Drama, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep

A Scottish lad finds a barnacle-encrusted egg and becomes a daddy … to the Loch Ness Monster.

Comedy, Drama
A Serious Man

While not autobiographical in any specific sense, A Serious Man examines the Coen brothers’ roots with a deconstructing—and predictably quirky—look …

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Kids
101 Dalmatians

Disney has adapted its 1961 animated classic into a slam-bang live-action remake starring Glenn Close as the fiendish Cruella DeVil.

Drama
Out of the Furnace

Entertainment? Not a lick. Inspiration? All burned up by the fire. Only loss and despair are left.

Horror, Mystery/Suspense
The Last House on the Left

A disturbingly realistic remake of Wes Craven’s 1972 exploration of murder, torture … and worse.

Action/Adventure, Drama
Faster

Driver, Killer and Cop form a vengeful hate triangle shot through with bloody murder and high-speed car chases. But not …

Drama, Musical
Notorious

Chrissy-Poo was actually The Notorious B.I.G.’s first known nickname, whispered to him by his mother. It didn’t stick, obviously. But …

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest

Johnny Depp still shines as one of Hollywood’s most memorable characters. But nonstop violent effects and ghoulish tone are the …

Drama
All the King’s Men

Sean Penn and Jude Law do the power-corrupts-absolute-power-corrupts-absolutely tango in this reemergence of Robert Penn Warren’s 1946 novel.

Comedy
Drop Dead Gorgeous

Mount Rose, Minnesota: The location of the annual Sarah Rose Cosmetics American Teen Princess Pageant. The stage for this fictitious …

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Men in Black

Approximately 1,500 aliens secretly share our planet. They have, in various ways, assumed human form.

Comedy
Meet the Fockers

Ben Stiller is back with part two of a story that could’ve been sweet (and genuinely funny) but is instead …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Kids
Peter Pan

An impressive live-action version of J.M. Barrie’s classic about a boy who refuses to grow up. But is it too …

Drama
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 …

Documentary
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed

Ben Stein goes back to school. Not to cluelessly call the roll this time, but to get to the bottom …