Review

Varsity Blues works as long as you don’t think about it too hard. Which, I readily admit, probably means it works…

This spring is Slime Season, and for once I’m grateful that this does not just refer to my seasonally allergic…

There are far worse places to be on a summer Saturday morning than the Smorgasburg food festival in East River State…

Spike Lee is such a confident filmmaker that when one of his movies doesn't quite work, you almost wonder if it's…

1. That The Campaign could never come up with a fictional scenario that would rival the absurdity of what actually…

1. The first three Jason Bourne films had an intensity, a vitality to them that made them feel urgent and relevant,…

1. As a skeptic of the original Total Recall, I was ready to give its remake more than a fair shake. My primary…

1. The first two Batman films from director Christopher Nolan were so transcendent, so ambitious and challenging and…

Oliver Stone approaches every film he makes as if it's the biggest, most important movie that will ever be made on…

1. The Amazing Spider-Man is less a reboot than a recital. It's professionally made and competent and sincere and…

1. Of the myriad problems with Ted, Seth MacFarlane's flaming, masturbating fart of a comedy, the biggest one is…

1. One of my favorite Roger Ebert quotes goes like this: "The Muse visits during the act of creation, not before.…

1. The brand Pixar has become so powerful and so reliable in the last decade that we forget that's all it is: A…

1. Wes Anderson is considered by many to be a cold, dispassionate filmmaker more interested in creating miniature…

One of the knocks on Battleship is that it plays like a ripoff of a Michael Bay movie, but frankly, I wish any of…

1. There's a scene toward the end of The Dictator when you can see, finally, why Sacha Baron Cohen decided to wrap a…

1. How was there ever a time that we considered Tim Burton weird? He certainly isn't weird now—give this guy a…

1. The Avengers is a superhero movie so fun, full of so much pure fanboy-wank joy wrapped up in an accessible,…

1. There are several long stretches in which The Five-Year Engagement is the polar opposite of what anyone would…

1. An old joke: "Why do women not like The Three Stooges? Because they're not funny." The appeal of The Three…