Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, War
300: Rise of an Empire

They didn’t name it 600, but the Warner Bros. moviemakers certainly upped the ante in this double dose of hyper-stylized, …

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama
The Grand Budapest Hotel

The Grand Budapest Hotel is being called Wes Anderson’s best movie yet. But is this dollhouse dramedy merely good at …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Mystery/Suspense
Non-Stop

As passengers begin to die on a transatlantic flight, everyone onboard is a suspect, even the scruffy air marshal hero.

Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance, War
The Wind Rises

From acclaimed Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki comes a fantasy-laced biopic that flies through the life of WWII Zero engineer Jirô …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Romance, War
Pompeii

No awe. No mystery. No intelligence. Just a big overwrought mess. My own youthful ponderings seem pretty grown up compared …

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama
3 Days to Kill

No one’s saying 3 Days to Kill will alone inspire someone to be an assassin or thug, of course. Just …

Drama, Romance
Endless Love

This remake of the 1981 Brooke Shields movie is catnip for moon-eyed teens, a sexually charged fantasy that encourages young …

Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Winter’s Tale

Destiny, magic, time travel, Lucifer in Manhattan, winged souls in the stars. It all gets tossed at the screen.

Comedy, Romance
About Last Night

It presents a one-dimensional romcom tale in a crude, crass, offensive and completely forgettable way.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
RoboCop

RoboCop’s violence and other content concerns may be dialed down a bit compared to the original. But that relatively positive …

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama, War
The Monuments Men

What if rescuing a Botticelli means a mother in Bristol or a sweetheart in South Carolina might lose the light …

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Mystery/Suspense, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Vampire Academy

Vampire Academy’s trailer makes it look like a mash-up of Twilight and Harry Potter. And it is. But the movie’s …

Drama, Mystery/Suspense, Romance
Labor Day

In this touching and tender love story, a convicted killer takes a woman and her 13-year-old boy hostage. Yes, it’s …

Comedy, Romance
That Awkward Moment

Maybe star Zac Efron’s assessment is all we really need here: “This movie’s all about, ‘Bring it on. How can …

Drama
Gimme Shelter

Based on a true story, Gimme Shelter is a gritty, painfully grown-up depiction of what it looks like when a …