Limitless: One Pill Makes You Smarter
The diabolically clever science-fiction film Limitless begins with Eddie Morra (Bradley Cooper), a wannabe New York writer who’s been creatively blocked for several years....
Paul: Ancient Alien
Simon Pegg and Nick Frost go on a road trip with an alien: comedy gold, right? Well, close. Paul has a lot going for...
Cedar Rapids: Oh Ooo Oh Iowa
The trailer for Cedar Rapids is edited to make it look like another version of The Hangover, which makes sense because Ed Helms stars...
Mars Needs Moms: Empty Wells
Last week, we had the incredible burst of experimentalism that was Rango, a defiantly old-school 2-D animated film that nevertheless ventured fearlessly into territory...
Cowboys and Amphibians
This week’s films all trade in outright fantasy, but only one of them succeeds in turning the tropes of fable and science fiction into...
Oscar’s Hidden Gold
Welcome to my fourth annual look at the mid-major categories of the annual Academy Awards (to be televised Sunday) It’s my way of pointing...
Number Four: Three Stars
Hollywood now faces the same problem that faced the young-adult publishing industry a few years ago. With the Harry Potter and Twilight film series...
Mighty Orphans Await Kickoff
“Everything about Hollywood has surprised me,” said Russell Morton, a third-generation Fort Worth native who recently moved back here from New York City. “I’m...
The Eagle: British Invasion
As it turns out, The Illusionist isn’t the only movie out this week that’s set in Scotland. If you go into this toga-and-sandals epic...
The Illusionist: Scots Oui, Oui
Seven years ago, Sylvain Chomet captured the world’s attention with his animated feature film debut The Triplets of Belleville. At the time, many critics...
