Everything seemed to be going well in the Hollywood universe until The Interview. Even with an announcement months before about the Seth Rogen/James Franco comedy set Read More

Michael Mann’s Blackhat is a mess. It’s a slick, shallow effort from a filmmaker who usually does better — a lot better. Even when he falters Read More

Paddington is the kind of movie Hollywood has forgotten how to make. It’s quaint and cozy, witty without resulting to an overuse of physical shtick or Read More

The Wedding Ringer is what we call a “vibe” film in the critic’s biz. Sync up to its particular brand of Hangover-lite faux Farrelly Brothers gratuity Read More

At the start of Desiree Akhavan’s Appropriate Behavior, a love affair has ended in a bitter split as twenty-something hipster Shirin (Akhaven) loads up an empty Read More

He first came to prominence way back in the mid ’70s as an actor in his native Ireland. Now, nearly 45 years later, he’s seen the Read More

Here’s an appropriate marketing slogan for this unnecessary third slog through Bryan Mills’ particular set of skills: “This time, it’s the audience that gets… TAKEN.” Seriously, Read More

In Predestination, Ethan Hawke plays a “temporal agent” who travels back in time to prevent crimes before they occur. If you go into the movie with Read More

One might expect a review of Bound to open by noting that the movie shouldn’t be confused with the 1996 Jennifer Tilly/Gina Gershon thriller of the Read More

On the surface, Zero Motivation looks like a military satire. But this dark comic gem, the debut feature from Israeli writer-director Talya Lavie, is really a Read More

This year we had robot aliens, raccoon aliens, tentacled aliens, and hot chick aliens. We had fever dreams, snowbound train trips, and long walks of self-discovery. Read More

In one corner of the prison drama genre, there’s popcorn fare like Escape Plan and Lock Up, slick productions with big roundhouse Hollywood punches and, yeah, Read More

When you’ve made two of the best horror movies of the last decade (and, arguably, of all time) with your religious-tinged zombie movies [REC] and [REC] Read More

When last we left the burgeoning Woman in Black franchise (who knew???), Daniel Radcliffe had done his post-Potter penance and we horror fans had witnessed a Read More

In J.C. Chandor’s taut and sleek thriller, A Most Violent Year, one character lectures another that “these are dangerous times and we have to adapt.” The Read More

Snipers are supposed to be solitary types. Patient, waiting. So it makes sense that for Clint Eastwood’s brooding film about Chris Kyle, the Navy SEAL sniper Read More

It seems fitting that less than a week after the release of Annie, a crushingly inept movie musical, Into the Woods arrives to show audiences how movie Read More

All Margaret Keane wanted to do was paint. She escaped her horrible first marriage to feel some of the freedom her muse mandated. Unfortunately, the 1950s Read More