Leave it to the Brothers Farrelly to provide an answer to the immature comedy Just Go With It. Hall Pass deals with similar themes - including aging "grac...
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never is a good-natured examination of “Bieber Fever” – to it’s credit it’s not simply a 3D concert film, but provides Bieber novices...
Ever apparent in this year's Oscar Nominated Live Action Shorts selections is that the dominant force in filmmaking (Hollywood) and various governmental ent...
The Eagle is a vivid and at times lucid action adventure, a step above Ridley Scott's Robin Hood, owing more to Terrence Malick with a nod to Italian neorealism...
In the weeks before South by Southwest, the Los Angeles Times is reporting that Regal Entertainment Group and AMC Theaters (the first and second largest m...
The appeal of Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston, two charismatic actors, is lost for much of a film that is flawed at its most basic level. Structurally, Just G...
The Roommate is a largely missed opportunity, right down to the design of the actual “room” these “mates” share. As escapist Hollywood entertainment does, every...
The Mechanic is a professionally-made product: we’ve been sold a Jason Statham action film; CBS Films and Simon West have delivered. So what?
West’s firs...
For a genre film, The Rite takes the subject matter of faith as seriously as it can while retaining mainstream appeal. If it were to dive either way we mig...
The Heart Specialist is a likeable and sincere comedy centered around the friendship of two doctors. Arriving from Boston with a nearly-minted heartbreak an...
John Fink is a New York City area-based critic, filmmaker, educator and curator. He currently serves as the Artistic Director of the Buffalo International Film Festival.
