REVIEW: Unfunny Arthur Mistakes Aggressive Whimsy for Charm
Those of you who don't want to know how Jason Winer's Arthur remake ends should take this opportunity to step over to the liquor cabinet and mix yourself a good, stiff…
REVIEW: Michelle Williams Shines in Ambitious, Gorgeous Meek's Cutoff
Truly confident movies are rarely flashy ones, which is why filmmakers who really know what they're doing -- whether they're working in the mainstream or in Hollywood -…
REVIEW: Hop Is as Fresh as a Stale Peep
The ads for Hop tout it as the new picture from the creators of Despicable Me; what they really mean is that it's from the director of Alvin and the Chipmunks and…
REVIEW: Oscar Winner In a Better World Needs a Tighter Focus on This One
Danish filmmaker Susanne Bier's In a Better World raises a number of intriguing questions about the true meaning of masculinity, about how kids view their parents, about…
REVIEW: The Joke's on Us in Rubber, a Movie About a Killer Tire
You've really pulled off a triumph, of sorts, when the most charismatic character in your movie is a discarded tire. But Rubber, a quasi-exploitation horror film…
REVIEW: Julian Schnabel Loses His Gift for Subtlety -- At Least for Now -- in Middle East Drama Miral
Julian Schnabel's Miral is a fictional (though somewhat fact-based) story set against the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. I had high hopes for the picture, since…
REVIEW: Broad, Bright Potiche Makes for Surprisingly Nonexhausting Fun
The jubilant broadness of François Ozon's Potiche is both its biggest liability and its selling point: From frame to frame, the movie might alternately buoy you and wear…
REVIEW: Deft Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules Is More Than Just a Quickie Sequel
Most adults would never see Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules of their own volition. But it's too bad more filmmakers won't see it, to save us from having to sit…
REVIEW: Peep World Is Hardly Worth a Gander
Peek through the murky little window that is Peep World and you'll see lots of actors you know from TV: Michael C. Hall of Dexter, Rainn Wilson of The Office, Sarah…
In Praise of Elizabeth Taylor: Fierce in Her Very Softness
If Elizabeth Taylor, who died Wednesday at age 79, was both a great star and a wonderful actress, she was also the frequent object of gentle, or not so gentle, ridicule…
REVIEW: Matthew McConaughey Greases the Wheels of The Lincoln Lawyer
Matthew McConaughey should always play lawyers. There's something smirky, cocky and untrustworthy about his demeanor -- he slides through every movie like a greased…
REVIEW: Not-So-Hottie Bradley Cooper Hits the Wall in Not-So-Hot Limitless
As part of my ongoing effort to give the Hollywood marketing machine the benefit of the doubt, I've long been waiting for the hotness of Bradley Cooper to kick in. After…
REVIEW: Glorious Bill Cunningham New York Captures the Face of the City, and Sometimes Its Feet
Long before "street-fashion photographer" was even a job description -- before the Sartorialist first spotted a pocket square folded just so, before Tommy Ton even knew…
REVIEW: Curse of the Werewolf Haunts Red Riding Hood -- Or Is It Just 'The Curse'?
An alternate title for Red Riding Hood might have been "Catherine Hardwicke's Revenge": This might have been the director's chance to restake her claim on the territory…
REVIEW: Visceral Jane Eyre Is All Brontë, and Wholly Alive
Calling a book a classic is a peculiar damnation, a way of simultaneously placing it on a pedestal and shutting it into a musty old box. As much as we all groan when we…
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