Like a similar creature that patrols a certain Yellow Brick Road, Tim McCanlies' Secondhand Lions is in dire need of a shot of courage. It's scary to think of how much better this king of the jungle could've been had...... more »
FilmCritic entries tagged "Haley Joel Osment"
Last year, I received a lot of grief from readers who insisted I was heartless for panning Disney's Lilo & Stitch. As I sat waiting for my The Jungle Book 2 screening to begin, I relished the idea of more...... more »
Never mind comic books and video games
Believe it or not, Walt Disney's The Country Bears is (to our knowledge) the first movie based on an amusement park attraction. What's next, It's A Small World: The Motion Picture? Maybe Journey...... more »
Our pal Quasimodo finds love of his own in this abortive and unbearably lazy sequel to Disney's moderate success, The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Unlike mostly no-name productions like The Return of Jafar, the entire original cast is back in...... more »
I remember sitting in a movie theater at the tender age of 14, watching a little film called D.A.R.Y.L., about a boy with a computer brain trying to cope with modern society and questions of emotion and identity. D.A.R.Y.L. was...... more »
The very idea behind Pay It Forward -- that when someone does an enormous good deed for you should pay it 'forward' to three other, unsuspecting persons -- requires what is described in the film as 'an extreme act of...... more »
If you were going to invent an imaginary friend, would it be Gérard Depardieu? And would you call him 'Bogus'? And would you call your movie Bogus? Nope, neither would I. Still, this 'older kids' production is a cut above...... more »
Another week in '99, another horror film. But will The Sixth Sense really scare you? Despite the title that is more reminiscent of Leprechaun than The Exorcist, this is a genuinely creepy film with a solid story, great acting, and...... more »
