Category: Movie Reviews

Bill Cunningham New York

Don’t call him a fashion photographer

May 17, 2013 | No Comments | 120 views

Gambit

It looks like it’s funny—but something’s missing

May 17, 2013 | One Comment | 124 views

Sinister

A credible Hawke holds it together

May 12, 2013 | One Comment | 306 views

Eames: The Architect and the Painter

Must-see for designers

May 11, 2013 | No Comments | 272 views

Iron Man 3

Everyone’s favorite Man in a Can is back in form

May 9, 2013 | No Comments | 470 views

God Save My Shoes

A fun, stylish and male-baffling documentary

May 9, 2013 | No Comments | 274 views

Gangster Squad

Dim-witted celebration of righteous bloodshed

May 3, 2013 | No Comments | 285 views

Welcome to the Punch

Pretty good Bad Movie potential

May 3, 2013 | No Comments | 216 views

The Last Stand

Gedding too auld for dis

Apr 30, 2013 | No Comments | 202 views

Now Is Good

Cancer weeper made less mawkish by Dakota Fanning’s sassy turn

Apr 30, 2013 | No Comments | 362 views

Killing Them Softly

Sideways look at the daily business of being a hood

Apr 30, 2013 | No Comments | 372 views

The We and the I

Soon-to-be-adults chatter and flatter in flick that grows on you

Apr 30, 2013 | No Comments | 295 views

Hysteria

Vibrant story of sexual progress

Apr 30, 2013 | No Comments | 144 views

Beasts of the Southern Wild

Joyful, challenging and life-affirming

Apr 30, 2013 | No Comments | 170 views

Lincoln

No History Channel biopic

Apr 17, 2013 | No Comments | 571 views

Quartet

Succeeds more on its stars’ charisma

Apr 17, 2013 | No Comments | 299 views

Cosmopolis

Disappointing adaptation of a pretentious novel

Apr 13, 2013 | No Comments | 439 views

Hitchcock

Recommendation: rent the 1960 film first

Apr 3, 2013 | No Comments | 562 views

ParaNorman

Brilliantly alive

Mar 29, 2013 | One Comment | 657 views

Herb & Dorothy 50×50

Decidedly less inspiring

Mar 29, 2013 | No Comments | 349 views

Anna Karenina

No literary feigning necessary

Mar 29, 2013 | No Comments | 458 views

The Master

Cult fave in the making

Mar 21, 2013 | No Comments | 657 views

Wreck-It Ralph

Toy Story for GenXers

Mar 21, 2013 | No Comments | 592 views

Jack the Giant Slayer

Slow kids will find it diverting

Mar 18, 2013 | One Comment | 668 views

Arbitrage

Tense and believable, keeps you guessing and involved

Mar 18, 2013 | One Comment | 758 views

Dark Tide

No fun

Mar 18, 2013 | No Comments | 381 views

Searching for Sugar Man

You’ll be glad you did

Mar 16, 2013 | 2 Comments | 755 views

Shadow Dancer

Tight and believable, but pay attention

Mar 16, 2013 | No Comments | 385 views

The Dinosaur Project

Only for those not yet suffering from found-footage fatigue

Mar 16, 2013 | No Comments | 436 views

Cloud Atlas

Don gushes

Mar 12, 2013 | No Comments | 1,077 views

The Cabin in the Woods

Wicked smart movie that subverts cliché

Mar 8, 2013 | No Comments | 569 views

Savages

Stone should know better

Mar 8, 2013 | No Comments | 516 views

The Words

Relegated to forgettable hokum

Mar 8, 2013 | No Comments | 309 views

Bel Ami

Pattinson inexplicably getting work

Mar 5, 2013 | No Comments | 463 views

The Messenger

Not a shot fired, but one of the best war movies you’re likely to see

Mar 5, 2013 | No Comments | 484 views

Oz the Great and Powerful

SFX dazzle-over-substance extravaganza

Mar 5, 2013 | No Comments | 766 views

Django Unchained

Tarantino unchained

Mar 1, 2013 | No Comments | 1,446 views

Dark Horse

A comedy of bad manners

Mar 1, 2013 | No Comments | 689 views

Silent House

Made watchable by a good young actress

Feb 26, 2013 | No Comments | 580 views

Flight

Best depiction of alcoholism since 1963

Feb 26, 2013 | No Comments | 703 views

Silver Linings Playbook

Gets it all right

Feb 20, 2013 | No Comments | 969 views

Vehicle 19

The glaring drawback is the face

Feb 20, 2013 | No Comments | 478 views

What Doesn’t Kill You

Bleeds authenticity to a fault

Feb 20, 2013 | No Comments | 422 views

Martha Marcy May Marlene

Will shake you up and then follow you home

Feb 20, 2013 | No Comments | 483 views

Burning Bright

Not a very scary tiger

Feb 20, 2013 | No Comments | 519 views

Bachelorette

Three self-absorbed, boozing, coke-snorting shrews

Feb 20, 2013 | No Comments | 389 views

Hit And Run

Excellent date movie

Feb 17, 2013 | No Comments | 612 views

Alex Cross

Cross-dressing comic actor Tyler Perry may not be the best choice for a cinematic reboot of formulaic author James Patterson’s forensic-psychologist super-detective franchise (Morgan Freeman has played Cross twice), but he certainly is the worst. Madea chasing bad guys would have been more believable, not to mention less painful to watch. This dismal, disjointed mess ...

