaway Bride Release date: 7/30/1999 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (6/1) Runs a half-hour too long, and it drags through its multiple endings. Runaway Bride has plenty of... 27 other reviews of this movie Movie: Inspector Gadget Release date: 7/23/1999 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (6/1) Maybe the Saturday morning set will love it, but adults can expect a go go Gadget migraine. 20 other reviews of this movie Movie: American Pie Release date: 7/9/1999 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The tone is always upbeat and the characters are likable, so it's difficult to take offense at ev... 43 other reviews of this movie Movie: Tarzan Release date: 6/18/1999 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Disney's finest achievement since 1942's "Bambi," a film it resembles in many ways. 32 other reviews of this movie Movie: Austin Powers: the Spy Who Shagged Me Release date: 6/11/1999 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) By the end, Spy recycles its own gags, not just ones from the first movie. 34 other reviews of this movie Movie: Never Been Kissed Release date: 4/9/1999 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The less Never Been Kissed forces its material, the more enjoyable it is. 21 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dial M For Murder Release date: 4/9/1999 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) This staid melodrama falls far below Hitchcock's standards. 8 other reviews of this movie Movie: Matrix, The Release date: 3/31/1999 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) An ambitious, perception-bending metaphor for life at the end of the 20th century. It doesn't alw... 101 other reviews of this movie Movie: Matrix, The Release date: 3/31/1999 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) An ambitious, perception-bending metaphor for life at the end of the 20th century. 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This is spirituality with... 17 other reviews of this movie Movie: Rushmore Release date: 12/11/1998 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) With only his second film Anderson proves himself a director so in command of his medium he can i... 73 other reviews of this movie Movie: Babe: Pig in the City Release date: 11/25/1998 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Babe needed a sequel as much as Citizen Kane or Casablanca. 19 other reviews of this movie Movie: Avengers, The Release date: 8/14/1998 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) To say Fiennes and Thurman don't have the chemistry of Macnee and Rigg isn't enough. 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Confidential"? Kim Basinger gives a convincing performance - that's how good. 44 other reviews of this movie Movie: Face/Off Release date: 6/27/1997 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) The biggest kick is watching two charismatic actors at the top of their form essentially play eac... 40 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dream With the Fishes Release date: 6/20/1997 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Grows more human before pulling off its whammy of an ending that makes the whole thing more affec... 2 other reviews of this movie Movie: Island of Dr. Moreau, The Release date: 12/31/1996 11:01:34 PM Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) In its final third, the movie goes to hell in more ways than Frankenheimer intended. 2 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ghost and the Darkness, The Release date: 12/31/1996 11:01:32 PM Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) An exciting man vs. nature adventure that falls short of terrifying because William Goldman's scr... 22 other reviews of this movie Movie: Mars Attacks! Release date: 12/13/1996 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) When the film's energy kicks in, though, so does Burton's flair for black comedy. 31 other reviews of this movie Movie: Jingle All the Way Release date: 11/22/1996 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Jingle All the Way won't become a holiday chestnut, but it does deserve to be roasted. 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: Looking for Richard Release date: 10/11/1996 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) At the end you expect Al Pacino to cry, 'A point! A point! My kingdom for a point!' 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: Big Night Release date: 9/20/1996 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Similar to Like Water for Chocolate, Big Night celebrates the sensuality of food. It will produce... 23 other reviews of this movie Movie: First Wives Club, The Release date: 9/20/1996 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) More entertaining than it ought to be, considering how sloppily it was put together. 1 other reviews of this movie Movie: Trainspotting Release date: 7/19/1996 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) A rarity: a highly anticipated film that exceeds - and confounds - expectations. 43 other reviews of this movie Movie: Harriet the Spy Release date: 7/10/1996 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Like the novel, Harriet the Spy is a rare children's story that celebrates the budding artistic s... 13 other reviews of this movie Movie: Rock, The Release date: 6/7/1996 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) A huge, noisy mess. 27 other reviews of this movie Movie: Groundhog Day Release date: 12/31/1993 11:01:32 PM Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Ramis respects his audience�s intelligence every step of the way. No plot point is overexplained,... 17 other reviews of this movie Movie: Supercop Release date: 12/31/1992 11:01:44 PM Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Supercop is punctuated with action sequences not even the Bond films can touch. 3 other reviews of this movie Movie: Grease Release date: 6/1/1978 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Grease" hasn't improved much in two decades. It remains a juvenile remembrance of a mythologized ... 32 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bob le Flambeur Release date: 12/31/1955 11:01:27 PM Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (6/0) A brisk heist movie that embraces cinema's past and points toward its future. 17 other reviews of this movie Movie: Fallen Idol, The Release date: 12/31/1948 11:01:31 PM Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (6/0) Many themes are tragic, but Fallen Idol also extols the resilience of innocence. 20 other reviews of this movie Movie: Gone With the Wind Release date: 12/15/1939 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (7/0) Rhett Butler and Scarlett O'Hara remain the greatest pairing of irresistible force and immovable ... 35 other reviews of this movie Movie: Adventures of Robin Hood, The Release date: 12/31/1938 11:01:26 PM Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (6/0) The Adventures of Robin Hood shows the studio system could produce works of pure energy and joy. 15 other reviews of this movie Movie: Blue Angel, The Release date: 1/1/1930 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (6/0) Besides discovering Dietrich, von Sternberg created one of the few early sound films to retain th... 9 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sunrise Release date: 12/31/1927 11:01:44 PM Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (6/0) One of the most luminous experiences you will have in a movie theater. 20 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ringer, The Release date: 12/23/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (6/1) No reference The real appeal of The Ringer is how this scrappy bunch rallies together like the nerds in Reveng... 19 other reviews of this movie Movie: Paradise Now Release date: 10/28/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (6/1) No reference If any film of 2005 should be required viewing, it is Paradise Now. 82 other reviews of this movie Movie: Monster-in-Law Release date: 5/13/2005 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (6/1) No reference Even when Lopez and Fonda share the same scene, as they often do, they are in different movies. 140 other reviews of this movie Movie: Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood Release date: 6/7/2002 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (3/4) No reference The ensemble's performances are to be savored. 33 other reviews of this movie Movie: Meet the Parents Release date: 10/6/2000 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (6/1) No reference This simple but well-constructed comedy picks a situation that naturally causes anxiety - meeting... 72 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hercules Release date: 6/20/1997 Review by Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL): (6/1) No reference Hercules fires off mythology in-jokes and pop culture references at a speed that would dizzy the ... 4 other reviews of this movie Served turbo style