Gangster Squad
It’s got the glitz, the retro glamour and the cinematic sheen. It’s ’40s cool, to say the least. So why all the tommy gun splatter?
Texas Chainsaw
Leatherface somehow manages to become the hero of this fetid franchise continuation of a bloody cinematic tradition … nearly four decades after the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
Promised Land
This heartland tale of fracking, farming and fibbing drills down on its message … but does it strike oil?
Django Unchained
“Is [Quentin Tarantino’s] Django attacking the cruelty [of slavery] or reveling in it?” asks Entertainment Weekly. We’ve figured out the answer.
Jack Reacher
The tagline for this Tom Cruise crimefest tells us that “The law has limits. He does not.” As if that’s a good thing.
On the Road
Kristen Stewart joins the ensemble cast in this adaptation of Jack Kerouac’s influential 1947 novel about a young writer’s lust for worldly experience.
This Is 40
The man responsible for The 40-Year-Old Virgin once again pays comedic homage to the conflicts many middle-aged folks face. This time within the confines of marriage. (But not within the confines of good taste.)
Amour
Austrian director Michael Haneke is known for injecting jarring subject matter into his films. Amour will do nothing to amend his legacy.
The Guilt Trip
This mother-son road trip movie hits its share of potholes and almost swerves off the road a time or two. But what’s that we spy on the horizon?
Zero Dark Thirty
The Hurt Locker’s Kathryn Bigelow tracks down Osama bin Laden, step by bloody step. And when the hunt’s done, she asks us whether the reward is worth the price.