Feb 17, 2013 | No Comments | 419 views

Dredd

Better than Sly’s 1995 version

Feb 15, 2013 | No Comments | 832 views

Zero Dark Thirty

Respects its audience’s intelligence

Feb 13, 2013 | No Comments | 1,359 views

Red Lights

Implodes in the second half

Feb 13, 2013 | No Comments | 622 views

The Corridor

Nova Scotia filmmaking at its finest

Feb 13, 2013 | No Comments | 367 views

Storage 24

About as generic as creature features get

Feb 13, 2013 | No Comments | 481 views

Parker

Statham remakes his movie—this time with J.Lo

Feb 8, 2013 | No Comments | 581 views

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

Takes itself awfully seriously

Feb 8, 2013 | No Comments | 567 views

About Cherry

Don’t be thinking Boogie Nights

Feb 8, 2013 | No Comments | 664 views

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

This cast could make the phone book riveting

Jan 30, 2013 | No Comments | 1,293 views

Jack Reacher

Drink your blood from a boot

Jan 30, 2013 | One Comment | 1,313 views

Fire with Fire

Went direct to DVD for several good reasons

Jan 30, 2013 | No Comments | 1,143 views

Life Of Pi

Enchanting as well as ambitious

Jan 23, 2013 | No Comments | 2,352 views

Barney’s Version

Gets much right

Jan 23, 2013 | No Comments | 816 views

The Future

Walks the cusp of twee

Jan 18, 2013 | No Comments | 899 views

Ted

Juvenile interspecies bromantic comedy

Jan 18, 2013 | No Comments | 1,423 views

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

Not a comedy

Jan 18, 2013 | No Comments | 825 views

Albert Nobbs

McTeer’s exuberant performance a must-see

Jan 18, 2013 | No Comments | 615 views

Cockneys vs. Zombies

A facking fan toime

Jan 10, 2013 | Comments Off | 994 views

Looper

Doesn’t cheat

Jan 8, 2013 | No Comments | 1,849 views

Freelancers

50 Cent making Steven Seagal look like Daniel Day-Lewis

Jan 8, 2013 | No Comments | 803 views

Lay The Favorite

A betting man would lose

Jan 8, 2013 | No Comments | 726 views

Taken 2

...the cleaners

Jan 8, 2013 | No Comments | 679 views

Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel

A celebration of a life well lived

Dec 26, 2012 | No Comments | 1,259 views

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn II

A campy riot of screensaver SFX

Dec 26, 2012 | No Comments | 1,433 views

Side By Side

Sounds a little nerdy—it’s anything but

Dec 19, 2012 | No Comments | 1,485 views

Les Misérables

Admirably ambitious and beautifully mounted

Dec 19, 2012 | No Comments | 2,190 views

Anonymous

Insult, anger, or bore

Dec 19, 2012 | No Comments | 251 views

Dylan Dog: Dead of Night

So unfunny it’s sad

Dec 19, 2012 | No Comments | 568 views

Sushi Girl

Torture porn with a culinary motif

Dec 19, 2012 | No Comments | 953 views

Ruby Sparks

Gentle, harsh, uplifting and wrenching

Dec 13, 2012 | One Comment | 1,838 views

What To Expect When You’re Expecting

The book is non-fiction. The flick is non-entertainment

Dec 13, 2012 | No Comments | 701 views

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

