‘The Frozen Ground’ Review: Watch As So Much Potential Melts Into Mediocrity
Director Scott Walker’s The Frozen Ground is the kind of thriller your conservative grandmother loves. It’s all around safe and… Read More
August 23, 2013
Reviews
‘Drinking Buddies’ Review: From Casual to Affecting Over a Few Dozen Beers
Editor’s Note: This review was originally part of our SXSW coverage, but Drinking Buddies is in theaters this weekend so… Read More
August 23, 2013
‘You’re Next’ Review: Big Laughs, Bloody Kills and Some Expected Genre Stupidity
Editor’s note: Rob’s review of You’re Next originally ran during this year’s SXSW Film Festival, but we’re re-posting it now… Read More
August 23, 2013
‘Short Term 12’ Review: Powerful, Thought-Provoking, and Without a Single Bad Performance
Editor’s note: Allison’s review of Short Term 12 originally ran during this year’s LAFF, but we’re re-posting it now as… Read More
August 23, 2013
‘The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones’ Review: A Rune Without a Clue
Clary (Lily Collins) has moved to Brooklyn with her mom (Lena Headey) and pseudo step-dad, but while her best friend… Read More
August 21, 2013
‘The World’s End’ Review: Edgar Wright Beautifully Destroys His Own Universe
It’s not easy to sum up life-defining moments in words. However, for five young trouble-making friends, that moment could be… Read More
August 21, 2013
‘Low Winter Sun’ Review: The Buddy Cop Genre Gets a Queasy New Spin
Low Winter Sun is a familiar show. Its grim, weary atmospherics aside, the cop drama has little to add to… Read More
August 19, 2013
‘The Newsroom’ Review: Lies on Videotape
I would never watch “News Night With Will McAvoy.” I don’t watch cable news anyway (unless The Daily Show counts),… Read More
August 19, 2013
‘Breaking Bad’ Review: Walt and Skyler and Hank and Marie
Families that stick together are the best at beating the courts. That’s such a truism of mobster movies and TV… Read More
August 19, 2013
‘Spark: A Burning Man Story’ Review: A Choreographed Conflagration Between Art and Commerce
The annual Burning Man event in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert is a bit of a mystery for those of us… Read More
August 18, 2013