This Is the End: Apocalypse, Like, Wow
Young Hollywood plays itself in Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s raunchy, hilarious comedy
Accidentally on Purpose: The True Tale of a Happy Single Mother is available for nearly nothing at various online bookstores and from boxes in Pols' barn.
Mary Pols
Mary Pols has been reviewing film and occasionally books for TIME since 2009. She has degrees from Duke University, where she studied art history, and the University of California Berkeley’s School of Journalism. Before joining TIME, she worked as a reporter and a movie critic for several California newspapers. She wrote a memoir about parenthood that was turned into a television comedy (not Weeds).
Articles from Contributor
Brit Marling on Writing, Anarchists, and the Need to Get Her Heart Broken
The star and co-writer of ‘The East’ also explains why she prefers acting in other people’s movies
The Kings of Summer: Boys N the Woods
Three 15 year-olds run away from home and set up house in the woods
Before Midnight: Very True Romance
The third—and our reviewer hopes, not last—film in the superb ‘Before’ series is sharp, poignant, and absolutely riveting
The Hangover Part III: The Third Time’s the Harm
Did we really need two more ‘Hangover’ movies? What happened in Vegas should’ve stayed in Vegas
Frances Ha: A Millennial Annie Hall
Greta Gerwig’s Frances is an endearing mess, trying to make it in the big city with a little help from her friends
Stories We Tell: Sarah Polley’s Meta Masterpiece
The gifted actress-turned-writer/director turns the camera on her own family and its secrets and lies.
What Maisie Knew: The Parents From Hell
Julianne Moore and Steve Coogan play the most selfish parents in the world — and they do it really well.
Love is All You Need: A Rom-Com for Adults
A genuine and touching film with a pair of terrific lead performances
42: The Jackie Robinson Biopic Is a Solid Hit
Writer/director Brian Helgeland’s inspirational telling on the Jackie Robinson story is not particularly challenging, but it captivates.
The Place Beyond the Pines: Three-Part Disharmony
A soulful Ryan Gosling binds together this flawed but ultimately moving triptych about fathers and sons
Room 237: Deconstructing Stanley
A mesmerizing documentary explores some fantastic theories about Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 horror classic ‘The Shining’
Admission: Grating on a Curve
The rom-com fails as romance and comedy, but Tina Fey gives it the old college try