How do you turn one book into a nine-hour trilogy?

Dec 13, 2012 | No Comments | 2,469 views

Frankenweenie

Impossible to dislike

Dec 13, 2012 | No Comments | 1,050 views

Moonrise Kingdom

Wes Anderson’s most accessible to date

Dec 5, 2012 | One Comment | 929 views

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

Enjoyable if slightly soggy

Dec 5, 2012 | No Comments | 1,216 views

Skyfall

Fifty more years, please

Nov 28, 2012 | No Comments | 4,541 views

The Darkest Hour

Comically unfrightening sci-fi slog

Nov 28, 2012 | No Comments | 833 views

Another Happy Day

No particular reason

Nov 28, 2012 | No Comments | 442 views

Bones Brigade: An Autobiography

Surprisingly emotional

Nov 28, 2012 | No Comments | 405 views

First Position

Ballet documentary uniformly moving

Nov 28, 2012 | No Comments | 1,385 views

The Woman In Black

Keep your Saw movies

Nov 28, 2012 | No Comments | 959 views

You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger

Woody Allen’s angst-ridden heart not in it

Nov 28, 2012 | No Comments | 911 views

Trouble with the Curve

Whiffle ball that telegraphs every pitch

Nov 21, 2012 | No Comments | 1,901 views

Lockout

Entertaining poppycock

Nov 21, 2012 | No Comments | 944 views

Dream House

The bigger mystery is how...

Nov 21, 2012 | No Comments | 481 views

Hick

Pile of pointless pretentiousness

Nov 21, 2012 | No Comments | 435 views

House at the End of the Street

Incompetent rip-off with one bright spot

Nov 14, 2012 | No Comments | 861 views

Stolen

Former actor Nicolas Cage dismantles his career further

Nov 14, 2012 | No Comments | 575 views

6 Bullets

Van Damme is still back

Nov 14, 2012 | No Comments | 948 views

Woody Allen: A Documentary

An enigma we’re fortunate to have

Nov 7, 2012 | No Comments | 1,124 views

388 Arletta Avenue

Better than most found-footage flicks

Nov 7, 2012 | No Comments | 727 views

Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away

Too inured to being visually fooled?

Nov 7, 2012 | No Comments | 845 views

You Instead

Arduous rom-com ploy

Oct 31, 2012 | No Comments | 1,142 views

Argo

Affleck’s best directorial effort

Oct 31, 2012 | No Comments | 4,007 views

W.E.

At least she’s not in it

Oct 31, 2012 | No Comments | 1,025 views

Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning

Pure, simple—and pretentious—trash

Oct 31, 2012 | No Comments | 843 views

The Tall Man

You will not know where this is going

Oct 31, 2012 | No Comments | 806 views

Paranormal Activity 4

Merchandise

Oct 31, 2012 | No Comments | 656 views

Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest

No mere fanboy love letter

Oct 31, 2012 | No Comments | 496 views

Apartment 143

Spanish found-footage horror kind of works

Oct 31, 2012 | No Comments | 781 views

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

High concept

Oct 28, 2012 | No Comments | 1,202 views

A Dangerous Method

Smart and mannered. With spanking

Oct 26, 2012 | No Comments | 1,191 views

The Conspirator

Literate, thoughtful, well-acted, and...

