Review: Star-Studded ’10 Years’ Isn’t Worth a Watch, Even With an Open Bar
The high school reunion film genre has been so flooded with entries that it’s reached the point of being nothing… Read More
September 15, 2012
Robert Levin
Review: Ambitious ‘Branded’ Is Inexplicable Nonsense
Branded is about a cow-shaped constellation that appears to fire lightning bolts onto a marketing expert, who subsequently participates in… Read More
September 8, 2012
Review: Dark Atmosphere and Strong Acting Can’t Shake Up the Standard Horror of ‘The Possession’
The Possession might be the darkest movie ever made, in the most literal sense. From start to finish, the characters… Read More
August 30, 2012
Review: Familiar, Cliche-Ridden ‘Sparkle’ Still Has Some Shine On It
Sparkle recycles the familiar rags-to-riches, Supremes-inspired, Motown story told most famously in Dreamgirls and adds a heap of unwieldy melodrama.… Read More
August 17, 2012
Review: Better Than Expected, ‘Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter’ Is Still Bloody Hard to Take…
Review: Better Than Expected, ‘Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter’ Is Still Bloody Hard to Take SeriouslyIt’s hard to imagine how Abraham… Read More
June 22, 2012
Review: Heartfelt and Funny ‘Your Sister’s Sister’ Bonded By Solid Performances
Editor’s note: With Your Sister’s Sister beginning its limited roll-out this week, we thought it best to re-run Robert Levin’s… Read More
June 14, 2012
Review: ‘Piranha 3DD’ Offers a Double Dose of Boring
Piranha 3DD wasn’t screened for critics, and a flood wiped out the showing I was slated to attend at the… Read More
June 2, 2012
‘The Intouchables’ is a Genuinely Inspirational Story of an Unlikely Friendship
From 2012, we reviewed the award-winning French buddy film from Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano. Read More
May 25, 2012
Review: ‘The Samaritan’ Sees Samuel L. Jackson Return to Real Acting
Samuel L. Jackson finally gets to put Nick Fury aside and play a serious, well-rounded character in The Samaritan, a… Read More
May 18, 2012