Call me a sap, or a total sucker for Nicholas Sparks love stories but I just melt at movies like “The Lucky One.” Even if they may be totally predictable and my friends make fun of me for it, I still love them.
From beginning to end, “Chimpanzee” is exciting and entertaining. Chimps are mankind’s closest relative, and there isn’t that much difference between a baby chimp and a baby human, which is what makes the movie so much fun to watch.
Murder, love and madness clash in Kate Winslet’s acting debut “Heavenly Creatures.” Directed by Peter Jackson and based on the true story two teenage girls turned murderers.
It’s a good thing “Lockout” doesn’t take itself seriously, because this B-movie space actioner gets far more mileage out of its recycled plot, stock characters and tame shootouts by keeping a fairly tongue-in-cheek sensibility about itself, chiefly driven by Guy Pearce’s highly entertaining performance.
Staffer Hannah Ratliff reviews the new comedy adaptation of Snow White, “Mirror Mirror”
There’s no denying “We Need to Talk About Kevin” is a difficult film — it’s the story of a mother’s worst nightmare and her seemingly evil son, told with structural complexity and devastating power.
In Suzanne Collins’ “Hunger Games” future of a North American dystopia, we’re given a glimpse into a Country That Could Be. After war has decimated the world we know, a new totalitarian government springs up to control the masses – and make sure nothing so horrible happens to their people again.
Staffer Vanessa Daves gives her take on the recently released “Lorax” animated film.
The Foreign Language Film Oscar winner “A Separation” outshines all the other 2012 Oscar-winning movies with its authenticity, humanity and complex morality. This astounding piece of pure storytelling stands in a class of its own as it delivers a layered, relatable and inherently compelling tale, full of raw emotion and profoundly insightful truths about human nature.
Romantic comedy “The Vow” leaves staffer Vanessa Daves feeling uninspired.
Film critic Alex Lamb looks at six movies coming in the next few months that shouldn’t be missed.
Midway through the 70’s “Phantom of the Opera” was given a rock n’ roll twist. This week’s Vintage Pick is “Phantom of the Paradise” from 1974.
