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Rutherford, Yager Make Changes

Side by side, Burt Rutherford and Tim Yager look like a mismatched comedy duo, best friends who couldn’t look any more different. The two...

Over the Edge

Before the press screening of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, my fellow film critics and I were handed a printed request that...

Bonus Movie Review: Hail, Caesar!

Over the weekend, I watched the Super Bowl and got caught up on this week's movies, and I got far more entertainment value from...
Christoph Waltz bullies Amy Adams into giving up credit for her paintings in Big Eyes.

My Wife Could Paint That

The way to understand Big Eyes is not as a movie about art nor as a Tim Burton film, though it’s both of those...
Chiwetel Ejiofor stands up under interrogation by Michael Fassbender in 12 Years a Slave.

We Shall Be Free

I screamed at somebody after I saw 12 Years a Slave. I don’t usually do that after a movie, but this fellow critic just...

To the Max

What you'll probably notice about writer-director Spike Jonze's long-anticipated Where the Wild Things Are is that a lot is missing: cheap pop-culture references, self-conscious...

Keeping Up With the Joneses: Spy, Neighbor!

I came to a hard conclusion after watching Keeping Up With the Joneses: Zach Galifianakis should not be a leading man. Don’t get me...

Lie to Me

You may be surprised to learn that True Story is only the second serious collaboration between James Franco and Jonah Hill, two actors who...
Dave Bautista and RZA tangle near the end of "The Man With the Iron Fists."

Iron Fists: Wu, No!

Before he called himself RZA and conquered a big swath of the hip-hop world, Robert Fitzgerald Diggs was a teenager in New York, escaping...

It’s Me, Margaret: Jersey Girl

This film version of Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret comes to us at a time, doesn’t it? We have certain politicians — and...