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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 ...more
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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O'Horten
Fri, 15 May 2009 16:29:12

Trust the Norwegians to come up with a low-key comedy so glacierly paced and downright dour that it's more funereal than fun. What's surprising is ...more
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Angels & Demons
Fri, 15 May 2009 10:52:03

In Angels and Demons, Rome is about to burn. Well, not really, but it might "be consumed by light." That light comes courtesy of rogue religious sect ...more
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The Brothers Bloom
Fri, 15 May 2009 10:26:21

The Brothers Bloom is a quirky comedy that on the surface appears to be a Wes Anderson wannabe, complete with colorful visuals, opulent set pieces, ...more
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Next Day Air
Thu, 14 May 2009 18:43:27

Next Day Air has been billed an action-comedy involving bumbling, stumbling amateur criminals (Mike Epps and Wood Harris) who “smoke, shit, and ...more
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Summer Hours
Thu, 14 May 2009 18:32:30

Oliver Assasyas’ Summer Hours blooms like a delicate bud, blossoming in the summertime breeze, then gradually withering as the chilling gust of fall ...more
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Management
Thu, 14 May 2009 17:51:42

At its confused core, Management is neither the opening low-key romantic comedy nor the second-act slapstick farce it pretends to be. Ignore the ...more

















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