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	126 Reviews by Peter Howell 126 Reviews by Peter Howell of Toronto Star Movie: Elizabeth: The Golden Age Release date: 10/12/2007 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (6/0) Elizabeth: The Golden Age places its gilded head upon the chopping block right from the opening s... 110 other reviews of this movie Movie: Feel the Noise Release date: 10/5/2007 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (7/0) I didn't feel this noise. 23 other reviews of this movie Movie: The Darjeeling Limited Release date: 9/29/2007 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (6/0) The movie runs deepest when the brothers finally deal with their baggage, both real and metaphysi... 42 other reviews of this movie Movie: In the Valley of Elah Release date: 9/14/2007 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (6/0) The failure to avoid pat answers and cheap grandstanding dogs Haggis here as surely as it did in ... 105 other reviews of this movie Movie: The Brave One Release date: 9/14/2007 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (7/0) Uncertainty helps keep The Brave One on its toes. 143 other reviews of this movie Movie: 3:10 to Yuma Release date: 9/7/2007 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (7/0) James Mangold's 3:10 to Yuma, an old-school Western updated for modern mores and tastes, pays due... 159 other reviews of this movie Movie: Rush Hour 3 Release date: 8/10/2007 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (7/0) Rush Hour 3 is a blockbuster sequel filmed with the enthusiasm of jury duty and as barren of nove... 139 other reviews of this movie Movie: Rocket Science Release date: 8/10/2007 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (7/0) [Director] Blitz has succumbed to that most pernicious of Sundance afflictions: pandemic quirkine... 71 other reviews of this movie Movie: Underdog Release date: 8/3/2007 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (7/0) Even at a lean 84 minutes, padded with a credit blooper reel, it seems long. If you've seen one f... 47 other reviews of this movie Movie: Becoming Jane Release date: 8/3/2007 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (7/0) [McAvoy] and Hathaway simply aren't given much to do together, and they have two long hours to do... 111 other reviews of this movie Movie: Transformers Release date: 7/3/2007 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (7/0) The visual effects are marvellous, [and] the acting is better than it needs to be in a film of th... 177 other reviews of this movie Movie: You Kill Me Release date: 6/22/2007 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (7/0) A strong performance by the reliable Kingsley, and a tartly sweet one from Leoni, keeps You Kill ... 81 other reviews of this movie Movie: Evan Almighty Release date: 6/22/2007 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (7/0) Neither biblical disaster nor heavenly treat, the underwhelming Evan Almighty can still lay claim... 142 other reviews of this movie Movie: Rise: Blood Hunter Release date: 6/1/2007 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (7/0) You can thank a capable cast led by the estimable Lucy Liu, and work by writer/director Sebastian... 8 other reviews of this movie Movie: Paprika Release date: 5/25/2007 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (7/0) As a showcase of the limitless power of the imagination, Paprika never fails to delight the eye a... 71 other reviews of this movie Movie: Delta Farce Release date: 5/11/2007 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (7/0) Even a blind pig digs up the occasional acorn, as the saying goes, and Delta Farce hits a squirre... 36 other reviews of this movie Movie: Next Release date: 4/27/2007 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (7/0) Colossal waste of time. 111 other reviews of this movie Movie: Disturbia Release date: 4/13/2007 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (7/0) While Disturbia does nothing to advance or honour Hitchcock, the movie succeeds on its modest ter... 120 other reviews of this movie Movie: TMNT Release date: 3/23/2007 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (7/0) Worst of all is the lack of genuine laughs. Writer-director Kevin Munroe has apparently forgotten... 89 other reviews of this movie Movie: 300 Release date: 3/9/2007 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (7/0) It's most definitely a Spartan movie, yet it's really all about wretched excess. 188 other reviews of this movie Movie: Red Road Release date: 3/9/2007 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (7/0) Like the Peeping Tom-paranoia of similar recent films Disturbia and Civic Duty, this finely craft... 49 other reviews of this movie Movie: Astronaut Farmer, The Release date: 2/23/2007 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (7/0) You either roll with the hokum or you don't. If you do, the essential message of realizing your d... 115 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ghost Rider Release date: 2/16/2007 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (7/0) ...damned if this one shouldn't make your so-bad-it's-good list... 103 other reviews of this movie Movie: Italian, The Release date: 1/19/2007 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (7/0) The Italian is tough to watch at times, but then so is life. Chances are you'll leave the theatre... 47 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hitcher, The Release date: 1/19/2007 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (7/0) The movie doesn't make a lick of sense, but then neither did the original. There are enough shock... 