Between flurries of schtick, Williams discusses his formative years, credits his acting teachers by name, and offers philosophical insights into the actor's craft. 
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Inside the Actors Studio: Robin Williams (2001)
Between flurries of schtick, Williams discusses his formative years, credits his acting teachers by name, and offers philosophical insights into the actor's craft. -
L.A. Confidential (1997)
A modern cinematic classic...the alchemical reaction of a director and a charmed collaboration of actors, writers, and design artists... -
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008)
A shaggy dog of a movie that will appeal big-time to its young target audience...Juno meets After Hours. -
Flash of Genius (2008)
Unfortunately, the film’s editing creates a confusing chronology and awkward pace, but it’s easy to see why producers saw a satisfying audience experience in Kearns’ moral crusade. -
Save Me (2008)
A film that stands the best chance of winning the hearts and minds of those who now embrace the gay 'recovery' movement. -
Iron Man (2008)
Favreau fully respects the material, and brings to the table a highly developed sense of humor and—praise the heavens—taste. -
Rudy (1993)
With its faithful rendering of a true inspirational story, Rudy earns its sentiment...an irresistable inspirational movie for all ages. -
Jerry Maguire (1996)
A crowd-pleasing romantic comedy with enough complexity to set it ahead of the pack. -
Risky Business (1983)
It's easy to forget the idiosyncracies of a film that so successfully trades on adolescent male fantasies and nightmares. -
The Lucky Ones (2008)
The annoyance of its Screenwriting 101 script is hard to overcome, but The Lucky Ones just about works in spite of itself, as an actor’s showcase. -
Choke (2008)
Incorporates Freudian psychodrama, twisted romance, and national satire while giving redemption the Heimlich maneuver. -
Nights in Rodanthe (2008)
It’s too easy to hold the film’s at arm’s length and scoff at Sparks’ cynical repetition of psycho-romance clichés and meteorological metaphors. -
Made of Honor (2008)
Not much distinguishes this determinedly average Hollywood outing, but it can claim Sydney Pollack's final performance and Patrick Dempsey's first big-screen starring role since his career second-wind... -
The Godfather: The Coppola Restoration (2008)
The most significant achievement in the last forty years of American cinema. -
Daredevil (2003)
Affleck's lanky, offhand softness hardly suits the superheroic archetype... [but] The R-rated Director's Cut...deserves an extra half-star. -
Kill Bill, Volume 1 (2003)
Something borrowed, something bloody. -
Cirque du Soleil: Corteo (2006)
Corteo is classic Cirque du Soleil, a multilingual paegant of music, dance, acrobatics, gymnastics, and clowning...the ingenious production design run with highly refined coordination. -
Ghost Town (2008)
The comic voice of Ricky Gervais comes through loud and clear, and Koepp's vision of a classical Hollywood comedy creates a confluence not only of great performers but of considerable wit and heart. -
Speed Racer (2008)
The Wachowski Brothers overshoot the mark with Speed Racer, an eccentric misfire that panders to the ADHD set and—in the adult arena—idiots and acid-droppers. -
Pushing Daisies: The Complete First Season (2007)
A wacky weekly comedy-mystery-adventure-romance that the whole family can enjoy, in colors that haven't been so super-saturated since the 1966 Batman. -
Pale Rider (1985)
His saddle bag is a mixed one, though Pale Rider still has the touch of quality associated with latter-day Eastwood. -
Burn After Reading (2008)
Sour candy...redeemed by its humor and its clever construction, harkening back to the relatively optimistic crime comedy Fargo. -
Baby Mama (2008)
Improvisational chops and sheer force of comic will...can result in funny moments and even a funny movie, but there's something conspicuously lazy about the script... -
Righteous Kill (2008)
The new thriller that emphatically pairs [De Niro and Pacino] qualifies as a historic event, whether it's any good or not. -
How the West Was Won (1962)
Delivered big with breathtaking location work and an all-star cast... -
Nochnoi dozor (Night Watch) (2006)
The slick, colorful, nicely acted Night Watch is all I ask and never get from Hollywood's monochromatic, humorless vampire pictures. -
Dnevnoi dozor (Day Watch) (2007)
You don't need to have seen the original to pick up the user-friendly sequel. Take a deep breath after the intimidating opening montage and you'll be just fine. -
Smallville: The Complete Seventh Season (2001)
Millar and Gough's final season gives cause for reflection on the bumpy evolution of a series once intended to keep its roots planted in the title town of Smallville, Kansas. -
The Office: Season Four (2008)
NBC's The Office has become a TV comedy classic in its own right and holds the crown of the funniest series on American TV today. -
The Mist (2007)
Both a gory monster movie and a Twilight Zone-styled morality play on mob mentality and religion run amok. -
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
A rousing, high-spirited family entertainment rightly regarded as one for the ages. -
The Shield: Season 6 (2007)
Not just another cop show...traffic[s] in the shadowy moral ambiguity of noir. -
Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
A twisted revamp of Rankin-Bass by way of Edward Gorey. -
The Three Stooges Collection: Volume Three (1940-1942) (1940)
Producer-director Sam White brainstormed the concept of Moe as Hitler, Curly as Göring, and Larry as Goebbels, promising, despite the dark reality, 'I'll make it funny.' -
Then She Found Me (2008)
A highly satisfying old-fashioned comedy-drama...[with] a strong undercurrent of religion and philosophy that helps Hunt make her film profound in a way that sneaks up on you. -
What Happens in Vegas (2008)
Another predictable romantic comedy, one that insists that spending time locked into an unhappy marriage doesn't breed contempt, but sows love. -
Dude, Where's My Car? (2000)
Tone deaf...only slightly better than the worst sitcom you've ever seen. -
The House Bunny (2008)
Almost worth seeing just for Faris' spot-on work...Shelley becomes an endearing character in Faris' nonjudgmental hands. -
Hamlet 2 (2008)
It's Coogan's show, in a grotesquely overstated performance that makes sense for the character but isn't always easy to watch. -
I.O.U.S.A. (2008)
A clear-headed and comprehensible picture of American fiscal policy, but one that's not in the least boring.