Dan in Real Life

While it’s true that many “serious” actors try their hand at comedy (or, in the case of Alec Baldwin and Robert De Niro, make a career out of it), it is equally true that many comedic actors want to be taken seriously. Some, like Bill Murray and... 

Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen

Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (2004) is the latest salvo in the Lindsay Lohan-Hilary Duff war over the lucrative teenage girl market. Each girl has been cranking out films in response to the other but as we all know from the rules of Thunderdome,... 

Pieces of April

There are countless movies that take place during Christmas but very few seem to occur during Thanksgiving—Home for the Holidays (1995) and The Ice Storm (1997) being the obvious exceptions. Along comes Pieces of April (2003), a heartfelt, often funny,...