42 other reviews of this movie Movie: Black Christmas Release date: 12/25/2006 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (7/0) Creativity is a stranger to this sick excuse for entertainment, which pounds a ridiculous back st... 50 other reviews of this movie Movie: Seven Swords Release date: 12/31/2005 11:01:44 PM Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (7/0) Tsui is capable of better than this. 11 other reviews of this movie Movie: Crime Novel Release date: 12/31/2005 11:01:28 PM Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (7/0) The universal nature of crime -- and its dark appeal -- is driven home with bullets and bravado. 12 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ten, The Release date: 3/5/2003 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (7/0) A very interesting film, despite structural limitations that keep it from approaching greatness. 34 other reviews of this movie Movie: Blood and Chocolate Release date: 1/26/2007 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference In seeking to make a chick flick with fangs, the producers of the vampire franchise Underworld ar... 53 other reviews of this movie Movie: War Tapes, The Release date: 12/31/2006 11:01:48 PM Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference An absolutely spellbinding first-person documentary of regular soldiers in the Iraq War, as seen ... 34 other reviews of this movie Movie: Catch a Fire Release date: 10/27/2006 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference Catch a Fire is really a story of tangled loyalties, rather than the political thriller it is bei... 65 other reviews of this movie Movie: Infamous Release date: 10/13/2006 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference No matter how noble the competitor, coming in second in a contest always feels like a lesser eff... 109 other reviews of this movie Movie: Wicker Man, The Release date: 9/1/2006 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference It is perhaps a tad unreasonable to recommend that actor Nicolas Cage and writer/director Neil La... 88 other reviews of this movie Movie: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Release date: 7/7/2006 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference 'Complications arose, ensued, were overcome,' Jack says at one point. Not entirely, but Dead Man'... 186 other reviews of this movie Movie: Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, The Release date: 6/16/2006 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift is vile, moronic, sexist and possibly harmful to society. A... 80 other reviews of this movie Movie: Silent Hill Release date: 4/21/2006 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference This one is dumber than a bag of coffin nails, despite the directing hand of Christophe Gans. 78 other reviews of this movie Movie: Phat Girlz Release date: 4/7/2006 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference The cast is likeable, although they deserve a better movie, and at a lean 99 minutes, at least th... 33 other reviews of this movie Movie: Aquamarine Release date: 3/3/2006 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference Aquamarine's modest charms make it an agreeable diversion for its intended demographic. 73 other reviews of this movie Movie: Doogal Release date: 2/24/2006 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference In attempting to turn a tiny Anglo-Franco amusement into a full-blown Yankee extravaganza, The We... 42 other reviews of this movie Movie: Little Fish Release date: 2/24/2006 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference The tension never falters as we gaze in wonder at Tracy, seen floating literally in a swimming po... 19 other reviews of this movie Movie: Firewall Release date: 2/10/2006 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference Firewall is the flaming arrow of truth that Harrison Ford is fully in the throes of what worried ... 128 other reviews of this movie Movie: Far Side of the Moon Release date: 12/2/2005 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference Lepage's films are always reflections of a curious mind, which constantly puzzles at the absurdit... 17 other reviews of this movie Movie: Shopgirl Release date: 10/21/2005 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference Shopgirl's feathery plot is lifted by three sterling performances. 122 other reviews of this movie Movie: Constant Gardener, The Release date: 8/31/2005 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference It harkens back to an era when movies about socially relevant causes came without irony and with ... 128 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance Release date: 8/19/2005 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference It is a worthy start to a trilogy and to a director who is fast establishing himself as a new lig... 47 other reviews of this movie Movie: Beautiful Country, The Release date: 7/8/2005 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference [A] graceful and yet harrowing drama. 64 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bridge Of San Luis Rey, The Release date: 6/10/2005 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference As a director, McGuckian is overwhelmed by the immensity of her cast, and her misguided attempt t... 20 other reviews of this movie Movie: 5x2 Release date: 6/10/2005 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference The inevitability of the conceit could wear on us, were it not for the lived-in performances of t... 53 other reviews of this movie Movie: Winter Solstice Release date: 4/8/2005 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference We learn little about the characters other than that they're bored and restless. 71 other reviews of this movie Movie: Up and Down Release date: 2/25/2005 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference H�ebejk claims inspiration from the likes of Mike Leigh and Woody Allen, and that can be seen in ... 