The director Sofia Coppola's new comic melodrama, 'Lost in Translation,' thoroughly and touchingly connects the dots between three standards of yearning in… — Elvis Mitchell Film Copy Share Image
What we're most aware of in 'Eight-Legged Freaks' is how similar it is to other movies, a recombinant mutated species itself, the… — Elvis Mitchell Copy Share Image
'Old School' is so breezy it could be a late-night talk show, especially when Craig Kilborn, of 'The Late Late Show,' sidles… — Elvis Mitchell Camera Copy Share Image
The film's star, Eminem, doesn't appear to have a great deal of range, but he can play himself. Even though the protagonist… — Elvis Mitchell Film Copy Share Image
What makes 'Pootie Tang' the motion picture enjoyable is its no-brow ambitions; it's a joke action film. It slides through enough African-American… — Elvis Mitchell Action Copy Share Image
It is evident that the grip of 'The Return of the King' on Mr. Jackson is not unlike the grasp the One… — Elvis Mitchell Copy Share Image
The influence of John Hughes is fully felt in the melodrama 'Donnie Darko.' This first film written and directed by Richard Kelly… — Elvis Mitchell Copy Share Image
The insanely gorgeous competition documentary on surfing obsession, Step Into Liquid — directed by Dana Brown and photographed by John-Paul Beeghly in… — Elvis Mitchell Copy Share Image
Miramax seems to be showing the same faith in Roberto Benigni's 'Pinocchio' that the Republican Party showed in Trent Lott; the live-action… — Elvis Mitchell Ambition Copy Share Image
One of the funniest things about Mr. Kaufman is that all of his filmed scripts - 'Being John Malkovich,' 'Human Nature,' 'Adaptation'… — Elvis Mitchell Cinema Copy Share Image
His work isn't all glower. Even though he hasn't smiled in a movie since the underrated 'Proof' in the early 1990s, Mr.… — Elvis Mitchell Copy Share Image
'Infernal Affairs' uses a vibrating terseness usually found in the writer and director Michael Mann's work. Thematically, this film deploys the techniques… — Elvis Mitchell Director Copy Share Image
Given how unflinching his productions have been, the 44-year-old McQueen is remarkably gentle and thoughtful - so much so that he will… — Elvis Mitchell Actor Copy Share Image
When an actor commits himself to a role as fully as Russell Crowe does in the grandiose and silly 'Gladiator,' you may… — Elvis Mitchell Actor Copy Share Image
In period films, it always helps to have someone built to carry a sword, and Channing Tatum clearly hasn't missed a workout… — Elvis Mitchell Copy Share Image
Watching daring, high-tech criminals in action, I have the same thought that probably occurs to other moviegoers: if these guys just held… — Elvis Mitchell Action Copy Share Image
For those not so taken by the star power, this new 'Ocean's Eleven' is the equivalent of a domineering team you can't… — Elvis Mitchell Copy Share Image
The picture is being promoted as Disney's 'Spirited Away,' although seeing just 10 minutes of this English version of a hugely popular… — Elvis Mitchell Creation Copy Share Image
In 2013, when it turned out that the plot of LaBeouf's short film 'HowardCantour.com' (2012) had been purloined from graphic novelist Daniel… — Elvis Mitchell Comic Copy Share Image
'Man is an endangered species,' announces one of the titles at the beginning of the sci-fi lump 'Battlefield Earth.' And after about… — Elvis Mitchell Copy Share Image
A little of the sketch character Pootie Tang went a long way on HBO's now late, probably soon to be lamented 'Chris… — Elvis Mitchell Character Copy Share Image
'8 Mile' could do without an unnecessary class swipe. In a final throwdown, Rabbit clowns a competitor by revealing that the guy… — Elvis Mitchell Class Copy Share Image
I saw Berry in concert a couple of times in the late '70s - and like almost every North American male of… — Elvis Mitchell Age Copy Share Image
Natalie Portman's approach to acting demands that she wears her heart on her sleeve so explicitly, the heart becomes the whole garment… — Elvis Mitchell Acting Copy Share Image
Spending time with Mexican-born writer and director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, you'd never guess that he's the filmmaker behind a series of movies… — Elvis Mitchell Cinema Copy Share Image
Though narrative cohesion isn't the strength of 'Mean Girls,' which works better from scene to scene than as a whole, the intelligence… — Elvis Mitchell Copy Share Image
Mr. Miyazaki's specialty is taking a primal wish of kids, transporting them to a fantasyland, and then marooning them there. No one… — Elvis Mitchell Dreams Copy Share Image
