Ever been to a pompous party made worse by some earnest dope strumming acoustic ballads to a small crowd of fawning admirers?
Smith’s depiction of deteriorating-under-pressure group dynamics comes to an abrupt end just as it gets going.
The only wonder eventually elicited by Nim’s Island is of a mystified variety.
A collector’s edition that, on the basis of its skimpy extras, gives 2007’s best film the shaft.
The film is a carefully manicured PR video for the infamous Bra Boys surfer community.
Daniel Waters’s pseudo-rom-com ultimately dies a slow death.
Inanity and incompetence form an imposing tag team in 88 Minutes, the current favorite for 2008’s dumbest movie.
In terms of its cultural and emotional portraits, the film’s neorealist authenticity is nonetheless striking.
More relevant context for Before the Rainsis its myriad cinematic period piece predecessors.
The film expresses how globalization has yet to completely change the fact that the world remains an enormous, imposing, largely foreign place for its inhabitants.
Robert Luketic’s 21 is a mini-Ocean’s Eleven about, and for, people who are the age of its title.
Its focus on the scene at the expense of individuals ultimately results in a documentary that doesn’t rise above the functional.
XXY addresses the multifaceted needs inherent to father-child relations.
Hats Off revolves around a 93-year-old model and actress whose boundless energy and indefatigable spirit are amazing…ly ho-hum.
Constantina Voulgaris puts considerable effort into making Valse Sentimentale as aesthetically hideous as possible.
Is the golden age of Judd Apatow already waning?
Jared Leto looks like he’s eaten his 30 Seconds to Mars bandmates in Chapter 27.
Remaking Rocky Balboa as a comedy starring Adam Carolla was a terrible idea.
The film’s title is a literal translation of the Chinese term for “hearse,” and it’s a fitting moniker for a take about a regressive journey from present to past.
Asian horror films’ obsession with gaunt female ghouls and their face-obscuring stringy black hair persists in Epitaph.