Steel Reserve
Another big superhero movie hits theaters this week, but a few things separate it from the rest that have come out recently.
For one, Hancock...
Informers
On some level, I can’t help but feel sorry for Black Mass. This movie gives off every sign of wanting to be very serious...
Love and Other Drugs: Jagged Little Pill
The promotional materials for Love and Other Drugs make it look like a cookie-cutter romantic comedy, but that’s wrong. The movie is actually a...
Million Dollar Mandy
A lot of grads from Fort Worth Country Day School, one of the most elite private high schools in Texas, have experienced some success...
Drew’s Clues
When feminism was still known as “the women’s movement” and associated with corset-wearing suffragettes, along came Nancy Drew.
The plucky, defiantly modern girl detective was...
Breaking Bad
Somehow, the upper reaches of stardom have always seemed to just elude Jeff Bridges' grasp despite all his advantages as a well-known actor's son...
Baker Street Irregulars
The Bank Job has nothing to do with the 2003 version of The Italian Job, even though both movies feature Jason Statham.
The balding, jut-jawed,...
Not a Novelty
When I reviewed Becoming Jane two months ago (“Conduct Unbecoming,” Aug. 8), I mentioned how certain movies and books imagine a romantic life for...
Beyond the Pines: Fathers and Sons
I hate to agree with the consensus, but sometimes there’s just nowhere else to go. Three years ago, Derek Cianfrance made a magnificent filmmaking...
Bully for You
This review is dedicated to my seventh-grade English teacher, who told her class one day that bullied students deserved no pity because they were...
