Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
THE GOOD At this point, we know exactly what to expect: international intrigue, high-tech gadgetry, heart-racing plots, and beautiful people. In a word: 007, with Tom Cruise. In fact,...
3/4
Arthur Christmas
THE GOOD Bad Christmas movies show up just about every year. Just look at Four Christmases. And the good ones are hard to match; we come back to them each...
The Ides of March
THE GOOD As the Year of the Gosling rolls on, another entertaining film featuring the actor hits the screen. His performance is again quite good, as is everyone else’s....
Super 8
THE GOOD Harkening back to a simpler time and place, in some sense, Super 8 reminds us why we go to the movies (and why some of us make them): to...
Horrible Bosses
THE GOOD The funniest laugh-out-loud movie since Bridesmaids succeeds for many reasons. The cast is spot on, including Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, Charlie Day, Kevin Spacey, and Jennifer Anniston (as...
Iron Man 2
If it’s true that superheroes and their stories are the epic tales of our time, then Iron Man (and Iron Man 2) fit the bill. With such obvious Greek...
Alice in Wonderland
Idiosyncratic, eccentric, and unconventional? Perhaps. Enjoyable, charming, and timeless? Absolutely. This newest take on the enchanting Alice in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass stories by Lewis Carroll is an endearing film,...
Antichrist
It’s said that the worst possible trauma a parent can experience is outliving their children, and, therefore, burying them, mourning their loss, and living out the rest of their...
Crazy Heart
A middle-aged, weathered performer who’s down on his luck, strapped for cash, and reaching for the bottle. Haven’t we seen this before? We have. This film wishes it was...
The Last Station
We know the writings, but few of us know the man behind them, the pen that wrote some of the most beloved and respected books in the Canon of...