Action/Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
The Host

The latest from Twilight scribe Stephenie Meyer fuses a familiar sci-fi premise with an equally familiar romantic one … with …

Drama
August: Osage County

This deep Meryl Streep-Julia Roberts drama has been called a comedy by some. It’s actually pure Old Testament tragedy.

Comedy, Sports
Grudge Match

Grudge Match isn’t about making art as much as it is about providing another payday for its two stars—not unlike, …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, War
47 Ronin

Yes, this pic’s scenery and costumes are colorful and the hacking/slashing fight scenes well-choreographed, but by and large there’s little …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, War
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Having just read The Hobbit again, this time with my young son, I can with fresh perspective say that Jackson …

Comedy
A Madea Christmas

I’m not really buying the “whole family” fun line, not with 100+ profanities, among other coarseness.

Comedy
Delivery Man

A funny thing happens on the way back from the sperm bank … when a guy finds out he’s the …

Drama
Philomena

Inspired by a true story (both onscreen and in real life), a world-weary journalist helps a simple, elderly Irish woman …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, War
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

To live in a country like Panem would stink. Really. It’s a horrible place, and lots of horrible things go …

Drama
Nebraska

There’s gold in them thar Nebraska hills. That’s what Woody thinks when he receives a Mega Sweepstakes Marketing mailing promising …

Comedy
Last Vegas

Four acting legends go to Sin City to collect another paycheck, market a casino and create a salacious (but sometimes …

Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
About Time

About Time is a maddeningly sweet film that, with some strategic edits, easily could have been more accessible to a …

Drama
The Fifth Estate

The Fifth Estate is a dense, ponderous (and sometimes foul) look at Julian Assange and the complex array of secrets …

Drama, Horror
Carrie

This “classic” horror pic is reimagined for the social media generation—and made all the more disturbing.

Drama
12 Years a Slave

This is one of the most searingly intense portraits of slavery ever committed to film, exercising onscreen brutality to bludgeon …