Subject: Hugh Jackman

• Call of the Mild

  Despite its animal instincts, Someone Like You is nothing but a lap kitten

  March 29, 2001

• Most. Boring. Oscars. Ever.

  Ugh! The only interesting thing about the whole damn show was the realization that Goldie Hawn looks like Mickey Rourke. Stop with the work, lady! Seriously. God love Hugh Jackman, but this is not the Tonys. Could that Beyonce "Best of the Musicals" number been any more cheese ball? I have expected Brad Pitt to jump up from his front row seat and start in on "When You're a Jet." Bleh. Speaking of, crazy about Jennifer Aniston and Earth Mother sitting right near each other. Was I the on

  February 23, 2009

• Somewhere Over the Date Line in Australia

  Welcome to Baz Luhrmann's not-quite-marvelous land of Oz

  November 27, 2008

• The Prestige

  October 2, 2008

• Fountain of Shame

  That Darren Aronofsky sure is ambitious. Too bad his movie makes no sense

  November 23, 2006

• Dance of the Penguin

  That whole talking animal genre? Let's be done with it

  November 16, 2006

• Welcome to the Grand Illusion

  Memento director plumbs the depths of magic and loss

  October 19, 2006

• London Fog

  Woody Allen's second straight English excursion is a failed return to comedy

  July 27, 2006

• The Last Bland

  X-Men tie-in is an uncanny bore

  June 29, 2006

• Lucky XIII

  The third X-Men is a charm for comics fans

  May 25, 2006

• Hair and Now

  TUTS's version of the hippie musical parties like it's 1968

  September 9, 2004

• State of Affairs

  A lackluster version of Oklahoma! stops at the Hobby

  July 15, 2004

• Gear Head

  Ron-E fades into the night

  June 3, 2004

• Monster Makeover

  Van Helsing explodes movie legends with hip upgrades

  May 6, 2004

• Hanky Panky

  The End of the Affair is a stimulating tearjerker

  March 11, 2004

• A Farewell to Tutus

  Fetish-wear invades the ballet in Divergence

  February 26, 2004

• Violent Femmes

  Tenderhearted mutants kick significant keister in X-2: X-Men United

  May 1, 2003

• Mystery Men

  Comic-book characters remain two-dimensional in the special effects-laden X-Men

  July 20, 2000

• Win, Lose, or Draw

  Or: How do you bring a comic book to life without killing a superhero?

  July 13, 2000

• FlashForward, If You Must

  ​FlashForward is basically Lost for people with learning impairments. The show's still got a great premise and some fun execution, but sweet fancy Moses do they go out of their way to make sure you don't go five minutes without a brain-crushing reminder that this one guy was totally in that chick's vision, or a plastic doll was totally in another guy's vision, etc. There's nothing inherently wrong with these cuts -- they're kinda the show's entire thing -- but they can be overdone. The se

  October 2, 2009