The Expendables (review)
‘Bad Shakespeare,’ one badass notes with a sad shake of his head at a particularly cheesy revelation about the other badass standing in front of him, and that’s the moment when a little bell in my head went off: Bingo.
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Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (review)
It’s *Twilight* for boys…
The Secret in Their Eyes (review)
This year’s Oscar winner for Best Foreign Language Film is a seductive film noir, a lonely love story, a cautionary tale about taking a quest for justice too far, and more…
Holy Rollers (review)
It’s a familiar story — Nice Kid gets mixed up in Bad Things — but as first-time feature director Kevin Asch tells it, there’s extra potency to the contrast between the Nice and the Bad.
Step Up 3D movie review: stumbles and missteps
I can’t say there are lots of reasons to love Step Up 3D, but there are good reasons not to hate it.
The Other Guys movie review: cops and bunglers
It’s all absurd and overblown and — most importantly — consistently so through to the end.
Middle Men (review)
Ever since he was a kid, Jack Harris never wanted to be a pornographer…
Charlie St. Cloud (review)
Poor Zac Efron: he’s at that awkward Movie Star stage. He’s got It: that indefinable onscreen charisma. But Hollywood doesn’t have a lot of options for him while he’s stuck in the postadolescent, not-quite-grownup phase.
Dinner for Schmucks (review)
It’s not so much *Dinner for Schmucks* as it is *Waiting for Dinner for Schmucks.* You know, like *Waiting for Godot,* only in reverse. Because the schmucks start showing up right as the damn movie starts, and they never go away.
Ramona and Beezus (review)
Oh, America. Keep your little girls away from *Ramona and Beezus.* For your little girls might get ideas into their heads. You know, dangerous ideas about using their imaginations. And about not giving in to bullies or the pressure to be predictable and conventional. And about the value and fun of being their own funky, original selves.
