Review: ‘The Host’ Is a Cry For Help From What’s Left of Andrew Niccol
It’s been difficult to pin down what exactly happened to writer/director Andrew Niccol after his 1997 debut, Gattaca, but theories… Read More
March 29, 2013
Reviews
Review: ‘Wrong’ Is Absurd For the Sake of Being Absurd, and That’s Not Right
Note: Rob Hunter’s review originally ran during Fantastic Fest 2012, but we’re re-running it now as the film opens in… Read More
March 29, 2013
Review: ‘The Place Beyond the Pines’ Is a Fantastic View of Parallel Lives
by Andrew RobinsonNote: Andrew Robinson’s review originally ran during TIFF 2012, but we’re re-running it now as the film opens in… Read More
March 29, 2013
Review: ‘Welcome to the Punch’ Lets James McAvoy’s Balls Drop
Review: ‘Welcome to the Punch’ Lets James McAvoy’s Balls DropFor a movie made for $8.5 million, Welcome to the Punch is… Read More
March 29, 2013
Review: ‘G.I. Joe: Retaliation’ Doesn’t Give Us Much to Fight For
If you’ve come to Jon M. Chu’s G.I. Joe: Retaliation looking for plot, well, you’ve probably also forgotten what happened… Read More
March 28, 2013
Review: ‘Blancanieves’ is a Moving Return to Silent-Era Storytelling
Blancanieves, Spanish director Pablo Berger’s second feature, will turn to American audiences at an unlikely intersection of tastes and trends.… Read More
March 28, 2013
Review: Detour
The critical success of 2010’s Buried didn’t exactly cause a wave of claustrophobic copycats, but a few similarly structured films… Read More
March 27, 2013
Review: ‘Room 237’ is ‘The Shining’ According to Fans
In 2006, during the initial years of YouTube’s expanding popularity, this mash-up of The Shining went viral. By recasting the… Read More
March 27, 2013
Review: ‘The Sapphires’ Shines With a Touching Story, Catchy Tunes, and a Stand-Out Performance
Editor’s Note: Allison’s review originally ran during the film’s premiere at last year’s AFI Film Fest, but we’re re-running it… Read More
March 23, 2013
Review: Come Out and Play
Horror remakes get a bad rap, often sight unseen, and while the premature concern is usually proved correct it’s not… Read More
March 22, 2013