Reviews

Filmbuff “Knowledge is Power” is the oft-repeated mantra in the slightly askew world of Frequencies, but it’s one that the people acknowledge comes with something…

AMC Cooking a hamburger is difficult work. Patties must be placed on a griddle; they must be flipped; they must be taken off the griddle…

BBC America For a show featuring murder, abduction, sexual assault and the subjugation of women by an oppressive patriarchy Orphan Black can sometimes vie for…

Editor’s note: Our review of Cold In July originally ran during this year’s Sundance Film Festival, but we’re re-running it now as the film opens…

by Sam Fragoso Roadside Attractions From the opening frame to the closing credits it’s clear that Words and Pictures is not too concerned with either of…

Sundance Selects “The only way to stop crying is to fight for your job.” One can rarely accuse Belgian filmmakers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne of cutting…

Lionsgate Henry Altmann (Robin Williams) is an angry man. When it’s not subwoofers getting his goat it’s car alarms, ATM service fees and fat people.…

‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’ Review: Bryan Singer Once Again Proves Himself Master of His Own Domain 20th Century Fox When we last left our mutant friends…

Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Last summer, I got a lot of flack for my review of Grown Ups 2, which I claimed was “definitely not…