Rise of the Planet of the Apes is, without question, the most ambitious and clever blockbuster of the summer. Like X-Men: First Class and Batman Begins, thi...
It may be overly derisive to say, especially from a guy who watched Like Father Like Son and Vice Versa religiously during the late-80s, but The Change-Up h...
There's a potentially fantastic film in The Devil's Double, possibilities that are mostly squandered or confused. What could have been an immensely interest...
There is no period in American history as overblown as the 1960s. Stories about the era are told in hushed, reverent tones, as if the participants were myth...
Bellflower is a tough film to describe, which might exactly be its raison d'être. Nothing about it is expected. Take the premise, for example: Woodrow (writ...
Another Earth is a film that works better the more time a viewer is willing to give it. At first impression, it's an admirable experiment with some strong p...
I think Grouchy says it best during goodbyes with his human counterparts in The Smurfs. “I hated it so much … less than expected.” He then caps it off with,...
Chicago is plagued with a violence epidemic, a corrosive force infecting its inhabitants. Murder rates grow while a generation of young people disappears. C...
It is telling that there are five credited screenwriters on Jon Favreau's latest blockbuster, Cowboys & Aliens. Based on Scott Mitchell Rosenberg's comi...
No movie that has come out this summer has yet to rival the pure kinetic joy found in Attack the Block, Joe Cornish's British import from the Edgar Wright ...
