REVIEW: Star Wars: Ep. I - The Phantom Menace Adds Stunning Third Dimension of Meh
The re-release of The Phantom Menace opens with that exhilarating blast of John Williams's famous theme, the Star Wars title…
REVIEW: Woody Harrelson's Menace Yields Diminishing Returns in Rampart
The last few months have provided us with some iconic imagery of police violence in response to the Occupy Wall Street movement…
REVIEW: The Vow Barely Gets By With Rachel McAdams (and One Very Handsome Steak)
In The Vow, Rachel McAdams plays Paige, a Chicago sculptor who's wife to Leo (Channing Tatum), the owner of a recording studio…
REVIEW: Not Even the 3-D is Original in Recycled Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
If it takes you a beat to remember the movie to which Journey 2 is a follow-up, that may not just be because the makers have…
REVIEW: Mind-Blowingly Charmless Katherine Heigl Will Rob You Blind in One for the Money
One for the Money feels like the forgotten pilot for a TV show that wasn't picked up for series. Watch as Stephanie Plum…
REVIEW: Vampires Aren't the Only Things That Suck in Underworld: Awakening
It can be difficult to remember who we're meant to be rooting for in the Underworld universe, with its unending werewolf/vampire…
REVIEW: Christian Bale May Be the Star, But Zhang Yimou Puts Women at Heart of Flowers of War
The great Fifth Generation filmmaker Zhang Yimou has gone from having films like Ju Dou and Raise the Red Lantern banned in his…
REVIEW: The Divide Drowns Flat Characters in Arty, Apocalyptic Gloss
Mickey (Michael Biehn), the paranoid building superintendent unwillingly responsible for allowing the characters in The Divide to…
REVIEW: Mark Wahlberg Steers Contraband Safely into Port
Savvier and less cartoonish than those posters of Mark Wahlberg with stacks of cash taped to his famous torso might have you…
REVIEW: If You've Seen One Demonic-Possession Movie and It's The Devil Inside, You've Seen Them All
The characters who manned the cameras in The Blair Witch Project and Cloverfield weren't pros, providing an excuse for the…
REVIEW: A Luminous Lead Performance and Sensitive Filmmaking Drive Pariah
On the bus home from a night out at a lesbian club, Fort Greene teenager Alike (Adepero Oduye) swaps her tomboyish outfit for…
Margaret, Melancholia and More: Alison's Top 10 Movies of 2011
I found 2011 to be a great, overstuffed year in film, though the sweeping trend of nostalgia that peaked during this awards…
5 Scenes Worth Remembering From Otherwise Forgettable 2011 Films
With all this laudatory talk of the best of the year and Nelson Muntz-style "HA hah"-ing at the worst, isn't it time to spare a…
REVIEW: Angelina Jolie Makes a Bleak Bosnian War Romance with In the Land of Blood and Honey
In the Land of Blood and Honey isn't actually Angelina Jolie's first film as a director -- that distinction goes to A Place in…
REVIEW: Cameron Crowe Tries, and Fails, to Freshen a Treacly Tale in We Bought a Zoo
Cameron Crowe can be a big old cheeseball, but he's never been a filmmaker to come across as cynical or calculatedly…
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