The Wolf of Wall Street
Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street is among the most bludgeoning—if not the most bludgeoning—films ever to be granted an R rating.
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
Pics like Anchorman 2 feel more like a Gatling gun barrage of joke-a-second absurdities and crude nonsense.
Her
Those are vastly important lessons for all of us as we nudge our way ever deeper into more and more “relationships” with things. But of course none of that is enough to make Siri a fan of Her.
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 doesn’t just embellish a bit here.
American Hustle
This farcically dark dramedy is a fictionalized (and sensationalized) imagining of what might have gone on behind the scenes in the real-life Abscam scandal that resulted in seven U.S. congressmen being convicted of bribery in 1981.
A Madea Christmas
I’m not really buying the “whole family” fun line, not with 100+ profanities, among other coarseness.
Inside Llewyn Davis
Despite its angsty pretensions, Inside Llewyn Davis remains merely a story without a destination, a bleak portrait of a bleak man’s bleak life on a self-absorbed road to nowhere.
Out of the Furnace
Entertainment? Not a lick. Inspiration? All burned up by the fire. Only loss and despair are left.
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
The movie, as generous as it is with Mandela’s legacy, does not shy away from those uncomfortable truths. Nor does it turn away from the horrific violence perpetrated against him and his peers.
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 on in this story about it. But it’s a fictional reality that serves as a backdrop for sacrifice and heroism.