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[Review] Undefeated

The voice of Bill Courtney -- powerful and punctuated, resolute and fearless -- permeates every ounce of Undefeated, a marvelously spirited high school foot...

[Review] The Secret World of Arrietty

It’s been exactly 15 years to the day since The Borrowers last graced American screens in the form of Peter Hewitt’s delightful action comedy, also adapted from...

[Review] Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

An unhinged Nicolas Cage playing a hellfire demon; Idris Elba taking on a drunk monk with crazy eyes; Ciarán Hinds in the new form of the devil; and a scene...

[Review] Bullhead

Note: This is a re-post of our VIFF review. The name Michael R. Roskam may become very familiar around cinematic circles—possibly as soon as next spring. Bea...

[Review] Putin’s Kiss

Putin's Kiss, the Sundance Festival-approved documentary on the modern state of Russia, shares similarities with its subject. Director Lise Birk Pedersen's debu...

[Review] This Means War

An early synopsis for McG's latest told us that This Means War follows "two top CIA operatives waging an epic battle against one another over a new love." With ...

[Review] The Vow

There's a weird kind of war at the heart of The Vow that the film never manages to resolve. At the core of this story is an existential and moral dilema that co...

[Review] Safe House

In which we learn, if you're a C.I.A. operative who's captured a world-class baddie, whatever you do, do not got to a safe house. In Safe House, directed by Dan...

[Review] The Turin Horse

The opening event of Béla Tarr's The Turin Horse may, perhaps, set up false expectations for many a viewer -- set over a pitch-black screen, a coarse-graine...