Author: Robert Levin
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‘Into the Woods’ Review: Stephen Sondheim Survives His Trek to Big Screen
Walt Disney Pictures In Stephen Sondheim’s career packed with beloved musicals, none compare to Into the Woods in terms of sheer popularity. It’s one of the…
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‘Wish I Was Here’ Review: Numbed By Sentimentality
In spite of the Kickstarter hoopla and general hype surrounding Zach Braff’s return to feature filmmaking following a decade-long absence, Wish I Was Here is…
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‘God’s Pocket’ Review: See it for Philip Seymour Hoffman
IFC Films In one sense, it hurts to consider God’s Pocket in the wake of Philip Seymour Hoffman’s tragic death. The movie offers another sobering…
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‘Free Birds’ Is a Weirdly Exciting and Fun Advertisement for Vegetarianism and Chuck E. Cheese
Free Birds solves one of life’s great dilemmas by finally, finally granting us that animated flick about time-traveling turkeys, which we’ve dreamt of since Muybridge…
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‘Escape Plan’ Review: Stallone and Arnold at Their Best
The best comedy bit in Escape Plan, an action movie filled with amazing comedy bits, occurred before a single camera rolled. It happened when someone…
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Review: ‘The Look of Love’ Unravels Another Great Steve Coogan Performance
The Look of Love marks Steve Coogan’s fourth collaboration with Michael Winterbottom and it’s an ideal companion piece to their 24 Hour Party People (2002),…
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Sundance 2013 Review: ‘Linsanity’ is a Magical and Deserved Hagiographic Portrait of an NBA…
Sundance 2013 Review: ‘Linsanity’ is a Magical and Deserved Hagiographic Portrait of an NBA Sensation Movies frequently extol the magic of sports, the notion that…
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Review: ‘The Guilt Trip’ Will Make You Want to Drive Far Away From the Theater
There are bad movies. There are BAD movies. And then there’s The Guilt Trip, a cinematic abomination that offends by being heinously, obscenely bland. This…
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Review: Well-Crafted Characters and Top-Notch Performances Elevate Cop Drama ‘End of Watch’
In one sense, End of Watch is just another cop movie, something like the sixth written by filmmaker David Ayer. We’ve seen the valor and…