Movie Reviews


  • Shorts

    Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:04:07

    Wishing for a innovative and imaginative family film? Look no further than Robert Rodriguez's Shorts. The visionary director has crafted a 21st ...more

  • Inglourious Basterds

    Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:01:16

    Quentin Tarantino's long-awaited Inglourious Basterds is a fairy tale. The movie even begins with the line "Once upon a time…" With that choice of ...more

  • The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard

    Fri, 14 Aug 2009 09:10:07

    By the end of The Goods [Paramount], you're going to love Don Ready. This used car salesman is easy to root for because he's so slick and ...more

  • The Ugly Truth

    Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:14:26

    "It's a matter of looking chaos in the eye and telling it to F-off," exclaims Katherine Heigl's Abby Richter early on in The Ugly Truth. That's an ...more

  • Orphan

    Fri, 24 Jul 2009 07:45:58

    There's something beautifully terrifying about Orphan. It's a chilling psychological thriller that creeps inside the viewer's psyche and doesn't leave ...more

  • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

    Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:05:19

    Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is the Hogwarts gang's Empire Strikes Back. It's a very dark film, but it's the most engrossing and enchanting ...more

  • Public Enemies

    Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:30:23

    Johnny Depp is the perfect John Dillinger. In Public Enemies, Depp gives Dillinger depth. He understands the nuances of one of America's most famous ...more

  • Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

    Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:51:56

    Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is everything that a summer action flick should be. Like the best summertime fare, it alternates seamlessly ...more

  • Imagine That

    Fri, 12 Jun 2009 08:44:30

    Imagine That showcases just how diverse of a comic Eddie Murphy truly is. The man who gave us Raw and Beverly Hills Cop has entrenched himself deep in ...more

  • The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3

    Fri, 12 Jun 2009 08:26:11

    The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 places two men in a confessional; albeit it's not the standard church closet space. These men are also anything but ...more

  • The Hangover

    Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:05:16

    Vegas does quite a number on The Hangover's main trio—Phil [Bradley Cooper], Alan [Zach Galifianakis] and Stu [Ed Helms]. No ...more

  • Downloading Nancy

    Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:21:25

    If David Cronenberg's cold and kinky Crash or Michael Haneke's nasty and brutish Funny Games were your idea of good date movies, this morgue-chilly ...more

  • Up

    Fri, 29 May 2009 17:46:59

    At its honey-sweet, but never cloyingly sentimental core, UP is a “carpe diem”-championing fable intended to move the moral minds of impressionable ...more

  • Easy Virtue

    Fri, 29 May 2009 14:51:24

    Like an uncorked bottle of day-old champagne, Easy Virtue manages to deliver fizz and pop, despite its own staleness. Based on one of Noël Coward’s ...more

  • What Goes Up

    Thu, 28 May 2009 16:59:01

    What Goes Up is weighed down by a disastrously miscast Steve Coogan, an amateurish black-humor screenplay that drifts between overly earnest and ...more

  • Drag Me to Hell

    Thu, 28 May 2009 16:26:27

    "Try not to piss off any old ladies today," warns Justin Long's Clay Dalton in Drag Me To Hell. That's a good general rule, especially when there's a ...more

  • The Girlfriend Experience

    Wed, 27 May 2009 14:54:17

    The Girlfriend Experience is a study of dualities and boundaries blurred. Commodified sex and emotions dangerously commingle in the world inhabited by ...more

  • Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

    Fri, 22 May 2009 12:59:17

    Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) has come a long way since first gracing the screen in Night at the Museum. Stiller has taken the character, once a hapless ...more

  • Dance Flick

    Wed, 20 May 2009 18:00:42

    The Wayans Family ups the humor quotient with their raunchiest parody yet, Dance Flick. The men behind Scary Movie and White Chicks have crafted ...more

  • Terminator Salvation

    Tue, 19 May 2009 16:07:32

    Whether it’s rivers running red with blood, an unending snowfall slowly smothering the earth, or robots trouncing humankind into inexistence, visions ...more