Traffic

At work we were discussing bad movies and this came to mind. I went with friends to the theater and one actually fell asleep. When I asked if I should wake her up, my other friends told me no way, that... Full review

I wish that more parents over our nation could see this movie to learn that drugs are one of our biggest problems for teens. The big problem is that people just want to spend money on stupid unneccesary items such as... Full review

I have no idea how this movie won such critical acclaim. The story was weak and did not maintain continuity. Academy Award -- not a chance.... Full review

Dramatization of the hit 1980’s British television miniseries ‘Traffic’, which chronicles varied inter-related storylines about the menacing flowing drug trade that closely link individually selected characters. Steven Soderbergh garnered an Academy Award for Best Director, for his timely languishing of each... Full review

I was pleased they attempted to 'get real' about the whole drug usage and distribution issue in America. The use of stereotypical characters helped the audience relate the potential for this tragedy in their own, self-centered little lives. What a refreshing... Full review

This film is gritty, raw and very emotionally charged both in preformance and in the way that the story is presented. Every frame and shot as a message or an inside story that you have to pay very close attention too.... Full review

This movie is one of my all time favorites. Its got the greatest actors, a different story and its about the cartel and drug war come on what more can you ask for ? This movie is a drama not an... Full review

If 12 people walking out half way through the movie is any indication of how great this movie was, then let it be your decision on whether or not to see this movie. The woman at the theatre actually told me... Full review

Believable. Sobering. Interesting and informative. This movie paints a bleak picture of America's war on drugs. It was made pre-911 before our war on terror dwarfed our war on drugs.... Full review

a documentary about teenagers drug use in america and how adults aren't concern about their own teenagers! This film is a little boring at first but when you get involved with the story it gets better!... Full review

It was during the filming of Soderbergh's Traffic in 1999 that Del Toro, who would win a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role in that film, first mentioned the fizzled project to the director. Made for $58 million, financed primarily by investors from France and Spain and spoken entirely in Spanish, Che is an unusual Hollywood epic -- one that feels like an intimate art film. ... Full Review

It was during the filming of Soderbergh's Traffic in 1999 that Del Toro, who would win a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role in that film, first mentioned the fizzled project to the director. Made for $58 million, financed primarily by investors from France and Spain and spoken entirely in Spanish, Che is an unusual Hollywood epic -- one that feels like an intimate art film. ... Full Review

But in terms of recent epics about world-famous warriors, last year's Genghis Khan biopic "Mongol" was by far a more stirring and spectacular film than "Che. In lieu of an epic scale and spectacle, Soderbergh gives us an epic running time. ... Full Review

That was spectacular," recalls the actor. Del Toro is in New York promoting "Che," his epic drama about the Marxist revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara. ... Full Review

I was in an airport in Buenos Aires, and someone said to me, "Oh, the Che Guevara movie is great! I thought it could be an interesting story, one that has so many dimensions. Benicio Del Toro takes on role of revolutionary 'Che' ... Full Review

'Gritty' is one of those terms that is often thrown around without a thought in film reviews, applied equally to films shot on handheld digital camera and any work of cinema in which a character is gunned down execution style. ... Full Article

Release Date: 2009-09-29 Long before it was used as the basis for Steven Soderbergh and Stephen Gaghan's 2000 narcotics opus, the 1989 British miniseries Traffik was earning raves for its stark and complex portrayal of the heroin trade. ... Full Article

HOLLYWOOD - Michael 'n' Hope. Elliot 'n' Nancy. Melissa. Ellyn. And poor Gary. You knew them once, and you can know them again. After 18 long years, the hand-wringing, self-reflecting, yuppie Philadelphian boomers of "thirtysomething" will enter the (legal) home... ... Full Article

Just as the major studios did, the indies unleashed a torrent of new releases upon filmgoers in May. Some well-known names popped up in front and behind the camera, but the year's streak of underperforming smaller releases continued. ... Full Article

Filmmaker Tony Scott was all over the place in his recent interview with ComingSoon . Yesterday, we reported that he's officially called a "time out" on talk of the rumored " Alien " remake. ... Full Article

Like Steven Soderbergh's "Traffic," "State of Play" compresses a British television miniseries into a stand-alone American thriller and does a pretty good job of it. ... Full Article