Inkoo Kang
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‘Cake’ Review: Jennifer Aniston Endures Chronic Pain in This Poignant Tale
Anna Kendrick, Sam Worthington, Adriana Barraza co-star in this inexplicably panned drama (not a comedy!) that merits serious attention
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‘The Boy Next Door’ Review: Jennifer Lopez Smolders, But the Film Fails to Seduce
The film mostly focuses on Lopez herself — a decision that robs it of the symbiosis of fear and attraction that makes an erotic thriller such escapist fun
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‘Appropriate Behavior’ Review: Desiree Akhavan’s Hilarious Comedy Heralds an Essential New Voice
Breaking up is hard to do, in this intelligent and near-perfect directorial debut, but coming out to your Iranian-American parents is even harder
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‘Song of the Sea’ Review: Dazzling Animation, Original Storytelling from the Makers of ‘The Secret of Kells’
There’s plenty to look at — and a whole lot to puzzle over — in this exquisite and enigmatic adaptation of an Irish epic
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TheWrap’s Film Critics Pick 10 Best Movies of 2014
From “Boyhood” to “Selma” — Alonso Duralde, Inkoo Kang and James Rocchi offer up their favorite films of the year
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‘Annie’ Review: Jamie Foxx and Quvenzhané Wallis’ Cynical Remake Channels the ‘Hunger Games’
Broadway’s favorite orphan finds herself a pawn in a political campaign in this occasionally misanthropic updating of the beloved musical
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‘Miss Julie’ Review: Jessica Chastain Glows in an Otherwise Oppressively Grim Misery Fest
Scandinavian gloom takes over in Liv Ullmann’s shallow take on August Strindberg’s exploration of class and gender, co-starring Colin Farrell and Samantha Morton
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‘Black or White’ Review: Kevin Costner and Octavia Spencer Square Off in Uneven Custody Battle
A rousing and fair debate between the little girl’s white grandfather and black grandmother would have lent the film some badly needed dramatic urgency
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‘Life Partners’ Review: Gillian Jacobs and Leighton Meester Remain Friends For No Apparent Reason
This arrested-development comedy takes female friendships seriously but strands its miscast leading ladies with the most generic characters possible
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‘The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies’ Review: Martin Freeman and Company End Trilogy, Provide Fan Service
Peter Jackson gives us more of the same in this franchise-ender co-starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Evangeline Lilly, and Orlando Bloom
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‘The Babadook’ Review: Year’s Best Horror Film Is a Powerful Exploration of Ambivalent Motherhood
Essie Davis and Noah Wiseman play a mother and young son on the verge of destroying each other in writer-director Jennifer Kent’s masterful debut
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‘The Imitation Game’ Review: Benedict Cumberbatch Leads Nerds Against Nazis in a Formulaic Biopic
World War II comes alive but computing legend Alan Turing doesn’t in this derivative but handsome drama co-starring Keira Knightley and Hugh Alexander
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‘The Homesman’ Review: Hilary Swank and Tommy Lee Jones Impress in a Unique Western
Meryl Streep, John Lithgow, and James Spader co-star in a brutal but riveting tale that deconstructs the icon of the cowboy hero
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‘Big Eyes’ Review: Amy Adams, Christoph Waltz Are Rival Spouses in Tim Burton’s Best Film in Years
A marriage drama about kitsch and the value of art brings out the best in Burton
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‘Dumb and Dumber To’ Review: Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels Return to Fine Form in Hilarious Sequel
Ol’ Rubber Face is back, as Carrey and Daniels embark on another cross-country road trip, this time with Rob Riggle, Kathleen Turner and Laurie Holden
