AND NOW... LADIES AND GENTLEMEN A film review by Steve Rhodes Copyright 2003 Steve Rhodes RATING (0 TO ****): ** 1/2 Claude Lelouch's AND NOW... LADIES AND GENTLEMEN is two movies wrapped into one. In the first, Jeremy Irons brilliantly portrays Valentin Valentin, an

COACH CARTER A film review by Steve Rhodes Copyright 2005 Steve Rhodes RATING (0 TO ****): ***

THE CHORUS A film review by Steve Rhodes Copyright 2005 Steve Rhodes RATING (0 TO ****): ** 1/2

BEAUTY SHOP A film review by Steve Rhodes Copyright 2005 Steve Rhodes RATING (0 TO ****): **

THE STAIRCASE A film review by Steve Rhodes Copyright 2005 Steve Rhodes RATING (0 TO ****): ****

RUNNING SCARED A film review by Steve Rhodes Copyright 2006 Steve Rhodes RATING (0 TO ****): ***

16 BLOCKS A film review by Steve Rhodes Copyright 2006 Steve Rhodes RATING (0 TO ****): ***

DAVE CHAPPELLE'S BLOCK PARTY A film review by Steve Rhodes Copyright 2006 Steve Rhodes RATING (0 TO ****): **

AQUAMARINE A film review by Steve Rhodes Copyright 2006 Steve Rhodes RATING (0 TO ****): *

RIDING GIANTS A film review by Steve Rhodes Copyright 2004 Steve Rhodes RATING (0 TO ****): ** 1/2 After documentarian Stacy Peralta's success with the energetic and irreverent DOGTOWN AND Z-BOYS about the history of skateboarding, it must

LITTLE BLACK BOOK A film review by Steve Rhodes Copyright 2004 Steve Rhodes RATING (0 TO ****): ** In LITTLE BLACK BOOK, Kathy Bates plays a Jerry Springer-type named Kippie Kann, the star of "Kippie Kann Do!!" With her ratings in a long term

LOST IN TRANSLATION A film review by Steve Rhodes Copyright 2003 Steve Rhodes RATING (0 TO ****): *** 1/2 LOST IN TRANSLATION, brilliantly written and directed by Sofia Coppola (THE VIRGIN SUICIDES), is a precious, bittersweet, comedic drama starring Bill

TUPAC: RESURRECTION A film review by Steve Rhodes Copyright 2003 Steve Rhodes RATING (0 TO ****): * 1/2 Lauren Lazin's one-sided documentary, TUPAC: RESURRECTION, about murdered rapper Tupac Shakur, is one of the most shoddily-made documentaries in some

IN AMERICA A film review by Steve Rhodes Copyright 2003 Steve Rhodes RATING (0 TO ****): ** Jim Sheridan's IN AMERICA is a slow story which offers little to reward viewers' patience and one with a serious credibility problem. Starting off

THE CAT IN THE HAT A film review by Steve Rhodes Copyright 2003 Steve Rhodes RATING (0 TO ****): 1/2 What is the movie version of THE CAT IN THE HAT about? Set decorations and dirty jokes. A perversion of the book, it stars AUSTIN POWERS's Mike Myers,

BARBERSHOP 2: BACK IN BUSINESS A film review by Steve Rhodes Copyright 2004 Steve Rhodes RATING (0 TO ****): ** 1/2 There are a lot worse ways to spend a couple of hours than hanging out with Calvin (Ice Cube), Eddie (Cedric the Entertainer) and the other barbers in

I'M NOT SCARED A film review by Steve Rhodes Copyright 2004 Steve Rhodes RATING (0 TO ****): *** In Gabriele Salvatores's I'M NOT SCARED (IO NON HO PAURA), a 10-year-old boy named Michele (Giuseppe Cristiano) has what starts out to be the greatest

CARANDIRU A film review by Steve Rhodes Copyright 2004 Steve Rhodes RATING (0 TO ****): ** 1/2 CARANDIRU, by director Hector Babenco (THE KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN and IRONWEED), is a harrowing movie, based on a true story, set and filmed in a

THE BOURNE SUPREMACY A film review by Steve Rhodes Copyright 2004 Steve Rhodes RATING (0 TO ****): *** 1/2 THE BOURNE SUPREMACY is an exhilarating thriller that's a thriller really thrills for a change. Making a running time of close two hours feel almost

SHE'S THE MAN A film review by Steve Rhodes Copyright 2006 Steve Rhodes RATING (0 TO ****): ** 1/2