Loving (Focus Features, PG-13)
This portrayal seems overly optimistic for the 1950s but may also reflect the director’s choice to focus on the Lovings as individuals rather than the civil rights struggle in general.
PG-13)
Jodorowsky’s Dune (Sony Pictures Classics, PG-13)
But the reality of the documentary Jodorowsky’s Dune is pure delight. I don’t expect to see a more thoroughly enjoyable movie this year, and I won’t be surprised if I don’t see a better film […]
Wrath of the Titans (Warner Brothers, PG-13)
Big-budget sword and sandal films have a tendency to leave me feeling like I’ve spent two hours watching someone else play a videogame.
A Separation (Sony Pictures Classics, PG-13)
You’ll be hard pressed to find a more engrossing, dramatic portrayal of how annoying it often is to be alive.
The Vow (Screen Gems, PG-13)
The director and numerous writers would have served their audience well by studying the great love stories before clumsily throwing together their half-hearted final product.
The Iron Lady (The Weinstein Company, PG-13)
The main problem with The Iron Lady is the script by Abi Morgan. I’m all in favor of new approaches to the biopic, but if you’re going to throw away the obvious (chronological) path, […]
Revenge of the Electric Car (Area23a, PG-13)
The entrepreneurs have a sense of charisma and magnetism that makes you want to watch them.
Like Crazy (Paramount Vintage, PG-13)
When Jacob and Anna are apart, it is painful, not just for them but for us, as well. We want to see them together—no, we need to.
How Do You Know (Columbia Pictures, PG-13)
I’d go so far as to say that Witherspoon and Nicholson are both awful here; it’s not even that they’re phoning it in, but more like they’re trying to be bad.
Couples Retreat (Universal Pictures, PG-13)
What is so wonderful is that the movie’s humor feels so organic and unforced.