Kenneth Lonergan’s film “Margaret” has big problems, but I found its verisimilitude about the messed-up qualities of New York and New Yorkers disquieting and, though dismal, a little...
A clueless British documentarian tries to gather dirt on the ex-governor of Alaska in the feeble attack documentary, “Sarah Palin: You Betcha!” My review is up.]]>
“Tucker and Dale Vs. Evil” is a studenty one-joke spoof of horror movies. My review is up.]]>
Nick Swardson (who was funny in “Thirty Minutes or Less”) is saying critics were out to get his “Bucky Larson” film and adds, “Comedy is so subjective.” It is? Then...
Black Swan The Writers Guild of America is down with the crusties camping out for reasons they never quite seem to be able to articulate: WGAW STATEMENT ON WALL STREET PROTESTS Los Angeles – Christopher...
Julien Temple’s daughter Juno Temple stars as a slutty high-school girl who helps a gay teen find himself in the road movie “Dirty Girl.” My review is up.]]>
The anti-death penalty doc “Incendiary” raises some interesting questions but ultimately gets stuck in a narrative morass of committee meetings. My review is up.]]>
Hugh Jackman plays with remote-controlled robots in Disney’s new family action flick “Real Steel.” My review is up.]]>
John Nolte gets in a few zingers against defenders of lefty political proselytizing in film. He properly calls out the L.A. Times for providing a list of political movies and pretending that there’s...
The prequel to the remake of “The Thing” is out. My review is up.]]>
The “Footloose” remake is surprisingly charming and good-natured. My review is up.]]>
A possible career low for Nicolas Cage and Nicole Kidman is the laughable home-invasion thriller “Trespass.” My review is up.]]>
I went into “The Artist” mainly because I wanted to stake out a seat for the followup picture, Alexander Payne’s “The Descendants,” but I got the comparative importance of...
Awards season is underway! The New York Film Critics Circle will meet Nov. 28 to vote on year-end awards. I haven’t seen that many films more than once this year but there are quite a few I look...
In a suitably heartbreaking followup to “Once,” that movie’s stars Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova return to star in a documentary about their band’s tour. My review is up.]]>...
Emily Watson plays a social worker who discovers that generations of British children were taken from their parents and sent to Australia in “Oranges and Sunshine.” My review is up.]]>
A sequel to “Who Killed the Electric Car?” is embarrassingly cheerleadery and one-sided. My review s up.]]>
Just think of it as “Paranormal Activity 2 1/2.” The same old thump-slam gags are deployed in a tired sequel. I loved the original but the followups are wastes of celluloid. My review is up.]]>...
The big must-see this week is the creepy psychological chiller “Martha Marcy May Marlene,” which is effectively the debut of Elizabeth Olsen, who shows tremendous ability in this attention-getting...
The indispensable Carla Gugino gives another winning performance as a basketball coach at a Catholic college in the otherwise formulaic and predictable sports flick “The Mighty Macs.” My review...
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