“Wonder Boys” is a dark and intelligent comedy about choices. Grady Tripp (Michael Douglas) is a college professor who is the constant victim of the circumstances of his own life. On the day we meet him, his wife has left him and the chancellor of the college (Frances McDormand) with whom he has been having an affair tells him that she is...

“Good Will Hunting”, starring Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Robin Williams, and Minnie Driver, is one of the top ten greatest films of 1997. It was nominated for nine Oscars, including Best Picture, going on to win two: Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor (Williams). The plot, written by Damon and Affleck, is brilliant. It wonderfully...

This movie may not be the best for some people for several reasons. Some may disagree, but I think you need to be a fan of Ellis’ work beforehand to appreciate the movie more. I found the movie to be very fun and entertaining. I myself have just got into the college life, and to me this dvd is all of my guilty pleasures and expectations rolled...

Perhaps the movie looked better than it was. Maybe the book was better than the film. It could be that there was just something missing. All told, I wanted to like this film, a lot. All of the pieces are there for a good movie: compelling story line, sympathetic characters, interesting twists. For some reason, however, I was left feeling like something...

This has to be categorized as a solid movie with strong performances from both old and young actors alike. There indeed were a wide variety of subplots in this movie but I felt that they generally helped the film to progress. The acting was solid, with great performances from Epps and Caan. The actor who played Alvin, the defensive superstar, ironically...

I’ve seen this movie so many times during my childhood that I can pretty much recite the words, perform the dance moves, and sing the songs. Back then, I took it as a musical and didn’t pay too much attention to the social messages involved (that of light skinned versus dark skinned; Greek hazing; oppression within the Black community; HBCU...