Oct 26, 2012 | No Comments | 688 views

Biohazard Damnation

’90s-style CG gore

Oct 26, 2012 | No Comments | 926 views

The Cold Light Of Day

How Not to Make an Action Thriller

Oct 25, 2012 | No Comments | 901 views

Tyrannosaur

Exhausting but thoroughly watchable

Oct 18, 2012 | 2 Comments | 1,349 views

Fastest

Vroom

Oct 18, 2012 | One Comment | 858 views

The Expendables 2

What its target audience expects

Oct 18, 2012 | No Comments | 1,201 views

Dirty Girl

Really a gay fantasy

Oct 18, 2012 | No Comments | 1,521 views

ATM

A murderous cash machine would be more entertaining

Oct 18, 2012 | No Comments | 555 views

Vampire

Tone is random

Oct 18, 2012 | No Comments | 746 views

Safe

Statham stays solid

Oct 11, 2012 | 2 Comments | 1,076 views

The Raven

Poe as an action hero?

Oct 10, 2012 | No Comments | 1,265 views

Get The Gringo

A valid first step toward Mel’s return to form.

Oct 9, 2012 | No Comments | 1,266 views

The City Of Your Final Destination

Bordering on torpid

Oct 4, 2012 | No Comments | 1,018 views

The Samaritan

Nicely complex and compellingly watchable

Oct 4, 2012 | No Comments | 861 views

The Lorax

Padding blander than usual

Oct 4, 2012 | No Comments | 1,310 views

4:44 Last Day on Earth

A little precious

Oct 4, 2012 | No Comments | 1,103 views

Haywire

Soderbergh can do anything

Sep 26, 2012 | 2 Comments | 1,500 views

Casino Jack

Dynamite

Sep 26, 2012 | No Comments | 1,405 views

The Hunger Games

Twilight it ain’t

Sep 26, 2012 | One Comment | 1,136 views

The Bourne Legacy

Above-average if not quite inspired

Sep 26, 2012 | No Comments | 1,305 views

Iron Sky

Nazis on the moon

Sep 26, 2012 | No Comments | 2,206 views

Elevator

Nine annoying people trapped together

Sep 26, 2012 | No Comments | 665 views

Katy Perry Part Of Me

Docu-concert/inflated origin story

Sep 26, 2012 | No Comments | 592 views

This Is Not A Film

A courageous assertion of creative resistance

Sep 19, 2012 | No Comments | 817 views

Monster Brawl

Far less clever

Sep 19, 2012 | No Comments | 666 views

Rock of Ages

Overlong celebrity karaoke party

Sep 19, 2012 | No Comments | 1,079 views

Remains

Cookie-cutter brain-eater

Sep 17, 2012 | No Comments | 723 views

Mirror, Mirror

Doesn’t live up to sumptuous settings

Sep 12, 2012 | No Comments | 1,573 views

Soldiers of Fortune

Seriously silly good-bad movies are getting harder to find

Sep 4, 2012 | No Comments | 1,177 views

The Dictator

Sly and witty

Sep 4, 2012 | No Comments | 1,660 views

Bloodied But Unbowed: Uncut

Discover Vancouver punk history

Sep 4, 2012 | No Comments | 1,138 views

The Way Back

Yes, pretty inspiring

Sep 4, 2012 | No Comments | 875 views

Safe House

Bargain-basement Bourne

Sep 4, 2012 | No Comments | 776 views

Marley

Quietly revelatory

Aug 30, 2012 | No Comments | 1,257 views

Colombiana

Skimpy clothing and acrobatics

Aug 30, 2012 | No Comments | 1,563 views

Prometheus

Fading to a flicker

Aug 22, 2012 | One Comment | 2,119 views

Facing Ali

Wisdom and perspective

Aug 22, 2012 | No Comments | 1,052 views

Burke and Hare

Laughed some, but more often didn't

Aug 22, 2012 | No Comments | 1,077 views

Win Win

Laugh, cry, think

Aug 15, 2012 | No Comments | 1,557 views

The Avengers

A superhuman juggling act

Aug 15, 2012 | One Comment | 1,792 views

The Grey

Poetic study of the will to live

Aug 15, 2012 | No Comments | 790 views

The City Dark

Illuminating the issue of light pollution

Aug 15, 2012 | No Comments | 641 views

A Deeper Shade of Blue

BGV for surf bars

Aug 15, 2012 | No Comments | 553 views

Total Recall

Total Redundancy

