Review: “What’s Your Number”
Romantic comedies are like horror films: both are typically riddled with cliches. They always tend to follow the formula yet people turn out for...
Review: “Machine Gun Preacher”
A disparate mix of grit, violence, religious awakening, and socio-political commentary, Marc Forster's biopic "Machine Gun Preacher" asks the age-old question "Who would Jesus...
Review: “Moneyball”
It would be unfair to simply label "Moneyball" as another baseball film. Based on Michael Lewis's bestselling nonfiction book, baseball is merely the backdrop...
Review: “Straw Dogs”
The latest in Hollywood's incredibly long line of pointless, unnecessary remakes, "Straw Dogs" is a hollow, superficial film that that trades moral ambiguity for...
Review: “Melancholia”
From the first opening scenes of Lars von Trier's "Melancholia", you know that this apocalyptic tale will not involve any oil riggers saving us...
Review: “Contagion”
Cool rationale over tired melodrama, and methodical storytelling as opposed to cheap set pieces, are the key factors in Steven Soderbergh's docudrama-thriller "Contagion". ...
Review: “Warrior”
I cannot count how many times I have watched a sports-related drama and thought to myself "How much better would this movie be if...
Review: “Shark Night 3D”
I know you're dying to know whether "Shark Night 3D" is better or worse than last year's surprisingly fun financial bomb "Piranha 3D." It's...
Review: “Apollo 18”
The "found footage" style of filmmaking has belonged almost exclusively to the horror genre to date. While "Apollo 18" has some elements of...
Review: “Colombiana”
"Colombiana" wastes no time in getting to a thrilling sequence involving a nine-year-old girl being chased through the streets of Bogotá by gangsters moments...
Review: “The Debt”
Best known for more romantic fare such as Her Majesty Mrs. Brown, Shakespeare in Love, and Captain Corelli's Mandolin, director John Madden turns in...
Review: “Our Idiot Brother”
Paul Rudd is a talented actor with great comic timing and is overall a lot fun to watch. However, a signature role in a...
Review: “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark”
Though a very literal adaptation of the 1973 TV movie, "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" nevertheless manages to stand on its own merits...
Review: “Fright Night”
I might be the only one on this planet who doesn't make a big deal when Hollywood decides to remake a popular film. Sure...
Review: “We’re the Millers”
Boasting a strong comedic cast in a dull, unfunny, uninspired, and formulaic comedy, We're the Millers is one of this summer's biggest missed opportunities....
Review: “Final Destination 5”
The last sequel was titled "The Final Destination," but clearly New Line Cinema is run by a bunch of sneaky little liars. Thanks to...
Review: “30 Minutes or Less”
Brevity is a good friend to the mediocre comedy "30 Minutes or Less." Running roughly 75 minutes long, the film is tidily arranged by...
Review: “The Help”
While watching "The Help," there was never a moment where I felt a secure, deeply felt story was being told. Instead, the film is...
Review: “Crazy, Stupid, Love”
The best compliment I can pay the comedy "Crazy, Stupid, Love" is that it works extremely hard to maintain a vital oxygen blast of...
Review: “Captain America: The First Avenger”
Being the fourth superhero offering of the summer, "Captain America" arrives in theaters without the benefit of a fresh launch, stuck trying to assemble...
Review: “Friends with Benefits”
This isn't simply charmless, it's poorly scripted, edited with a butter knife, and features two lead actors turning blue as they frantically flail to...
Review: “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part Two”
What began as the story of a boy's wondrous introduction into a limitless world of magic ends in an epic display of war, death,...
Review: “Horrible Bosses”
"Horrible Bosses" is a missed opportunity. Handed a darkly comic premise of revenge, and the producers turn the proceedings into a clumsy "SNL" skit.Following...
Review: “Zookeeper”
Kevin James and talking animals. Doesn't seem like a particularly extensive screenwriting challenge, yet "Zookeeper" features an extraordinary amount of outside interference for a...
Review: “Larry Crowne”
"Larry Crowne" is a breath of fresh air in a summer moviegoing season polluted with superheroes, family film fart jokes, and battling robots.Serving as...
Review: “Transformers: Dark of the Moon”
Neither as fun or surprising as the first, nor as insultingly stupid or insipid as the second, 'Dark of the Moon' manages to claw...
Review: “Bad Teacher”
Cameron Diaz isn't funny. Sure, with the right script, she finds a certain zestful comedic appeal, but "Bad Teacher" most certainly does not possess...
Review: “Cars 2”
"Cars 2" at least makes an attempt to shake up the whimsical formula, turning the franchise into a spy comedy, but the effort is...
Review: “Green Lantern”
"Green Lantern" is a superhero film where nothing genuinely super occurs. A longtime bridesmaid in the comic book realm, Green Lantern finally takes command...
Review: “Mr. Popper’s Penguins”
Jim Carrey has made a number of stinkers during his career, but what makes the repellent "Mr. Popper's Penguins" such a heartbreaker is that...