Review: Get Low

One can practically hear the Oscar telecast’s orchestral music cuing up at the close of Robert Duvall’s every scene in Get Low.

Review: Crazy Heart

So long as it’s moseying along without a clear sense of direction, the film exudes a laidback, ’70s-cinema character-study coolness.

Review: The Road

The set pieces largely convey the same feelings as the novel’s, but screenwriter Joe Penhall’s adaptation has a patronizing way of spelling out their significance.

Review: Four Christmases

This yuckfest (in the truest sense of the term) makes sure that, at every single moment, its audience knows exactly what’s coming next.

Review: Lucky You

Had Lucky You reached theaters two years ago, Curtis Hanson would have been accused of shamelessly jumping on the celebrity-poker bandwagon.