Aug 9, 2012 | No Comments | 1,934 views

Take This Waltz

Bucks Hollywood formula

Aug 9, 2012 | No Comments | 1,316 views

Twixt

Leading auteur goes moronic

Aug 9, 2012 | No Comments | 1,022 views

The Dark Knight Rises

Live through it

Aug 2, 2012 | No Comments | 2,251 views

The Thing

I used to know a girl like that

Aug 2, 2012 | No Comments | 1,098 views

Uncertainty

Would have been engaging

Aug 2, 2012 | No Comments | 396 views

Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted

Happy Meal

Jul 26, 2012 | No Comments | 1,225 views

God Bless America

Wickedly hilarious

Jul 26, 2012 | No Comments | 1,250 views

4.3.2.1.

Frothy and pretentious

Jul 26, 2012 | No Comments | 967 views

Piranha 3DD

Spiritless sequel

Jul 19, 2012 | No Comments | 938 views

Brave

Get it together, Pixar

Jul 19, 2012 | One Comment | 1,655 views

The Lady

Besson out of comfort zone?

Jul 19, 2012 | No Comments | 900 views

First Love

Makes up in spunk

Jul 19, 2012 | No Comments | 475 views

Shark Night 3D

Rudderless, cast-attrition sharksploitation

Jul 17, 2012 | No Comments | 1,166 views

The Lincoln Lawyer

Adroit adaptation of Connelly page-turner

Jul 17, 2012 | No Comments | 867 views

Big Miracle

Thinking family approved

Jul 17, 2012 | No Comments | 482 views

The Amazing Spider-Man

Is your Spider sense tingling?

Jul 12, 2012 | No Comments | 1,331 views

Princess Ka’iulani

A great film about the end of the Hawaiian monarchy?

Jul 6, 2012 | No Comments | 787 views

United

The tragedy that befell Manchester United's legendary 1958 squad

Jul 5, 2012 | No Comments | 722 views

We Need To Talk About Kevin

Scarier than The Omen?

Jun 27, 2012 | One Comment | 3,440 views

This Must Be The Place

Falls short of Lynchian aims

Jun 27, 2012 | No Comments | 859 views

The Rum Diary

Hunter S. adaptation unfinished?

Jun 27, 2012 | No Comments | 1,228 views

Conan The Barbarian

“I live. I love. I slay. I am content.”

Jun 27, 2012 | No Comments | 750 views

The Big Year

How did they make three gifted comics so dull?

Jun 27, 2012 | No Comments | 1,212 views

Attack The Block

Inventiveness, rowdiness, and goofy social realism

Jun 21, 2012 | No Comments | 817 views

One Day

Antidote to Nicholas Sparks

Jun 21, 2012 | No Comments | 996 views

Act of Valor

Don was not bored

Jun 21, 2012 | No Comments | 1,181 views

Recreator

Six very bad twenty-something actors

Jun 21, 2012 | No Comments | 1,343 views

The Beaver

Creepy, dark, maudlin, humorless and a bit dull

Jun 21, 2012 | No Comments | 701 views

Trespass

Most of the dialogue is yelled

Jun 21, 2012 | No Comments | 826 views

Snow White and the Huntsman

A compact LOTR

Jun 14, 2012 | No Comments | 2,161 views

Seeking Justice

Cage continues career-destroying habit

Jun 14, 2012 | No Comments | 513 views

Going Vertical: The Short Board Revolution

Good for the board

Jun 14, 2012 | No Comments | 565 views

Flypaper

Worst offender is the star

Jun 14, 2012 | No Comments | 499 views

Bellflower

Mumblecore meander is wildly creative

Jun 14, 2012 | No Comments | 883 views

The Lucky One

Human beings might find it a tad contrived

Jun 13, 2012 | No Comments | 588 views

We Bought A Zoo

It’ll make you smile

Jun 6, 2012 | No Comments | 991 views

Ironclad

Medieval fanboys take note

Jun 6, 2012 | 2 Comments | 934 views

The Divide

Locked in a basement with an overacting Rosanna Arquette

Jun 6, 2012 | No Comments | 655 views

The Loved Ones

Reason is unimportant in torture porn

Jun 6, 2012 | No Comments | 1,312 views

Soul Surfer

It’s hard to criticize a movie about a one-armed surfer, but...

