Author: Chad Durham

You know you’ve arrived as a film critic when you land your first invite to a premiere. Living in West Texas, I seldom even get…

Fool me once, shame on me. Fool me twice and it’s shame on you. Or is it the other way around? Okay. Take what I…

Interestingly enough, a ring does have a hole in it; a big, huge, enormous hole that we really don’t pay much attention to because the…

What are the secret ingredients to Pixar’s critical and box office success? For the sixth straight time Pixar Studios has cranked-out a huge hit and…

“They should have left him alone,” but aren’t we so glad they didn’t? Matt Damon returns as Jason Bourne (or so he thinks) in “The…

Correction! This is not the digital age. This is the dawning of the Age of the Geek, a time when computer dweebs will rise up…

“Shrek 2” starts amazingly slow with a plot so contrived it appears destined for purgatory-that ethereal realm of mediocrity where all sequels seem to go. 

In the wake of the “Fahrenheit 9/11” furor followed so quickly by the national release of the next chapter in the life our favorite web-slinging…

“Napoleon Dynamite” is destined to become a cult classic. The simplistic beauty of this film belies the notion that big name stars, big time directors, big city locales, and big dollar budgets hold the keys to big box office bank.

Consider three things before delving into this review. First, when The Matrix was released, the flick defied convention by skewing our former acuity.

“Ladder 49” stretches out in search of reason and purpose; it extends shooting for comedy, it distends further towards drama, and elongates seeking the penthouse…

In the not so distance future, when Lake Michigan is all dried, Will Smith will once again save planet Earth from our worst nightmare–killer robots.…

Bruce Willis, sporting the comb-over of the new millennium, salvages what is an otherwise pedestrian story of families in crisis. Give Willis his props.

‘Tis the season to be jolly, and if there’s one thing a fat man like me knows all about, it’s how to be jolly. If…

There is artistry to film making we Americans just don’t seem to get. Hollywood doesn’t get it because they are constantly worried about demographics and…