Man on a Ledge
Man on a Ledge is one of those movies that holds your attention and ultimately entertains, even if it does fade from memory a short time later. The less you…
Haywire
Mixed martial arts (MMA) superstar Gina Carano plays the lead and does all her own stunts in Steven Soderbergh's latest action flick Haywire, which comes off feeling kind of Bourne-lite.…
A Better Life
If there was one surprise in the 2011 Oscar nominations, it was Demián Bichir's nod for Best Actor in a really small film called A Better Life. I'm not sure…
The Iron Lady
Meryl. I think she deserves to be known by one name by now. What an actress! What an amazing variety of roles she has played in the past few years:…
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close is a so-so drama that fails to rise above its extremely long and forgetful title. It may appeal to those who read the book, liked…
Joyful Noise
Joyful Noise is full of, well, joyful noise – at least when the music is playin’. Unfortunately, the movie slows down quite a bit between numbers. In other words, you…
Top Ten Big-Screen Pet Names of 2011
Our friends over at PetBabyNames.com have compiled their top ten list of the best pet names in the movies for 2011. Check it out: This was a great year for…
Albert Nobbs
What an odd little film! Every few years a gender switching film comes along and everyone gets excited about it (Linda Hunt in The Year of Living Dangerously, Hilary Swank…
Young Adult
Young Adult has been out for a little while now, but it’s definitely worth seeing if it’s still in a theater near you or renting when it becomes available. Just…
A Dangerous Method
Michael Fassbender has been one extremely prolific actor this year, first as the arrogant Mr. Rochester in Jane Eyre, then playing Magneto in X-men: First Class, then as the tortured…
Mainstream Chick’s Year in Review
I’ve always resisted “rating” movies because the cinematic experience is an intensely personal and subjective one. How else to explain my brother and nephew’s insistence that The Hangover Two was…