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Cop Out: Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan Place Tongues in Cheeks
Jimmy (Bruce Willis), a swinging-dick career cop threatened by his ex-wife’s new husband (Jason Lee), tries to sell…
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Fish Tank: British Teen Grows Up Too Fast
Katie Jarvis, who makes her acting debut as a rabid teenager in writer/director Andrea Arnold’s Fish Tank, was…
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Old Partner: Hard Life on the Farm
The key image in Old Partner is that of farmer Choi Won-kyun, 79, slumped in his jerry-rigged cart,…
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Waiting for Armageddon: A Trenchant View of the Bible Belt
Line up this terrific documentary about end-times evangelical Christians against Bill Maher’s sneering Religulous, and you’ll see an…
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Saint John of Las Vegas: No Dice, Steve Buscemi
“When I lived in Las Vegas, I had plenty of luck. The trouble is, most of it was…
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Home: Isabelle Huppert Versus the Freeway
The opening scenes of Home—a nighttime game of street hockey, a bathing session that turns into a five-way…
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Creation: Paul Bettany as Charles Darwin
Already a blogosphere punching bag for right-wing Christians, Creation—about Charles Darwin’s writing of On the Origin of Species—commits…
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The Last Station: Helen Mirren’s Latest Oscar Shot
Opening with balalaikas, scurrying agrarians in collarless shirts, and helpful intertitles announcing that Tolstoy was “the most celebrated…
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44 Inch Chest: Boorish Brits Beat Boyfriend
A quintet of pathetic pals are sized up in this often sharp, nasty exposé of masculinity, written by…
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Valentine’s Day: Too Many Stars, Not Enough Heart
Garry Marshall’s embarrassingly star-studded, stiff rom-com is a kind of greatest-hits compilation, painted over with layers of gloss,…
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Spike & Mikes New Generation Animation Festival: 19 Shorts, Most of Them Good
Moving away from the “Sick and Twisted” compilations that built the Spike & Mike brand, this new collection…
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North Face: Alpine Tragedy Becomes Harrowing Film
No, not the parkas. The fearsome north face of the Eiger became the object of National Socialist obsession…
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Shinjuku Incident: Jackie Chan Turns Off the Smile
Fresh from his painful buffoonery in The Spy Next Door, Jackie Chan tacks the opposite direction in this…
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From Paris With Love: Why Does John Travolta Hate France?
As personal assistant to the U.S. Ambassador to France, James Reese (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) longs for some more…
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District 13: Ultimatum: More Stunts, Please
Less a sequel than a remake of the exhilarating 2006 French action flick that introduced parkour to American…
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Edge of Darkness: Gibson Stretches as a Man With a Grudge
“Did you shoot my daughtah?” is the question posed, in flat-voweled Bostonian, in the trailer for Edge. And…
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Sissyboy: Behind the Makeup
From Portland, Katie Turinski’s insiderish, affectionate documentary follows a dozen guys who perform “shock drag” in the model…
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Police, Adjective: aka CSI: Bucharest
Detective stories imply that mysteries can be solved, or at least rationally explained, and confirm a universe…
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The White Ribbon: Cruel Kinder
Prewar German youth prepare for war in Michael Hanekes masterpiece.