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[Review] Into the Abyss

The subtitle of Werner Herzog's searing documentary Into the Abyss -- A Tale of Death, a Tale of Life -- sets up expectations for a film that is equal parts...

[Review] J. Edgar

Clint Eastwood has had a rough past couple of features. In the past decade, outside of the excellent Letters from Iwo Jima, the beloved director has made pa...

[Review] Tower Heist

Josh Kovacs takes care of his own—it’s his job as the manager of a luxury apartment complex in the heart of New York City. With company policy refusing empl...

[Review] The Adventures of Tintin

The behind-the-scenes premise for The Adventures of Tintin is, to put it mildly, very exciting. Two of the biggest names in Hollywood, Steven Spielberg and ...

[Review] Anonymous

Roland Emmerich has made his fair share of egregiously bad movies. 10,000 B.C., Stargate, Godzilla, 2012 are trash of the unbearable kind. Since the B-movie...

[Review] The Rum Diary

By all means, Bruce Robinson's atmospheric adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson's discovered novel The Rum Diary should not work. And, in many ways, Robinson's ...

[Review] In Time

Andrew Niccol thinks ahead, with a track record of socially-relevant films with entertaining through-lines. His latest film, In Time, only offers a fraction...

[Review] The Double

Richard Gere is making it awfully hard to admire his late-in-the-career try at new, exciting roles. Whether it's playing an ambitious, reckless photojournal...

[Review] Puss in Boots

Before Shrek left his swamp to spawn a four-feature franchise I sadly had no real interest in continuing past the original, a Latino kitty cat roamed the la...