Film Reviews
A Good Day to Die Hard
John McClane returns, this time with his CIA agent son, for the fifth Die Hard installment. Read story.
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
A Royal Affair
Mads Mikkelsen steals the show in this detailed account of an adulterous affair between a Denmark queen and the king’s doctor. Read story.
Monday, February 18, 2013
Side Effects
Steven Soderbergh’s latest takes a twisted and suspenseful look at the pharmaceutical industry and its victims. Read story.
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Identity Thief
Melissa McCarthy delivers another scene-stealing performance in this problematic comedy. Read story.
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Warm Bodies
As far as zombie flicks go, Warm Bodies is relatively full of life. Read story.
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Stand Up Guys
The best thing about this film is watching how much fun these actors are having playing fading legends. Read story.
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Quartet
What’s missing from Quartet is any real conflict or understandable drama. Read story.
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Movie 43
There is little of socially redeemable worth in the film. It’s unrepentant low humor at its worst, and finest, and worst, again. Read story.
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Mama
Mama is a great horror film, set up with comic-book pretexts. Read story.
Thursday, January 24, 2013
The Last Stand
Released two months earlier, perhaps this film wouldn’t seem like such a slap in the face of post-Sandy Hook America. Read story.
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Gangster Squad
Jaques Audiard’s stunning new film shows plenty, but also keeps much in subtle reserve. Read story.
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Rust and Bone
Jaques Audiard’s stunning new film shows plenty, but also keeps much in subtle reserve. Read story.
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Zero Dark Thirty
All controversies aside, no one can say director Kathryn Bigelow lacks craft. Read story.
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Promised Land
This well-meaning but middling and muddling film is a long slide into sentimental, formulaic anti-corporate shtick for director Gus Van Sant. Read story.
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Not Fade Away
Not Fade Away is one of the finer rock ’n’ roll sagas to have hit the movies in a long time, with an attention to detail, archival fidelity, and a passionate focus on music. Read story.
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