The Number 23 should be a provocative psychological thriller. It should be a good movie. It has an intriguingly creepy premise. It has a stylized (albeit disjointed and inconsistent) look and tone.
It's easy to get sucked into the paranoia that Hollywood can produce, but, sadly, not all movies can keep the early momentum. "The Number 23" had audiences in the palm of its hand, but then drops off.
The Number 23 reunites director Joel Schumacher with his Batman Forever star Jim Carrey. It's been over a decade since that gaudy comic book movie and Carrey has become a bonafide dramatic actor since ...
SPOILER ALERT: This blog is published ahead of the screening on Channel 4 tonight (Sunday) at 10pm. Do not read if you have not seen the film and don't want to know anything about it. "Of course, time ...
Jim Carrey’s not a spring pup anymore. He realized that at some point, he would have to make the jump away from sophomoric humor flicks like “”Ace Ventura”” and “”The Mask.”” Sadly, this has meant ...
In this week’s cover story, Jim Carrey talks about his new movie, “The Number 23,” in which he plays a man who reads a book by the same name and becomes obsessed with the digits. According to the ...
Gimmicky numerology plus Jim Carrey minus narrative coherence equals "The Number 23," a visually and psychologically murky thriller that, given its hero's paranoid obsession with the titular number, ...
Let’s cut to the chase: Movies don’t get much more dunderheaded than Joel Schumacher’s semi-psychological thriller “The Number 23,” in which Jim Carrey plays Walter Sparrow, an animal-control officer ...
Did you know that it takes about 23 seconds for blood to circulate through our bodies? That Charles Manson was born on Nov. 12 (11th month plus 12th day equals 23)? Are you a bit freaked out yet? Do ...