Articles by Jan Stuart

“Transsiberian” is the quintessence of what critic Judith Crist affectionately refers to as a movie-movie: a picture that breathes entertainment through every celluloid sprocket hole while seeming, without affect or pomposity, to encapsulate the entirety of film history. Read more

It’s been almost a year since the screenwriting team of Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg braved the summer-pic sinkhole of August with “Superbad,” a deceptively trashy hit comedy about two joined-at-the-hip teens named Seth and Evan coping with the pain of imminent separation. Read more

When Gillian Anderson first reunites with her “X-Files” co-star David Duchovny in this, the second spinoff movie from the sci-fi TV series, she finds him much as she did in the pilot episode 15 years ago: with his back to her, crouched over a crowded desk. Read more

BRENDAN FRASER has gone subterranean for his newest popcorn offering and, frankly, can you blame him? Read more

In “Diminished Capacity,” Alan Alda plays a former tavern owner in rural Missouri who is succumbing to dementia with style. Read more

Luke Shapiro, the depressed high school grad at the center of “The Wackness,” labors to be more than just your average white homeboy in 1994 New York City. Read more

Tannishtha Chaterjee is a supple screen presence with a reticent smile and big, pining eyes. Read more

BEHOLD Mike Myers. Read more

If you have an ax to grind with someone who harbors a morbid fear of surgery, you couldn’t design a better revenge than taking them to see “Awake.” Read more