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...
The Dilemma, ironically enough, is faced with quite a dilemma of its own. Much like a previous Vince Vaughn film, The Break-Up, the film attempts a mixtur...
Country Strong is an unintentionally ironic drama coded in the tenants of country music: the film is as much a Nashville production as it is a soap opera. Adv...
It’s tempting to copy and paste a review from a film critic I admire, after all in this modern day adaptation of Jonathan Swift’s Guilliver’s Travels, it’s ...
A laugh track would have been useful for much of Little Fockers, the latest in the Meet the Parents Saga. At the helm for this outing is Paul Weitz who ha...
Yogi Bear is a live-action/animated hybrid that follows very closely in the tradition of the well-established sub-genre of Warner Brothers cartoons. Not wit...
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.
