Reviews

[Review] Man of Steel

Although the unflappable hero -- not once tempted, dissuaded, or conflicted about the matters of right and wrong -- is an object of intense personal desire, it’...

[Review] This Is The End

You’ve got to hand it to the Apatow tribe; they’ve all gotten together playing themselves in a movie about the Christian end-of-days and not a soul is spared fr...

[Review] American Mary

In the world of independent horror, we are currently in the season of the fearsome females. In the last month alone we have had Black Rock, with its trio of hun...

[Review] Closed Curtain

A movie that attempts something new or controversial is often instead deemed “risky," but that term does not even begin to describe Closed Curtain, which also c...

[Review] Nancy, Please

We know we’ve reached the crucial moment of Andrew Semans’ Nancy, Please when a distraught Paul (Will Rogers) finds himself at ex-roommate Nancy’s (Eleonore Hen...

[Review] Tiger Eyes

Venerable young adult fiction novelist Judy Blume published her first book in 1969 and despite iconic titles like Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret and Tales...

[Review] The Internship

The Internship spends most of its time being a feature-length commercial for Google, saving a little to advertise for the fading stars of Vince Vaughn and Owen ...

[Review] Violet & Daisy

Just because you’re an assassin doesn’t mean you can’t still be a girl too. The titular Violet (Alexis Bledel) and Daisy (Saoirse Ronan) don’t let their work ge...

[Review] You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet

Few titles in recent memory have, at once, demanded as much from and given such riches to its actors as You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet. Treating the company of perf...

[Review] The Purge

What happens when the walls of social obedience fall and human beings find themselves encouraged to indulge their baser, more destructive natures? A philosophic...