The Promise (Open Road Films, PG-13)
The stories of Mikael, Ana, and Chris give the audience a human connection to help them relate to the historical and political events portrayed on screen.
Christian Bale
Knight of Cups (Broad Green Pictures, R)
It’s best to just let Knight of Cups happen to you. Don’t waste too much time trying to follow along with any sort of story.
The Big Short (Paramount Pictures, R)
This movie wants you to be angry about the financial crisis, when instead, you’ll be angry about what a bad film this is.
Exodus: Gods and Kings (20th Century Fox, PG-13)
The end result is less like Gladiator or 300 and somewhat closer to Oliver Stone’s Alexander: bloated, campy, often unintentionally funny.
American Hustle (Columbia Films/Sony Pictures Releasing, R)
It lives up to the hype.
The Fighter (Paramount Pictures, R)
Many films have been set in decaying industrial areas, but few capture both the good and the bad of that world as well as The Fighter.
Terminator Salvation (Warner Bros., PG-13)
But of course, people don’t go to a Terminator film hoping for plausible plots and Oscar-worthy acting, they go to see malevolent robots and larger than life action.
The Dark Knight (Warner Bros., PG-13)
Let’s speak frankly here, and I assure you that I say this as honestly as I can without my judgment being clouded by Ledger’s death: Ledger’s Joker is probably the best and best-drawn villain in […]
3:10 to Yuma (Lions Gate Films, R)
I'm glad Hollywood is long past its obsession with westerns, because it makes a film like 3:10 to Yuma all the more special.