52 other reviews of this movie Movie: Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill, The Release date: 2/9/2005 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference A bright window into the wild kingdom just outside our door that most of us barely notice, if at ... 77 other reviews of this movie Movie: Alone in the Dark Release date: 1/28/2005 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference Alone in the Dark is so awful, anyone who spends 10 bucks seeing it ought to get 11 bucks change ... 104 other reviews of this movie Movie: Riri Yeye Release date: 12/31/2004 11:01:43 PM Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference For all of its insights into the dream world of teen life, and its electronic expression through ... 25 other reviews of this movie Movie: Julie Walking Home Release date: 12/31/2004 11:01:35 PM Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference Where Holland falters is in bringing the movie to a satisfying conclusion. 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: Broadway: The Golden Age Release date: 12/31/2004 11:01:27 PM Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference [The subjects] eagerly unwind before McKay's one-man camera, reminiscing about everything from th... 37 other reviews of this movie Movie: Anatomy of Hell Release date: 9/17/2004 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference The movie strongly suggests that to be gay is to be a misogynist, that all men wish to do violenc... 22 other reviews of this movie Movie: Suspect Zero Release date: 8/27/2004 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference Suspect Zero is that rare case of a dull idea redeemed by sharp talent. 109 other reviews of this movie Movie: Alien vs. Predator Release date: 8/13/2004 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference The film equivalent of a deep-fried Mars bar: an interesting combination that results in a gloppy... 83 other reviews of this movie Movie: Village, The Release date: 7/30/2004 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference It's the lack of a genuine wizard behind the curtain that robs The Village of much of its suspens... 158 other reviews of this movie Movie: Festival Express Release date: 7/23/2004 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference Despite being filmed on ancient Arriflex cameras, and recorded under difficult circumstances, the... 60 other reviews of this movie Movie: Riding Giants Release date: 7/9/2004 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference The film's utterly deadpan approach sets it apart from such previous surf movies as The Endless S... 42 other reviews of this movie Movie: Napoleon Dynamite Release date: 6/11/2004 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference It's not as hilarious as it thinks it is, and it's sometimes too weird for words, but it is often... 129 other reviews of this movie Movie: Rage in Placid Lake, The Release date: 5/21/2004 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference Watching this movie is a bit like going to a dance where the drummer can't keep a steady beat. Yo... 9 other reviews of this movie Movie: Saddest Music in the World, The Release date: 4/30/2004 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference [Maddin's] best and most imaginative picture to date. 47 other reviews of this movie Movie: Since Otar Left Release date: 4/9/2004 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference It is a film that understands women, but more importantly, understands life. 46 other reviews of this movie Movie: Blue Butterfly, The Release date: 2/20/2004 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference Pete McCormack's script only occasionally yields to melodrama. Mostly it allows the characters to... 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen Release date: 2/20/2004 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference Sugarman's muddled comedy serves only to drive home the clich� that the teenage female mind is a ... 40 other reviews of this movie Movie: Monsieur Ibrahim Release date: 2/13/2004 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference This cinematic plea for tolerance makes for more than tolerable viewing, thanks to Omar Sharif's ... 65 other reviews of this movie Movie: Barbershop 2: Back in Business Release date: 2/6/2004 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference The connection between the still-potent issues of the civil rights movement and the rich vs. poor... 82 other reviews of this movie Movie: Big Bounce, The Release date: 1/30/2004 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference Given a choice between shovelling my driveway or going to see The Big Bounce again, I would choos... 39 other reviews of this movie Movie: Gaz Bar Blues Release date: 12/31/2003 11:01:32 PM Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference There isn't much of a story to Gaz Bar Blues, but there's a wealth of understanding of the human ... 3 other reviews of this movie Movie: At Five in the Afternoon Release date: 12/31/2003 11:01:26 PM Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference This lushly photographed movie stands as a testament to dreams and determination on both sides of... 8 other reviews of this movie Movie: Japanese Story Release date: 12/31/2003 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference An underdeveloped film that requires all of [Collette's] ample skills merely to rise to the medio... 