Gym Class Villain
If you saw last year’s School for Scoundrels and wished that it had been funnier, you should know that Mr. Woodcock answers your prayers.
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RoboCop Cleans Up
Can a movie comment on its own remake? It almost feels that way, as if the original RoboCop, with its satire of ’80s excesses...
Shadow: Under My Umbrella
Fifteen years ago, Zhang Yimou made a martial-arts epic called Hero, in which every fight scene seemed to be swathed in its own definitive...
Charlie St. Cloud: Sailing Takes Me Away
Sometimes being a film critic means being a straight guy who spends hours pondering the meaning of Zac Efron. It’s not that bad, actually....
Anna and the Apocalypse: O Zombie Night
“I’m flying, my feet won’t touch the ground / I’m ready for turning my life around,” sings the pretty, dark-haired schoolgirl as she dances...
Anatomy of a Fall: The Red and the White
Over in France, Anatomy of a Fall was already an object of controversy before most people had seen it. That’s because after Justine Triet’s...
Inner Life of Riley
Ladies and gentlemen, normal service has resumed. With the release of Inside Out, Pixar Studios is once again making masterpieces. I repeat, normal service...
Worn Out
Man, was I looking forward to this. A CGI movie about live rag dolls fighting terrifying junkyard robots in a post-apocalyptic future? Sign me...
She & Him
The smartest, most original romantic comedy in the last five years, (500) Days of Summer first catches your eye through the unusual typography in...
The Top 10 Movies of 2023
I haven’t reviewed a lot of the movies on this annual feature of mine because they didn’t see the inside of a Tarrant County...
