Ryan Reynolds' abs should get an exec producer credit.
By Karina Longworth,
February 09, 2012
"He's sooo hot," the woman sitting next to me at the screening of Safe House sighed to her friend as the film's opening images of Ryan Reynolds... More>>
No room for indulgence at the Ti West's bare-bones spooker.
By Nick Pinkerton,
February 02, 2012
Ti West, the 34-year-old writer-director of The Innkeepers, has spent the past several years steadily toiling his way through the ranks of horror... More>>
The hero of the red-herring heist flick Man on a Ledge draws two reactions from the Manhattan throng beneath his 21st-floor perch on a midtown... More>>
9/11 drama does everything short of peeling onions to jerk tears.
By Nick Pinkerton,
January 19, 2012
Director Stephen Daldry has never met a Big Theme he didn't like: After 2002's The Hours, a lugubrious women's-problem picture touching on AIDS... More>>
Roman Polanski's adaptation of Yasmina Reza's hit play, Carnage, stars Jodie Foster, John C. Reilly, Christoph Waltz and Kate Winslet as two sets... More>>
Bloody Bosnia gets a coating of Hollywood sanctimony.
By Karina Longworth,
January 12, 2012
It's 1992 at the start of In the Land of Blood and Honey, and Ajla (Zana Marjanovic) and Danijel (Goran Kostic) are about to hook up at a Bosnian... More>>
Movie viewers will envy the dead in this post-apocalyptic nightmare.
By Nick Pinkerton,
January 12, 2012
A mushroom cloud blooms over Manhattan at the opening of The Divide. We see it reflected in the tearful eyes of Eva (Lauren German), who'll spend... More>>
Dolly Parton and Queen Latifah are rolling in something, but it's not holy.
By Melissa Anderson,
January 12, 2012
A holy hot mess of the sacred and the inane, Joyful Noise, about a small-town Southern gospel choir, lifts from Usher's "Yeah!" to give us this... More>>
Rooney Mara takes control of the Stieg Larsson juggernaut
By J. Hoberman,
December 22, 2011
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo is hardly a personal project. Still, David Fincher's sveltely malevolent remake of the 2009 Swedish blockbuster... More>>
When I told someone I was off to a screening of We Bought a Zoo the other day, the response was an eye-roll. The reaction is understandable: Save... More>>
Charlize Theron's former prom queen tries to go home again.
By J. Hoberman,
December 15, 2011
Described as a "psychotic prom-queen bitch," the anti-heroine of Young Adult is a prize part that affords Charlize Theron one of the season's... More>>
Everyone's favorite Victorian detective gets a Bond makeover.
By Nick Pinkerton,
December 15, 2011
Although supplying boy's adventure thrills on the side, Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories are remarkable for how they make the process... More>>
Steve McQueen's first two films both star Michael Fassbender, feature virtually interchangeable titles and are nearly as grueling to watch as... More>>
Frustratingly opaque, Australian novelist-turned-filmmaker Julia Leigh's debut feature opens with an unforgettable image: A young woman, earning... More>>
Alexander Payne's Hawaiian excursion might be the feel good movie of the year.
By J. Hoberman,
November 17, 2011
As life-or-death dramedy, The Descendants poses several important questions: Why has it taken Alexander Payne seven years to follow up on his... More>>
