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‘Pain & Gain’ Review: Funny But Bloated Three Stooges With Massive Pecs
Michael Bay has made a movie that’s more than just loud — it's also an entertaining moral spoof about three lunkheads pursuing their own twisted version of the American Dream
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‘The Angels’ Share’ Review: Ken Loach Pours Engaging Shot of Scotch
The Glasgow-set comedy is really a heist yarn with a conscience — and a Scottish brogue
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‘The Angels’ Share’ Review: Ken Loach Pours Engaging Shot of Scotch
His Glasgow-set comedy is actually a heist film with a conscience — and a heavy brogue
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‘Upstream Color’ Review: You’ll Be Shocked, Repelled and Confused – but Never Bored
“Upstream Color” is the eagerly anticipated second film from Shane Carruth, whose "Primer," an intriguing, geeky time-travel thriller, won the Grand Jury Prize for drama at Sundance
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‘Place Beyond the Pines’ Review: Ryan Gosling + Bradley Cooper = Overwrought Daddy Issues
Good performances can't stop Derek Cianfrance's "Blue Valentine" follow-up from crashing under the weight of its own symbolism
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‘Love and Honor’ Review: Earnest But Predictable Soldier-in-Love Tale
LIam Hemsworth and Teresa Palmer shine in too-familiar Vietnam War-era love story
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‘Ginger & Rosa’ Review: Affecting Portrait of Girls on the Verge
Elle Fanning and Alice Englert are spot-on in Sally Potter's smart and nuanced coming-of-age tale, set in 1962 England
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‘Dead Man Down’ Review: As Plastic as Isabelle Huppert’s Tupperware
“Dead Man” is an action film with an art-house sensibility and heart, which means lots of moody staring between extended shootouts
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‘Jack the Giant Slayer’ Review: Fee-Fie, Ho-Hum
“Jack” is never antic enough to be a true comedy or original enough in its action sequences to seem like more than a warmed-over version of too many movies we’ve seen before
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‘Snitch’ Review: Dose of Depth Elevates Dwayne Johnson Drug Trade Tale
Give writer-director Ric Roman Waugh credit for adding some complexity to what would otherwise be routine action film
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‘Safe Haven’ Review: The Location Should Have Top Billing
For those who love Nicholas Sparks, "Safe Haven" offers less of the same
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‘Lore’ Review: Nazi Devastation Is Backdrop for Nuanced Coming-of-Age Tale
Director Kate Shortland portrays a young girl's on a journey of moral and sexual discovery, driven by her family's destruction during World War II
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‘The Gatekeepers’ Review: Israel Through the Prism of Shin Bet
In engaging documentary, six former heads of Israel's secret service answer questions with more than questions
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‘Warm Bodies’ Review: Zombified ‘Romeo & Juliet’ Lurches With Life
The surprisingly genial and clever little zombie-teen romance mash-up, qualifies as a solid base hit
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‘Mama’ Review: Guillermo del Toro’s Maternal Malevolence Fitfully Captivates
Horror tale "Mama" is at its best when it focuses on relationships between mother — and the monster — and the daughters