I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised that a movie that set out to copy The Titanic should be so embarrassing. I felt like the guy in Clockwork Orange who had to watch violence and pornography with his eyes pried open. The structural gimmick of the love triangle between the boyhood

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is a film with some dazzling set pieces. But the story never quite jells. It begins by focusing on a master warrior who wants to give up his fighting ways so he can be with the woman he has always secretly loved. But then the story switches to a young ar

Gladiator is high-concept Hollywood at its best. Like Jurassic Park, it starts with the premise of the championship fight. What is more dramatic and fun for an audience than a heavyweight fight? The question is: who will be the fighters? Michael Crichton figured he’d put the two