Reviews

[Review] The Dilemma

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...

[Review] The Green Hornet

It's extremely pleasant to come by a superhero film that doesn't fall into the ideal trappings of the genre. This is a group that's already starting to become...

[Review] I’m Dangerous With Love

Can an illegal psychedelic substance cure drug addiction? This is the curious question that filmmaker Michel Negroponte asks at the start of his documentary I'm...

[Review] Vanishing on 7th Street

Brad Anderson is both a reliable and extremely competent filmmaker. He rarely hits a false note with having most of his films ranging from good to pure exce...

[Review] Country Strong

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...

[Review] The Company Men

January is generally a dumping ground for movies that have failed to grip the interest of test-audiences and/or studios. The Company Men, which tells the ta...

[Review] Blue Valentine

While much of the attention this drama has drawn has been for its unwarranted then overturned NC-17 rating, Blue Valentine is much more than the sum of its ...

[Review] Gulliver’s Travels

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 ...

[Review] Somewhere

Though it be writer/director Sofia Coppola's fourth film, Somewhere feels like her first. It's the kind of flawed, precious and passionate character study, ...

[Review] Little Fockers

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...