Malibu Shakespeare
The story instantly passed into legend among both comic book geeks and theater geeks: After wrapping shooting on The Avengers in 2011, Joss Whedon...
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...
Force of Will
I’ve been watching so many movies lately that maybe my usual defenses are worn down.
The Pursuit of Happyness is the sort of movie...
Amphibian Production
Traditional hand-drawn animation has been out of fashion for much of this decade. Most of Hollywood followed Pixar's lead years ago and went to...
Dinner for Schmucks: American Idiot
Maybe the best part of Dinner for Schmucks is the opening credit sequence. It shows the construction of an elaborate diorama, depicting a daytime...
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...
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...
Q Cinema
Bo Parker speaks in torrents. His conversation, cloaked with the terminology of marketing and design, crackles with ideas.
The 32-year-old isn't a screenwriter or director,...
Atonal Music
I must confess, Freddie Highmore is starting to scare me a bit (in a good way, though).
The London native is 15 years old...
Top 10 Movies of 2011
Do better next year, Hollywood. That’s how I feel as I look back on the movies of 2011. American films dominated my Top 10...
