Author: Robert Levin
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Bleak ‘Tyrannosaur’ Uplifted by Powerful Performances
From 2011, we review the Sundance award-winner featuring breakout performances by Peter Mullan and Olivia Colman.
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Review: All-Singing, All-Dancing Penguins Still Something to Smile About in ‘Happy Feet Two’
The dancing, singing penguins of Happy Feet return for another dose of eco-themed animation in this sequel from George Miller, which proves two truisms. First,…
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Review: ‘Jack and Jill’ Go Up the Hill to Find Product Placement and a Moronic Story
The initial moments of Jack and Jill, a new comedy in which Adam Sandler plays twins, filled me with a small measure of hope. The…
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Review: ‘A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas 3D’ is Madcap, Drug-Fueled Surrealism
A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas is the world’s first interracial stoner buddy holiday comedy to be presented in the third dimension. It’s sure…
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Review: ‘In Time’ Chooses Sleek Action Over Provocative Metaphor
In Time squanders a promising metaphor on an abundance of sleek action scenes that seem to have wandered into the movie from a car commercial.…
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Review: ‘The Rum Diary’ is Pretty But Lifeless
The Rum Diary marks Johnny Depp’s return to Hunter S. Thompson territory, following his cult favorite work in Terry Gilliam’s delirious adaptation of Fear and…
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‘Martha Marcy May Marlene’ is Haunting, Harrowing, Humane, and Heartfelt
From 2011, we review Sean Durkin’s cult-focused Sundance sensation and its breakout performance by Elizabeth Olsen.
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Review: ‘Red State’
By now everyone knows that after his upcoming two-part hockey flick Hit Somebody, Kevin Smith is done making movies. If Red State is any indication,…
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Review: ‘Texas Killing Fields’ is an Atmospheric and Moody Thriller
If you knew nothing about filmmaker Ami Canaan Mann going into Texas Killing Fields, her second feature directorial effort, you’d immediately pinpoint Michael Mann as…