47 other reviews of this movie Movie: House of the Dead, The Release date: 10/10/2003 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference Early hopes that this might qualify for so-bad- its-good status -- the sea salt played by Clint H... 49 other reviews of this movie Movie: Station Agent, The Release date: 10/3/2003 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference The Station Agent's gentle wit and hard-won insights feel like the product of someone who has obs... 113 other reviews of this movie Movie: My Life Without Me Release date: 9/26/2003 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference Against all odds, My Life Without Me succeeds in spite of itself. 78 other reviews of this movie Movie: Rundown, The Release date: 9/26/2003 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference Too often brings guffaws at all the wrong moments, when it's not being simply too stupid for word... 109 other reviews of this movie Movie: Marci X Release date: 8/22/2003 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference The spoofs in Marci X are so old and dated, it boggles the imagination to think of what group mig... 35 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dirty Pretty Things Release date: 7/18/2003 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference The acting is superb in Dirty Pretty Things, especially Ejiofor as the embattled Okwe and Tautou ... 49 other reviews of this movie Movie: Daddy Day Care Release date: 5/9/2003 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference Tepid attempt at comedy. 60 other reviews of this movie Movie: Real Cancun, The Release date: 4/25/2003 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference Hardly qualifies as a movie. 65 other reviews of this movie Movie: House of 1,000 Corpses Release date: 4/11/2003 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference Possibly the greatest waste of celluloid since Jerry Lewis was first allowed to stand before a ca... 51 other reviews of this movie Movie: Cowboy Bebop: The Movie Release date: 4/4/2003 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference Too episodic to be coherent drama, too silly to be taken seriously and too long by far, this is t... 73 other reviews of this movie Movie: Cowboy Bebop: The Movie Release date: 4/4/2003 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference Too episodic to be coherent drama, too silly to be taken seriously and too long by far, this is t... 73 other reviews of this movie Movie: Boat Trip Release date: 3/21/2003 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference This movie is so bland, I can't even bring myself to completely trash it with a one-star spike. 80 other reviews of this movie Movie: Rare Birds Release date: 12/31/2002 11:01:43 PM Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference With Rare Birds, as with The Shipping News before it, an attempt is made to transplant a Hollywoo... 9 other reviews of this movie Movie: La Turbulence Des Fluides Release date: 12/31/2002 11:01:37 PM Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference With a smile halfway between seduction and a smirk, and an intensity that speaks of dark secrets ... 6 other reviews of this movie Movie: Emperor's Club, The Release date: 11/22/2002 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference The movie may not be worthy of an Oscar, but Kline's highly nuanced performance is certainly wort... 98 other reviews of this movie Movie: Just a Kiss Release date: 9/27/2002 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference A series of escapades demonstrating the adage that what is good for the goose is also good for th... 50 other reviews of this movie Movie: Invincible Release date: 9/20/2002 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference Remarkably accessible and affecting. 44 other reviews of this movie Movie: Good Girl, The Release date: 8/7/2002 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference It's a more believable scenario for infidelity than most such movies, and Aniston gives her all t... 114 other reviews of this movie Movie: Master of Disguise, The Release date: 8/2/2002 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference The only camouflage Carvey should now be considering is a paper bag to wear over his head when he... 43 other reviews of this movie Movie: I am Trying to Break Your Heart Release date: 7/26/2002 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference If you aren't already a fan of Wilco, a critical darling led by the talented and wily songwriter ... 49 other reviews of this movie Movie: Men in Black II Release date: 7/3/2002 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference The predictable effort makes the movie seem longer than its audience-friendly 88 minutes, and the... 153 other reviews of this movie Movie: Scooby-Doo Release date: 6/14/2002 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference Lillard gives the flick its manic energy, and the rest of the gang holds its own. 116 other reviews of this movie Movie: Undercover Brother Release date: 5/31/2002 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference It's about keeping it funny, and on that score Undercover Brother is right on. 60 other reviews of this movie Movie: Insomnia Release date: 5/24/2002 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference Continually challenges perceptions of guilt and innocence, of good guys and bad, and asks us whet... 61 other reviews of this movie Movie: Importance of Being Earnest, The Release date: 5/22/2002 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference There are moments of hilarity to be had. 77 other reviews of this movie Movie: Murder By Numbers Release date: 4/19/2002 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference [Gayton's script] telegraphs every discovery and layers on the gloss of convenience. 101 other reviews of this movie Movie: Scorpion King, The Release date: 4/19/2002 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference Contains not a single good line or memorable action sequence. 