When in Rome -- Film Review
This basic maxim of moviemaking continues to elude legions of Hollywood players, and the latest demo of the impossibility of making a good movie from bad script is provided by "When in Rome."
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From Paris With Love -- Film Review
John Travolta lets entertainingly loose as a bald-headed, goateed, gonzo CIA agent with a short fuse in Pierre Morel's "From Paris With Love," an otherwise unsightly heap of nonsense that keeps tripping over its own swagger.
High School -- Film Review
"High School" wins the Cheech & Chong lifetime achievement award for pothead humor, which should translate into a smart stash at the boxoffice.
Splice -- Film Review
Mad science meets motherhood in "Splice," a slice of pulp storytelling in which Dr. Frankenstein is replaced by a pair of lovers too hip for lab coats.
Restrepo -- Film Review
One of the most dangerous sites in the Afghanistan war gets a little bit less deadly thanks to the soldiers in "Restrepo," an on-the-ground doc following a single platoon through its year-long deployment.
Catfish -- Film Review
Facebook opens new paths to heartbreak in "Catfish," a doc whose makers lucked into an intrigue far more twisted than anything they could have expected at the outset.
Saint John of Las Vegas -- Film Review
"Saint John of Las Vegas" is no cause for celebration, even if Steve Buscemi gives it his poignant-comic best.
Cane Toads: The Conquest -- Film Review
Rarely has an ecological menace appeared as entertaining as portrayed in Mark Lewis' doc "Cane Toads: The Conquest."
Peepli Live -- Film Review
VIDEO: Both funny and sobering, "Peepli Live" produced by Bollywood icon Aamir Khan, aims beyond Indian audiences.
Kick in Iran -- Film Review
The subject may be novel, but few will find it worth the running time in "Kick in Iran," a thin doc about the first Iranian woman to qualify for the Olympic games.
Son of Babylon -- Film Review
It is appropriate that the first post-Saddam feature films coming out of Iraq look back at the recent horrors that have taken place in that unfortunate country.
Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work -- Film Review
Audiences are in for a highly entertaining doc revealing a serious talent behind the one-note present-day reputation.
Buried -- Film Review
Shooting a whole movie about a man buried alive is undeniably an impressive cinematic feat, and director Rodrigo Cortes pulls it off with great skill. However, there is something unsettling about the whole enterprise.
Fix ME -- Film Review
Filmmaker Raed Andoni has superseded the talking-heads documentary by filming a talking-from-back-of-heads opus.
The Romantics -- Film Review
VIDEO: It's a long night's journey into day for a bride, her groom and seven close friends in "The Romantics," writer-producer Galt Niederhoffer's initial foray into directing.
Obselidia -- Film Review
Neologisms and a quirky point of view aren't enough to save "Obselidia" from the obscurity that the film's central character obsessively dreads.
3 Backyards -- Film Review
VIDEO: A slice-of-life story cut too thin, "3 Backyards" is a minimalist glimpse into the lives of a burg of uninteresting people.
Contracorriente (Undertow) -- Film Review
An artist is drowned by the undertow of the Peru coastline, emblematic of his life as a gay man being dragged down by a close-minded Catholic-macho community.
It's A Wonderful Afterlife -- Film Review
VIDEO: The "Bend It Like Beckham" crew goes supernatural in a feel-good flick about a serial killer who just wants what's best for her daughter.
The Kids Are All Right -- Film Review
As Lisa Cholodenko's latest Southern California-set feature plays out, the title may seem particularly apt.
Holy Rollers -- Film Review
With a narrative based on news accounts about Hasidic Jews smuggling ecstasy into the U.S. from Europe during the '90s, "Holy Rollers" squanders a fascinating premise with predictable execution.
Space Tourists -- Film Review
Even us Baby Boomers who got advanced math shoved down our throats in the wake of Yuri Gagarin's trek aboard Sputnik, and couldn't care less about outer space, will be entertained by this spry, melancholy glimpse into the last half-century's race to space.
Frozen -- Film Review
"Frozen" delivers enough thrills and gory chills to satisfy the horror film crowd, but is not written, directed or acted well enough to be a first-rate thriller.
The Extra Man -- Film Review
This odd collection of oddballs doesn't quite play out as a satisfying movie. Beneath its exaggerated surface is actually a fairly mundane tale of a young man finding himself in the big city.
Homewrecker -- Film Review
"Homewrecker" is an example of what two manic brothers -- Brad Barnes and Todd Barnes -- with little money and a lot of imagination can produce.
Four Lions -- Film Review
A "Spinal Tap"-style sendup of British jihadists, Chris Morris' "Four Lions" will roar with laughter on the select-site circuit.
