Reviews

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Written by Cate Marquis Thursday, 07 March 2013 14:05

This serious and sincere film is more for those who are intrigued by the history than those seeking dramatic fireworks.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Wednesday, 06 March 2013 20:30

The hunters in Happy People seem more fulfilled as human beings than me or pretty much anyone I know.

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Written by Adrienne Jones Thursday, 28 February 2013 13:24

This version of “Jack and the Beanstalk” mixes court intrigue, adventure, comedy, and romance that surprises exactly when it needs to.

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Written by Matthew Newlin Thursday, 28 February 2013 13:11

The film works because the actors are likable, the script is funny, and the movie never tries to be anything it’s not.

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Written by Cate Marquis Thursday, 28 February 2013 12:59

The film does an especially good job in exploring the connection between hunger and obesity.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Thursday, 21 February 2013 11:23

You need some patience to appreciate Yossi—things happen slowly and with subtlety.

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Written by Cate Marquis Thursday, 21 February 2013 00:00

While this is a very well-meaning film and will appeal to certain audiences, others may find this film slow and often predictable.

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Written by Cate Marquis Thursday, 14 February 2013 21:41

Adult filmgoers need not run out to catch this one, although its excellent supporting cast gives a little more acting heft to the Southern Gothic mystery.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Thursday, 14 February 2013 21:31

The concept behind the series is based on a quotation attributed to Francis Xavier: “Give me a child until he is seven, and I will give you the man.”

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Written by Sean Lass Thursday, 14 February 2013 21:23

This barely feels like a complete movie, let alone an actual Die Hard movie.

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Written by Sean Lass Thursday, 07 February 2013 16:39

You can’t set out to make a cult movie; it has to just happen.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Thursday, 31 January 2013 22:07

Michael Haneke has released eight films in the past 16 years; all are absolutely worth seeing, and some are just astoundingly good.

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Written by Sean Lass Thursday, 31 January 2013 21:57

Sylvester Stallone’s character teams up with a cop, played by Sung Kang, and they work together for some reason to accomplish something. I don’t really know.

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Written by Sean Lass Thursday, 31 January 2013 21:36

As someone who makes movies, my greatest fear is that I will one day make a movie like Stand Up Guys.

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Written by Matthew Newlin Thursday, 31 January 2013 21:25

Essentially, there are no rules, making the film not only infuriatingly contradictory, but also more soporific than a 2 a.m. infomercial.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Thursday, 31 January 2013 13:24

Among the animated shorts, “Adam and Dog,” an 11-minute film written and directed by Minkyu Lee, stands out for sheer beauty and ambition.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Thursday, 31 January 2013 12:59

Shawn Christensen has a strong visual sense and a slightly twisted sense of humor, and puts both to good use as he takes “Curfew” in directions you never would have expected.

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Written by Matthew Newlin Thursday, 17 January 2013 21:35

While most politicians would be focused on winning the election and making donors happy, Hostetler is concerned with his wife’s possible extramarital affair?

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Written by Sean Lass Thursday, 17 January 2013 21:21

This film will almost singlehandedly decide the future of Arnold’s career.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Tuesday, 15 January 2013 22:20

It’s a splendid demonstration of the old adage that political films are really not about the time they are set in, but the time in which they are made.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Thursday, 10 January 2013 14:15

It’s tempting to read Zero Dark Thirty as an allegory of the filmmaking process, but that’s a side issue with no real bearing on the film itself.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Thursday, 10 January 2013 14:12

Sean Penn is basically the male equivalent to Meryl Streep in the Academy’s eyes, and costar Ryan Gosling is perhaps the best young actor to pop up in the past decade.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Thursday, 10 January 2013 14:09

Marion Cotillard’s performance is as good as you’ve heard, and among her best, which is saying something for an actress of her stature.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Thursday, 03 January 2013 22:07

Watching this movie feels like what it feels like to grow up, but far less angsty and terrible in hindsight.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Thursday, 03 January 2013 21:56

Maybe the real culprit here is that this film was made by a lot of talented people who are a little too earnest, and no one was around to keep them in check.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Thursday, 03 January 2013 21:24

The tsunami sequence alone is absolutely worth your price of admission, and trust me in that you’re going to want to see this one on the big screen.

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Written by Adrienne Jones Thursday, 20 December 2012 20:55

I found Jack Reacher so surprisingly good—and Cruise so surprisingly good in it—that as the final credits began to roll I immediately wanted to see more.

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Written by Laura Hamlett Thursday, 20 December 2012 20:51

The Guilt Trip is a charming, true-to-life, mismatched buddy road trip movie filled with both comedy and pathos. 

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Thursday, 20 December 2012 20:44

No sooner have you settled into one mode of perception, the film will jerk you right out of it, for no good reason, and certainly not to make any kind of artistic statement.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Thursday, 20 December 2012 20:35

Apatow’s compulsion to shoehorn every actor he likes into every project he does could eventually be his undoing.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Thursday, 20 December 2012 11:29

The conclusion of the film, which comes after you think the story is over, is at the same time absolutely chilling and incredibly moving, the more so because the filmmaker underplays his hand.

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Written by Matthew Newlin Sunday, 16 December 2012 22:39

Visually, the film is pleasurable to watch, but it is spoiled by Richard Nelson’s schizophrenic screenplay.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Thursday, 13 December 2012 22:32

We may as well start calling it “the prequel trilogy” now, right?

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Written by Pete Timmermann Thursday, 13 December 2012 22:19

It seems like little consolation to those wrongly accused that a good film resulted from this case.

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Written by Matthew Newlin Thursday, 13 December 2012 22:05

Watching Deadfall is similar to listening to a five-year-old tell a story. Dean rushes through the exposition, thinking it will make the story more suspenseful and interesting.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Wednesday, 05 December 2012 13:55

The ambiguity of the French title, L’homme qui voulait vivre sa vie (“The man who wanted to live his life”), is a much better fit for the film that the rather bland English title