Kevin Dunn

HBO's upcoming slate of programs looked good before, but now it's truly a safe bet to say the network is back with a vengeance. HBO announced Wednesday that it has picked up the series "Luck," which was written by David Milch ("Deadwood," "NYPD Blue") and...

Sports movies about underdogs battling and clawing from behind to make it to the big game are as familiar as the old gang on Monday — excuse me, Sunday — Night Football. And "Gridiron Gang" is as formula-bound as they get, even though it's a...

Friday August 1, 1997      There's a joke to be made here about friends in low places, but let's first examine the evidence: a film comedy about a woman in her 20s who just can't find the right man (one demerit, triteness). A woman with a strong sense of...

Friday July 10, 1998      "Small Soldiers" is a little boy's fantasy of toys come to life. And like small boys it is often charming and funny, occasionally malicious, and finally too focused on gizmos and effects for its own good.      What if,...

Friday September 10, 1999      Timing may be everything, but it's also a funny thing. How else to explain why "Stir of Echoes," in which a little boy sees dead people, should open at a time when the biggest movie in the country is about a little boy...

Friday August 2, 1996      If it were possible to make a good movie from a bad script, you'd be wise to turn to a miracle worker like Andrew Davis, who once made a good movie from one starring Steven Seagal ("Under Siege").      That feat earned Davis...

Friday May 26, 1995      Chris O'Donnell and Drew Barrymore soar in "Mad Love," but the film itself is grounded in a TV-movie feel. It lacks the style and personality to make its young-lovers-on-the-run tale seem fresh rather than way too familiar.     ...