Review: The Boxtrolls

The flippancy toward thematic concerns and character construction suggests that the film was largely built from used parts.

Review: War Story

Mark Jackson’s direction strips much of the agency from any character’s grasp by insisting that their dilemmas can only be revealed with stone-faced austerity.

Review: Ender’s Game

Gavin Hood relays a vague sense of what it’s like to live in duty, and yet at a distance from one’s home, but this vision of the future never rouses, never asks to be remembered.

Review: Iron Man 3

Director Shane Black here replaces his once-acidic spite for government and bureaucracy with a call for corporate responsibility.

Review: Hugo

Martin Scorsese’s affection for cinema is, of course, no surprise, and Hugo doesn’t shy away from stumping for the cause of his Film Foundation.