Friday, November 7th, 2003 by Cynthia Grenier -- "The Matrix: Revolutions" opened Wednesday in a first-ever worldwide debut on 10,013 screens in more than 94 countries and in 43 languages, including Hungarian and Turkish, and has more…

Friday, August 29th, 2003 by Cynthia Grenier -- Nominally, we are supposed to be this Christian country, although even a glancing look over some of the media's recent treatment of religious themes in popular culture does more…

Saturday, June 28th, 2003 by Cynthia Grenier -- The arrival of the new Harry Potter book certainly seems to have gotten a lot of folks all heated up, leaving aside the record-breaking millions who have bought more…

Friday, June 13th, 2003 by Cynthia Grenier -- Going on 70 years now, a sometime Italian theater critic named Antonio Gramsci wrote in one of Mussolini's jail cells of the importance of the left to capture more…

Saturday, December 21st, 2002 by Cynthia Grenier -- You can't deny Martin Scorsese is a director of great ambition. In "Gangs of New York," opening nationwide today, he wants to show how the New York of more…

Friday, December 20th, 2002 by Cynthia Grenier -- How curiously topical the second part – "The Two Towers" – of the hugely successful "Lord of the Rings" of J.R.R. Tolkien brought to the screen by Peter more…

Saturday, December 14th, 2002 by Cynthia Grenier -- Here at last we have a movie for the Christmas season that is genuinely a family film, a heartwarming work with a strong sense of morality and justice. more…

Saturday, December 7th, 2002 by Cynthia Grenier -- So, some spoilsports are muttering that this second go-around – "Analyze That" – of a neurotic mobster (Robert DeNiro) and his very nervous shrink (Billy Crystal) doesn't measure more…

Saturday, November 30th, 2002 by Cynthia Grenier -- What is it with film distributors? Here we were on the eve of Thanksgiving with every family in the land geared for a fun-and-games flick following consumption of more…

Monday, November 25th, 2002 by Cynthia Grenier -- Thank God for Pierce Brosnan. He brings the right touch of irony and physical prowess – certainly looks great for a fellow hitting his 50th birthday – even more…