107 other reviews of this movie Movie: New Best Friend Release date: 4/12/2002 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference Instead of trying to bust some blondes, [Diggs] should be probing why a guy with his talent ended... 31 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sweetest Thing, The Release date: 4/12/2002 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference Essentially a collection of bits -- and they're all naughty. 79 other reviews of this movie Movie: National Lampoon's Van Wilder Release date: 4/5/2002 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference Imagine Animal House with the unfunny Chevy Chase in the lead, instead of either Matheson, John B... 76 other reviews of this movie Movie: Rookie, The Release date: 3/29/2002 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference It's one of those baseball pictures where the hero is stoic, the wife is patient, the kids are as... 70 other reviews of this movie Movie: Resident Evil Release date: 3/15/2002 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference A derivative collection of horror and sci-fi cliches. 82 other reviews of this movie Movie: Birthday Girl Release date: 2/1/2002 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference Kidman is really the only thing that's worth watching in Birthday Girl, a film by the stage-train... 85 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ginger Snaps Release date: 12/31/2001 11:01:32 PM Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference A superbly realized take on the perils of being different in a world that demands conformity. 29 other reviews of this movie Movie: Black Hawk Down Release date: 12/28/2001 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference ...potent... 70 other reviews of this movie Movie: Charlotte Gray Release date: 12/28/2001 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference Have that bottom-scraping feeling of being the final story to be told about the great conflict. 47 other reviews of this movie Movie: Kandahar Release date: 12/14/2001 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference Kandahar, graced with cinematography that is beautiful even in its desolation, is more of a docum... 91 other reviews of this movie Movie: Devil's Backbone, The Release date: 11/21/2001 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference [Del Toro] finds real substance in shadows and whispers, in the terrors that reside at the back o... 40 other reviews of this movie Movie: Life As A House Release date: 10/26/2001 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference Casting here is very good, and it's what moves this tearjerker from the reject bin to the front r... 41 other reviews of this movie Movie: Riding in Cars With Boys Release date: 10/19/2001 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference Despite being scrubbed almost spotless, the story still makes its mark. 83 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bread and Tulips Release date: 7/27/2001 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference It's almost as if Solidini ... figured that all he had to do was put a crowd of eccentric charact... 45 other reviews of this movie Movie: Fast and the Furious, The Release date: 6/22/2001 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference The guys in F & F are all wusses. Lara Croft and Charlie's Angels could kick all of their asses. 91 other reviews of this movie Movie: Under the Sand Release date: 5/4/2001 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference Under The Sand lifts the phantom-spouse syndrome to the level of art, yet another dimension for t... 44 other reviews of this movie Movie: Driven Release date: 4/27/2001 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference Why waste your quarters on the video games in the mall when you can pay $10 to see the same thing... 77 other reviews of this movie Movie: Taste of Others, The Release date: 2/9/2001 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference Succeeds with believable characters and situations born of lives well studied. 42 other reviews of this movie Movie: Snatch Release date: 1/19/2001 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference Snatch is hard to figure out, but even harder not to laugh at. 40 other reviews of this movie Movie: L.I.E. Release date: 1/19/2001 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference Cuesta never gives us the satisfaction of fulfilling our expectations; instead he gives us a movi... 33 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dinosaur Release date: 5/19/2000 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference Commendable weekend fare for the small fry. 28 other reviews of this movie Movie: Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas, The Release date: 4/28/2000 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference The first live-action movie of The Flintstones in 1994 was a Tyrannosaurus wreck, a production de... 31 other reviews of this movie Movie: Tumbleweeds Release date: 11/24/1999 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference The authenticity rings as loud and true as a gas station bell. 23 other reviews of this movie Movie: Amadeus Release date: 9/1/1984 Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference Like the composers the film so wondrously depicts, Amadeus: Director's Cut is a divine work in ne... 48 other reviews of this movie Movie: Funny Girl Release date: 12/31/1968 11:01:31 PM Review by Peter Howell of Toronto Star: (3/4) No reference The fun is there whenever Streisand is, and that could be reason enough for reacquainting yoursel... 8 other reviews of this movie Served turbo style