Review: ‘The Way, Way Back’ is an Authentically Awkward Trip Worth Taking
Editor’s Note: My review of The Way, Way Back originally ran during its premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival,… Read More
July 5, 2013
Reviews
NYAFF 2013 Reviews: ‘The Bullet Vanishes,’ ‘Ip Man: The Final Fight’ and ‘The Last Tycoon’
The 2013 New York Asian Film Festival runs June 28 - July 15. If you’re lucky enough to be in… Read More
July 4, 2013
Review: ‘The Lone Ranger’ May Be the Most Bizarre Blockbuster Yet
There’s a scene late in Gore Verbinski’s The Lone Ranger in which Rebecca Reid (Ruth Wilson) is bonked on the… Read More
July 3, 2013
Review: ‘Despicable Me 2’ Hits Sequel Slump (But At Least There Are Minions)
Three years removed from his dastardly (fine, his despicable) ways, reformed super-villain Gru returns to the big screen to do,… Read More
July 3, 2013
NYAFF 2013 Reviews: ‘The Concubine,’ ‘A Muse’ and ‘Rigodon’
The 2013 New York Asian Film Festival runs June 28 - July 15. If you’re lucky enough to be in… Read More
July 2, 2013
Review: Xavier Dolan’s ‘Laurence Anyways’ is a Stunning, Epic Love Story
Boy meets girl. Boy and girl fall in love. Boy decides he wants to be a girl, and girl struggles… Read More
June 28, 2013
Review: ‘A Band Called Death’ Redefines Our Understanding Of Punk
Ask the average person on the street to name the city that saw its walls shake with the birth of… Read More
June 28, 2013
Review: ‘The Heat’ Is Your Standard Buddy Cop Movie But With More Laughs and Fewer Balls
In 2011, Paul Feig’s Bridesmaids became a break out hit. Feig had mostly been known as a TV director up… Read More
June 28, 2013
Review: ‘White House Down’ Is Roland Emmerich’s Gun-Blazing Return to Form
No, Roland Emmerich doesn’t blow up the White House (again) in his latest patriotic pulse-pounder, but that doesn’t mean that… Read More
June 27, 2013
Review: ‘Byzantium’ Is a Refreshing Take on the Vampire Genre
From The Company of Wolves to Interview with a Vampire, director Neil Jordan has made some of the most entertaining,… Read More
June 27, 2013