Movie Review: Zero Dark Thirty

Posted by: Martin Malloy on Jan 4, 2013 | Comments (0)

Kathryn Bigelow’s procedural about the hunt for Osama Bin Laden is enthralling.

Movie Review: Promised Land

Posted by: Martin Malloy on Dec 28, 2012 | Comments (0)

Gus Van Sant and Matt Damon re-team for a film that’s as much a character piece as it is a commentary on modern environmentalism and corporatism.

Movie Review: Les Misérables

Posted by: Martin Malloy on Dec 26, 2012 | Comments (0)

The newest film adaptation of the Victor Hugo’s book, which is actually based on the stage musical, hits some of the right notes.

Movie Review: Django Unchained

Posted by: Martin Malloy on Dec 26, 2012 | Comments (0)

Quentin Tarantino’s new historical revenge film is another standout for the auteur.

Movie Review: This is 40

Posted by: Martin Malloy on Dec 21, 2012 | Comments (0)

Judd Apatow’s new film finds him meditating on mid-life crises with excruciating, and surprising, reality but with delightful results.

Movie Review: Deadfall

Posted by: Martin Malloy on Dec 20, 2012 | Comments (0)

Deadfall is a small, snow-laden crime thriller that never comes into its own.

Movie Review: Hyde Park on Hudson

Posted by: Mel Valentin on Dec 14, 2012 | Comments (0)

Nothing says “Oscar bait” like releasing a historical biopic starring a well-known, well-liked, Oscar-nominated actor in the lead role in the latter months of the year.

Movie Review: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Posted by: Martin Malloy on Dec 13, 2012 | Comments (0)

Fans of Peter Jackson’s original Lord of the Rings trilogy will hail his return in this prequel, the first of another trilogy, but it’s hardly the breakout film many are expecting.

Movie Review: Anna Karenina

Posted by: Mel Valentin on Nov 16, 2012 | Comments (0)

Anna Karenina is a singularly compelling and consistently enthralling adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s epic novel of 19^th-century aristocratic decline, social mores, gender roles, and romantic tragedy.