They hide these things for a reason, folks. Apparently sensing that the nation's film critics would collectively not appreciate the subtle, understated

Essentially "Mad Hot Ballroom" for mallrats, "Take the Lead" takes its lead from the life of Pierre Dulaine, the debonair founder of the popular program

A lame premise leads to equally lame comedy in Paramount's "Failure to Launch." Stars Matthew McConaughey and Sarah Jessica Parker put as much

Lucky Number Slevin is a crime thriller-cum-con job that might be too slick and clever for its own good. The movie risks alienating its audience initially

Thank You for Smoking," a satire about a D.C. lobbyist for Big Tobacco, takes pot shots at just about everything and everybody -- tobacco, guns, liquor

Inside Man" is the dull title of a crackerjack crime thriller that also is the most commercial movie Spike Lee has directed. Everything clicks. It has

In a political environment that can brew controversy out of allegorical children's fables or a documentary about penguins, it is hard to imagine the

Alice Hoffman and Hollywood haven't traditionally made a great fit if the screen adaptations of her novels "Practical Magic" and "The River King" (which