Jun 6, 2012 | No Comments | 1,913 views

The Way

Go along on a great journey

Jun 6, 2012 | No Comments | 828 views

Jane Eyre

A worthy adaptation by Cary Fukunaga of the Charlotte Brontë classic often considered to be one of the first examples of feminist Western literature. It focuses, as have most of its 27 filmed versions, on the time the young title governess spends at the gloomy Thornfield Hall, where things go bump in the night, and ...

Jun 6, 2012 | No Comments | 950 views

The Vow

Juvenile jumble of clunky clichés

Jun 6, 2012 | No Comments | 675 views

Grave Encounters

Yet another “found footage” failure

Jun 6, 2012 | No Comments | 603 views

I Don’t Know How She Does It

Vacuous feature-length sitcom

Jun 6, 2012 | No Comments | 700 views

Abduction

What are the filmmaker$ up to?

Jun 5, 2012 | No Comments | 686 views

Midnight in Paris

Nostalgia is better than it used to be

May 25, 2012 | No Comments | 2,145 views

Men In Black 3

Must see

May 25, 2012 | No Comments | 2,008 views

Vidal Sassoon The Movie

Cheerful hagiography

May 25, 2012 | No Comments | 1 views

Dark Shadows

Unique supernatural sex scene

May 22, 2012 | No Comments | 1,885 views

Find Me Guilty

Vinny D does pretty good

May 21, 2012 | No Comments | 1,017 views

The Muppets

Mah na mah na!

May 18, 2012 | No Comments | 735 views

Brake

Dorff is solid, but credibility erodes

May 18, 2012 | No Comments | 436 views

House of the Rising Sun

Another freight train of a pro wrestler turns to the movies

May 18, 2012 | No Comments | 607 views

Bad Teacher

Mean-spirited, obvious and flaccid

May 18, 2012 | No Comments | 936 views

Operation: Endgame

The most unpleasant 82 minutes of blunt trauma you’ll ever...

May 18, 2012 | No Comments | 721 views

Larry Crowne

Hopelessly bland

May 11, 2012 | No Comments | 772 views

The Descendants

Another Payneian insight on the human condition

May 11, 2012 | No Comments | 1,167 views

Killer Elite

Not bad if you like this sort of thing

May 11, 2012 | No Comments | 1,164 views

Faces in the Crowd

Tedious and profoundly ridiculous

May 11, 2012 | No Comments | 824 views

Happy

What makes people...

May 11, 2012 | No Comments | 966 views

Last Night

Arty ping pong but do we care?

May 11, 2012 | No Comments | 573 views

The Ballad of Mott the Hoople

Will appeal mostly to fans

May 11, 2012 | No Comments | 604 views

I’m Still Here

Can’t wait to see what he does next

Apr 27, 2012 | No Comments | 1,193 views

Joyful Noise

Pop songs in choir robes

Apr 27, 2012 | No Comments | 1,130 views

Hit So Hard

Even moving

Apr 27, 2012 | No Comments | 436 views

Bridesmaids

Okay, I took some flak recently for going easy on a couple of rom-coms. (I just can’t help it—sniffle—they’re so fulfilling!) Well, it gets worse, because here comes an endorsement of a chick flick. As you might surmise, this distaff Hangover is about a wedding; more specifically about the mismatched mess of misfits chosen by ...

Apr 27, 2012 | No Comments | 1,015 views

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Consider yourself a thinking grownup?

Apr 20, 2012 | No Comments | 1,297 views

This Means War

You’ll leave the theater spitting.

