Small people with big hopes make up The Secret Life of Arrietty. Give it a chance, and it will enhance your sense of wonder.
- February 17, 2012 |
Directed by Ralph Fiennes, Coriolanus is a gripping, cinematic take on one of Shakespeare’s less frequently performed plays.
- February 17, 2012 |
Based on Jules Verne’s novels, one can’t help wondering why the filmmakers didn’t take a few more cues from the author himself.
- February 10, 2012 |
Shaky-camera syndrome has taken hold of today’s action movies. And Safe House, directed by Daniel Espinosa, is no different.
- February 10, 2012 |
Being everything a good love story should be, this sweetheart of a movie released in theaters just in time for Valentine’s Day.
- February 10, 2012 |
Madonna and co-writer Alex Keshishian want us to care deeply, but the stakes laid out early in W.E. are poorly developed.
- February 10, 2012 |
Things go as well as you might expect in this story of teen boys who have overwhelming powers. Which is to say, not well at all.
- February 09, 2012 |
Big Miracle wants to be a whale of a tale with its heart in the right place, but the execution leaves more to be desired.
- February 03, 2012 |
The Woman in Black, Daniel Radcliffe’s first starring role since the Harry Potter films, offers few moments of genuine fright.
- February 03, 2012 |
Adapted from a Janet Evanovich novel, One for the Money is every Garden State stereotype strung together by a go-nowhere plot.
- January 30, 2012 |
A transgender period piece—something you don’t see every day—Albert Nobbs isn’t fooling or shocking anyone, and it never will.
- January 27, 2012 |
Why do you go to the movies? To have a good time? To escape? To forget the worries of the day? If so, skip Man on a Ledge.
- January 27, 2012 |
As the big-screen debut from Anthony Hemingway, with George Lucas as executive producer, what Red Tails lacks most is gravitas.
- January 23, 2012 |
Director Steven Soderbergh leaves the art house far behind for this well-executed action film of a private contractor wronged.
- January 20, 2012 |
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close will either have you reaching for a tissue or sighing from sheer emotional exhaustion. Or both.
- January 20, 2012 |
Character conflicts have a disappointingly generic quality, while the humorous treatment of sexual sin is downright troubling.
- January 13, 2012 |
The story of a super smuggler who’s gone straight but is forced out of “retirement” to keep his family safe falls flat in a hurry.
- January 13, 2012 |
There aren’t too many films that extol political conservatism these days, but those views are championed in The Iron Lady.
- January 13, 2012 |
Carnage, based on the play The God of Carnage, is a pointed, sometimes brutal examination of human nature apart from God.
- January 13, 2012 |
The Artist, a full-length black-and-white silent film, is the best of two eras a century removed and must be seen in a theater.
- January 03, 2012 |
