The Girl on the Train

Another girl gone in this tedious adaptation

"...Flynn’s Gone Girl, with their overlapping interests in missing women, unfaithful men, and unreliable narrators. But well-drawn characters are..."

Oct. 7, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Being Charlie

Rob Reiner directs this addiction drama written by his son Nick

"...Harry Met Sally …, Misery, and A Few Good Men. (If you skip the misfire North, you might extend..."

May 13, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Far From the Madding Crowd

This Thomas Hardy adaptation is a reflection of our times

"...dirty nails. And yet she can’t seem to avoid men with matrimony in mind. Bathsheba is wooed and pursued..."

May 8, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Dracula Untold

Prince Vlad fights off the Turks with with a little old-school vampirism.

"...bite. Once changed, Vlad gains the “strength of 100 men” and the ability to summon and control millions if..."

Oct. 10, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Brick Mansions

In one of his last roles, Paul Walker stars in this American remake of Luc Besson's actioner District B13.

"...bomb stolen by a drug lord against whom both men harbor personal vendettas. Belle’s limitations as an actor remain..."

May 2, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Gay Place

Men of Color are the essence of Essex

"...ESSEX: BLACK MEN: MEN OF COLOR Film! Performance! Music! Hot daddies! ALLGO!..."

Aug. 2, 2013 Column by Kate X Messer

The Lone Ranger

The Lone Ranger is a Western without a compass.

"...a dead crow on his head, Depp uses these accoutrements to mug and deadpan in an entertaining fashion. Poor..."

July 5, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hall Pass

Owen Wilson and Jason Sudeikis star in this Farrelly brothers comedy about two guys given a free pass by their wives from the vows of matrimony.

"...much better than this it hurts the heart a little – is a zero, a barely there bore in..."

March 4, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Our Family Wedding

This is a formulaic wedding comedy about mismatched families, but thanks to several appealing performances, this rote exercise turns out better than most.

"...by: Rick Famuyiwa. Starring: America Ferrera, Forest Whitaker, Carlos Mencia, Regina King, Lance Gross, Diana-Maria Riva, Lupe Ontiveros and..."

March 12, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fish Tank

In this raw and award-winning film, a prickly British teenager hurls herself into scenarios fraught with danger.

"...unguarded, and heaving from the exertion of dancing. But moments later, the camera reorients itself to what will prove..."

March 5, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Old Dogs

Mork and Vinny Barbarino star in this witless comedy about middle-aged men caring for a couple of 7-year-olds.

"...place on this doddering dross. Old Dogs amounts to little more than an opportunity for Williams and the Travolta..."

Nov. 27, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Afghan Star

In Afghanistan's version of American Idol, there's a lot more at stake than the glory.

"...vastly different. Here, the directors follow two young Afghan men, Rafi and Hameed, and two women, Lema and Setara,..."

Oct. 16, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Body of Lies

Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe star in Ridley Scott's new film about the different types of CIA operatives fighting the global war on terrorism.

"...at one point is almost unendurable to watch.) His movements on the ground are meanwhile observed in real time..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Blindness

Julianne Moore brilliantly leads the strong cast in this sci-fi parable which takes us to the depths of human degradation before letting in the light.

"...to fall into the same mold as Children of Men: a serious film that uses the sci-fi premise of..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Step Brothers

Will Ferrell's newest is a lot like Will Ferrell's oldest, which is to say it feels like an amped-up Saturday Night Live skit.

"...too often to wander into the quagmire of oozy sentimentalism, Ferrell apparently has been letting story and gag ideas..."

July 25, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Reprise

This bracingly good Norwegian film is many things at once: portraits of mental illness, obsessive love, the uneasy transition from punk rock youth to “upstanding” adulthood, and fraternal competitiveness.

"...Williamson and Rebekka Karijord. We open on two young men – Phillip (Lie) and Erik (Klouman-Høiner), best friends and..."

June 27, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Stop-Loss

A real-world fuse burns throughout the military drama of Stop-Loss, the Austin-lensed film by Boys Don't Cry's Kimberley Peirce that stars Ryan Phillippe.

"...up the mood of the American taxpayer at the moment: We don't seem to be stopping much of anything,..."

March 28, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

For the Bible Tells Me So

Various men and women of the cloth provide a systematic dismantling of the idea that the Bible condemns homosexuality.

"...Daniel G. Karslake. Fred Phelps is wrong, say various men and women of the cloth – a Baptist, an..."

Oct. 19, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Triad Election

When the time comes for an aging gangster godfather in Hong Kong to step down, a bloody battle for control ensues in this vivid story about thug life.

"...Triad criminal potboiler formula of countryman John Woo: unapologetically sentimental, concerned with questions of masculine honor, punctuated with bursts..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Angel-A

Luc Besson delivers a gorgeous-looking but ill-conceived mash note to the city of Paris that stars a petty crook and an ethereal beauty.

"...Léon, and, take it or leave it, The Fifth Element, hasn't stepped behind the camera since 1999's bizarro Milla..."

July 13, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Lower City

The toastiest summer on record is but an intermittently flickering 40-watt bulb compared to this positively incendiary sexual firestorm.

"...Quik-E-Lube than Cidade Baixa, a righteously slick 'n' sweaty little slice of bad Brazilian juju in a too-tight halter-top..."

Aug. 18, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Joyeux Noël

The title suggests a seasonal release, but this remarkable film is very much of the moment, suggesting the futility of war by depicting the “Christmas truce” of 1914 from three sides in the battle.

"...a French creative team is very much of the moment, suggesting the futility of war by depicting the “Christmas..."

March 31, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

After Innocence

This documentary raises staggering questions about virtually every aspect of the criminal-justice system as it follows what happens to several convicts who have been exonerated by DNA evidence submitted by the Innocence Project.

"...Showtime production is the most frustrating sort of social-issues documentary: It has a story that must be told –..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Before the Fall

Every movie about the Holocaust should be this good, but few are. Heartbreaking and brutal, its tale of two boys training together at an elite school is as intimate and truthful to its characters as it is powerfully topical and politically brave.

"...a Napola – an elite school training young Aryan men for service in Hitler’s Third Reich – is as..."

Feb. 3, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Jarhead

Though lacking a clear point of view, the film seems to say that war not only dehumanizes soldiers but also infantilizes them. It’s not a pretty picture, but it is a lovely film.

"...Directed by: Sam Mendes. Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard, Jamie Fox, Lucas Black,..."

Nov. 4, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

In Good Company

In Good Company is a sincere but serviceable-at-best dramedy from Paul Weitz, one-half of the fraternal team that has already brought us two studies about the human male: American Pie and About a Boy.

"...projects he’s settled on since then have felt a little beneath him – but then what better way to..."

Jan. 14, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead

Clive Owen stars as the sad, taciturn anchor of this modern film noir by Croupier's Mike Hodges.

"...characters and plot for him or herself. But a little darkness and confusion can go a long way, and..."

Aug. 6, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mambo Italiano

Broad gay and Italian stereotypes mambo through this farce.

"...the gay revolution in 1976. In Mambo Italiano, two men of Italian heritage move in together, but their happy..."

Oct. 10, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Rules of Attraction

Roger Avary does Bret Easton Ellis.

"...that leaves vague impressions and a nasty aftertaste but little clear memory of its operational mechanics. Experiencing it is..."

Oct. 11, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Insomnia

"...Christopher Nolan could possibly follow up his arthouse smash Memento has finally been answered. He's followed it up admirably..."

May 24, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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