Apr 20, 2012 | No Comments | 877 views

Wrath of the Titans

There’s a lot to be said for lowered expectations

Apr 20, 2012 | No Comments | 923 views

Oranges and Sunshine

Impressive debut from Ken Loach’s son Jim

Apr 11, 2012 | No Comments | 1,274 views

Texas Killing Fields

Scary because it’s true

Apr 11, 2012 | No Comments | 859 views

John Carter

For $350 million you’d expect something more than “not terrible”

Apr 11, 2012 | No Comments | 975 views

Deadheads

Rom-zom

Apr 11, 2012 | No Comments | 898 views

Rogue

Best eight-meter crocodile thriller ever

Apr 11, 2012 | No Comments | 700 views

Apollo 18

The true horror sets in...

Apr 11, 2012 | No Comments | 878 views

Battleship

Big snore unless you’re 10

Apr 11, 2012 | One Comment | 1,740 views

The Warrior’s Way

Sergio Leone meets Federico Fellini

Apr 11, 2012 | No Comments | 752 views

The Artist

It’s everything they say it is

Apr 6, 2012 | No Comments | 2,127 views

Catch.44

Pulp Fiction rip-off that never leaves the diner scene

Apr 6, 2012 | No Comments | 725 views

Corman’s World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel

Delightful, star-studded—if somewhat formulaic—doc

Apr 6, 2012 | No Comments | 770 views

The Hunters

Few surprises

Apr 6, 2012 | No Comments | 587 views

Standing Army

Mostly Italians and Japanese complaining

Apr 6, 2012 | No Comments | 538 views

Valhalla Rising

Minimalist and mesmerizing

Apr 6, 2012 | No Comments | 673 views

Drive

Stylish noir-actioner for thinking people

Mar 29, 2012 | No Comments | 1,798 views

The Ides of March

Deeply cynical and disturbingly truthful

Mar 28, 2012 | No Comments | 1,071 views

Route Irish

Loach always worth a look

Mar 28, 2012 | No Comments | 714 views

The Help

Rewarding crowd-pleaser

Mar 28, 2012 | No Comments | 1,254 views

Journey 2: Mysterious Island

Moronic cobbling

Mar 28, 2012 | No Comments | 682 views

The Eagle

Coherent, gorgeous, and all without CGI

Mar 23, 2012 | No Comments | 1,090 views

My Week With Marilyn

Beautiful and insightful

Mar 23, 2012 | No Comments | 720 views

Take Shelter

Original, enigmatic movie

Mar 23, 2012 | No Comments | 624 views

Puss In Boots

Clever, kinetic, and cute as hell

Mar 17, 2012 | No Comments | 1,241 views

Bloodrayne: The Third Reich

A vampire Hitler can't save this one

Mar 17, 2012 | No Comments | 1,179 views

Children of the Corn: Genesis

The only corn is in the script

Mar 17, 2012 | No Comments | 928 views

The Iron Lady

Oscar-winning performance surrounded by movie-like substances

Mar 17, 2012 | No Comments | 1,041 views

Shame

Will stay with you

Mar 8, 2012 | No Comments | 1,578 views

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

Compared to what Conan Doyle wrote more than a century ago...

Mar 8, 2012 | No Comments | 1,253 views

Setup

Predictable, repetitive and dull as dirt

Mar 8, 2012 | No Comments | 861 views

The People vs. George Lucas

Grating geek gripes at times hilarious

Mar 8, 2012 | No Comments | 796 views

Carnage

Imagine yourself at the play

Mar 8, 2012 | One Comment | 2,266 views

The Bang Bang Club

Two-dimensional

Mar 8, 2012 | No Comments | 657 views

War Horse

Good, old-fashioned movie magic

Feb 29, 2012 | No Comments | 1,218 views

Cave of Forgotten Dreams

A fine substitute for never getting in there

Feb 29, 2012 | No Comments | 781 views

The Dead and the Damned

Drink a lot and laugh at with friends

Feb 29, 2012 | No Comments | 865 views

Hugo

A reminder of why we go to the movies

Feb 23, 2012 | No Comments | 1,674 views

The Double

Outdated Cold War potboiler

Feb 23, 2012 | No Comments | 775 views

Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part One

What was the rea$on the saga was split in two?

