Reviews

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  The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

  Facing Indy at the box office, Narnia sequel ups the action and loses some magic

  By Ella Taylor

  Thursday, May 15

  "Things never happen the same way twice." Thus boometh Aslan the lion (Liam Neeson), alias the Son of God, popping his computer-generated shaggy... More >>
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  Son of Rambow

  The joys of DIY filmmaking persist in Son of Rambow

  By Jim Ridley

  Thursday, May 15

  No adult has ever been able to codify what separates a good movie from a classic. In kid terms, though—those favored by Son of Rambow, a... More >>
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  Redbelt

  David Mamet and his hero fight the power, and succumb to it, in Redbelt

  By J. Hoberman

  Thursday, May 08

  David Mamet's Redbelt is a tricky bar brawl — call it the Roundhouse of Games. The writer/director has scarcely abandoned his sense of the... More >>
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  Speed Racer

  It's anime on overdrive in the Wachowski brothers' souped-up, tricked-out Speed Racer

  By J. Hoberman

  Thursday, May 08

  Converting a fondly remembered cartoon series—one of the first Japanese animes syndicated on American TV—into a prospective... More >>
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  Iron Man

  Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Man is a thing to marvel at

  By Scott Foundas

  Thursday, May 01

  Chalk it up to personal preference, but I've always been fonder of those comic-book heroes who emerge by intent rather than happenstance. I mean... More >>
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  Made of Honor

  McDreamy tries to win over his engaged gal pal in My Best Friend's Made of Honor Wedding

  By Robert Wilonsky

  Thursday, May 01

  In Made of Honor, Patrick Dempsey plays a conveniently rich and willfully single serial "fornicator" slowly but surely domesticated by his... More >>
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  Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay

  Harold and Kumar get shipped to Gitmo in this forced act two

  By Robert Wilonsky

  Thursday, April 24

  Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg wrote Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle with the novel idea: What if you made a John Hughes movie, but instead... More >>
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  Baby Mama

  Neither Tina Fey nor Amy Poehler seem the least bit invested in their surrogate mommy comedy

  By Robert Wilonsky

  Thursday, April 24

  Could have sworn I've seen this episode of Baby Mama before — like sometime in January 2007, when it was originally titled "The Baby Show"... More >>
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  Forgetting Sarah Marshall

  Jason Segel uses his balls to great effect in Forgetting Sarah Marshall

  By Robert Wilonsky

  Thursday, April 17

  Jason Segel is responsible for two of the most cringe-inducing, hands-in-front-of-your-face moments in the recent history of television, both of... More >>
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  88 Minutes

  Ridiculous Al Pacino starsin ridiculous running-down-the-clock thriller, 88 Minutes

  By Ella Taylor

  Thursday, April 17

  Jon Avnet's cheesy new thriller, 88 Minutes, is 105 minutes long, and going in, I feared that 100 of them would be eaten up by Al Pacino chewing... More >>
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  The Palm Beach International Film Festival

  That other, smaller, more manageable film festival

  Thursday, April 10

  The Palm Beach International Film Festival is a far more manageable affair than its neighbor in Fort Lauderdale. Lauderdale's big festival runs... More >>
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  Smart People

  Intelligence goes soft in this rom-com

  By Robert Wilonsky

  Thursday, April 10

  Smart people got no reason to live — and, sure, that's not quite how Randy Newman sang it, but the point still stands. Because in Noam... More >>
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  Shine a Light

  Seniors Scorsese and the Stones together again

  By Camille Dodero

  Thursday, April 03

  Mick Jagger's most essential physical feature, according to Martin Scorsese: his bellystache. On the poster for Shine a Light, the big-shot... More >>
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  Leatherhead

  George Clooney's ode to screwball comedies of yore is sooooo close. But yet...

  By Scott Foundas

  Thursday, April 03

  When Time recently featured George Clooney on its cover accompanied by the headline "The Last Movie Star" — note, not even a question mark... More >>
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  21

  21 doesn't hit the jackpot. Doesn't even come close

  By Robert Wilonsky

  Thursday, March 27

  Ben Mezrich's 2002 bestseller Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas For Millions was a smart narrative... More >>
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