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John Carter: Man from Mars
They say the easiest reviews to write are for very bad movies and very good ones. This was an easy review to write, because...
The Expendables: One Country for Old Men
All you need to know about The Expendables is that it delivers exactly what you would expect, no less and no more: terrible dialogue,...
Atomic Blonde: Too Many Walls
Why didn't they try this before? Charlize Theron first came to attention back in 1996 with her small role in 2 Days in the...
Pick Again
I like Teresa Palmer. The athletic blonde Australian, who turns 30 this month, is equally at home in comedies like Take Me Home Tonight...
The Magic Man
A big draw at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, The Illusionist didn’t do much for me except remind me of the awesomeness of Paul...
Apprentice: Apt Pupil
Last year I wrote that Sebastian Stan is best when he’s playing guys who are weak, small, and insecure. The word must be spreading,...
When You Find a Film With True Grit
The Coen brothers have become rather full of their own philosophy lately, using a series of otherwise widely divergent movies (No Country for Old...
Blue Moon: Nobody’s Hart
In his autobiography Musical Stages, the Broadway songwriter Richard Rodgers described the odd impression from his first meeting with his future lyricist Lorenz Hart:...
Film Shorts
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American Satan (R) This supernatural thriller is about a rock band in L.A. who make a deal with a mysterious stranger (Malcolm McDowell) in...
The Greatest Movies of All Time*
*as decided by me and 64 other film critics
Three months ago, British film blogger Iain Stott asked me and other movie critics from around...
