West of Memphis (London Film Festival review)
Public perception and police misconduct take well-deserved raps here, as do larger issues of American injustice…
reviews
Django Unchained (review)
Quentin Tarantino spins a dark fantasia of the pre-Civil War South that is hilarious, ferocious, shocking, and wise, sometimes all at once.
Les Misérables (review)
There’s an alchemy here that brings together the best of screen and the best of stage…
Arbitrage (review)
For all the satisfying ironies that are dished up, some of what we’re served is hopelessly naive.
Pitch Perfect (review)
What’s charming and fun here gets a little overwhelmed by too much grossout stuff.
Total Recall (review)
Len Underworld Wiseman’s least hacktackular movie yet, which isn’t to say that it’s quality entertainment, but it is some solid B-grade processed-cheese-product movie junk food.
Smashed (review)
It’s the other alchoholic-gets-a-wakeup-call movie of 2012, though Smashed is a lot less flashy than Flight…
Chasing Ice (review)
Could this be the thing that finally makes the doubters wake up and smell the global warming? (new DVD UK)
Love Crime (review)
The boss-from-hell story gets whipped up, Parisian-style, into a wicked bonbon of oh-so-delicious nastiness…
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (review)
No, not all who wander are lost. But doesn’t mean that some who wander aren’t lost. Such as Peter Jackson, with his first-of-three-parts big-screen adaptation of The Hobbit.