Feb 23, 2012 | No Comments | 853 views

Water for Elephants

Oily villain performance worth your ticket price

Feb 23, 2012 | No Comments | 814 views

Young Adult

Well worth your time

Feb 23, 2012 | No Comments | 1,089 views

Underworld: Awakening

Save your money by putting your head in a metal wastebasket

Feb 23, 2012 | No Comments | 685 views

Coriolanus

Fiennes does assured Shakespeare in his directorial debut

Feb 23, 2012 | No Comments | 788 views

In Time

Are you willing to pay 109 minutes?

Feb 18, 2012 | No Comments | 1,161 views

Melancholia

Inaccessible yet compulsively watchable filmmaker + disaster genre

Feb 16, 2012 | No Comments | 1,230 views

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Cathartic, illuminating and honestly (mostly) moving

Feb 15, 2012 | One Comment | 1,825 views

The Tournament

Bright spot a drunken priest

Feb 14, 2012 | No Comments | 1,239 views

The Ledge

Preposterous predicament

Feb 14, 2012 | No Comments | 1,082 views

Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

The book’s still better

Feb 10, 2012 | No Comments | 1,575 views

Tucker & Dale vs. Evil

Don never thought he’d enjoy a spatter flick

Feb 10, 2012 | No Comments | 902 views

Machine Gun Preacher

Action, drama and a socially conscious message—done not particularly well

Feb 2, 2012 | No Comments | 1,377 views

Beginners

Honest tale of both romantic and filial love

Feb 2, 2012 | No Comments | 2,119 views

The Hunter

Way better than Don’s making it sound

Feb 2, 2012 | No Comments | 1,076 views

Beastly

Lives up to its name

Feb 2, 2012 | No Comments | 1,071 views

Tower Heist

Kind of works as a screwball caper comedy

Feb 2, 2012 | No Comments | 891 views

J. Edgar

A sensitive handling of a complex character

Jan 26, 2012 | No Comments | 1,572 views

Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark

Scarier-than-most effort from Guillermo del Toro

Jan 19, 2012 | No Comments | 2,000 views

The Good Doctor

Pointless, half-baked psychodrama

Jan 19, 2012 | No Comments | 1,600 views

The Dead

Imagine George Romero in the deserts of Africa

Jan 19, 2012 | No Comments | 1,002 views

Jack and Jill

Al Pacino needs a new agent

Jan 19, 2012 | No Comments | 1,320 views

Johnny English Reborn

Sporadically funny and not entirely terrible

Jan 19, 2012 | No Comments | 1,402 views

Animal Kingdom

Brutally unsentimental Australian Goodfellas

Jan 19, 2012 | 2 Comments | 2,028 views

Road to Nowhere

Enigmatic and haunting hall of mirrors

Jan 13, 2012 | No Comments | 1,202 views

Fright Night

An antidote to Twilight

Jan 5, 2012 | No Comments | 1,911 views

Tetro

Coppolla's still got it

Jan 5, 2012 | No Comments | 1,494 views

Perfect Sense

One that will stay with you

Jan 5, 2012 | No Comments | 1,645 views

Paul

More of a fond homage than a straight spoof

Dec 22, 2011 | No Comments | 1,526 views

Restless

A bit twee, self-conscious and morbidly cute

Dec 22, 2011 | No Comments | 1 views

New Year’s Eve

Uncle Don’s tips for improving your New Year’s Eve

Dec 22, 2011 | No Comments | 1 views

A Little Bit of Heaven

You want a cancer comedy? Go see 50/50

Dec 16, 2011 | No Comments | 1,278 views

God Bless Ozzy Osbourne

Um, why?

Dec 16, 2011 | One Comment | 1,771 views

Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol

Someone blows up the Kremlin and frames the IMF, resulting in the activation of the title protocol, shutting down the entire organization and leaving Ethan (Tom Cruise) and co. (Paula Patton, Simon Pegg and Jeremy Renner) to save the world and clear the group’s name, all without support. It’s the best M:I flick of the ...

Dec 16, 2011 | No Comments | 2,707 views