Articles by Mike Sauve

Empire

PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2006

Empire has a lot of little things going for it but at over four hours they don't add up. Strong performances from a talented, veteran cast,...

Aliens of the Deep

James Cameron and Steven Quale

PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2005

If cutting-edge scientific exploration is your thing, you don't want to miss Aliens of the Deep. If, however, you wouldn't be caught dead w...

The Five Pennies

Melville Shavelson

PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2005

The Five Pennies is a must for jazz lovers but it's amusing enough that it won't frustrate haters. The picture-quality is striking for a lo...

Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang

Shane Black

PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2005

Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang opens with a little girl chain-sawed in half in a magic trick gone tragically wrong. It turns out she's just fooling,...

Zathura

Jon Favreau

PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2005

Most kids' movies these days are written with a healthy dose of adult irony to involve the ticket-buying parents. Zathura appeals to both t...

The Dark Hours

Paul Fox

PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2005

For a distinctly Canadian horror film, The Dark Hours is decidedly good. The Feature Film Project gave long-time Canadian television direct...

Stealth

Rob Cohen

PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2005

Like a bad '80s horror flick or Flava Flav and Brigitte Neilson, Stealth is a guilty pleasure. With a budget of $130 million, Rob Cohen, th...

The Edukators

Hans Weingartner

PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2005

The Edukators is the perfect movie to inspire rebellious North American adolescents. It's too bad that leftwing, subtitled German flicks ar...