Reviews: Film

There certainly is no intelligence allowed in Ben Stein's recent documentary, Expelled. In the film, Stein is searching through academia not for Ferris Bueller, but for the so-called "fascist" dictations that mainstream science, which supports evolution, has cast upon intelligent design.

Julie Taymor’s “Across the Universe” is visually amazing, but to call it a movie stretches the definition of one. It consists of a two-hour string of music videos tied together with only a sketch of a plot.

Even before it hit the theaters this past Friday, Kevin Smith's latest film, "Clerks II," received alot of attention in the press. Following a critic's screening of the film in New York City, reports began to surface that long-time ABC television critic Joel Siegel had endured 40 minutes of the feature before storming out of the theater.

If you want a complete blueprint of how to make a film with dazzling style, abundant substance and flawless performances, you need to look no further than Robert Rodriguez' "Sin City." The film (based on Frank Miller's series of graphic novels) is all of the aforementioned things, all in one dazzling package. "Sin City" is what all filmmakers dream of and what all actors strive to be a part of: a pure piece of artistic and cinematic magic.