Think Like a Man Snaps The Hunger Games‘ Streak
The urban relationship comedy derails the Katniss bandwagon, while a Disney Chimpanzee and Zac Efron as a lovelorn Iraq vet also score big.
Richard Corliss
Richard Corliss joined TIME in 1980 as a movie critic, a position he still holds. Before TIME, he wrote for National Review, New Times, Maclean’s of Canada and SoHo Weekly News. He was also editor for Film Comment from 1970 to 1990.
Corliss is the author of the books Talking Pictures, a study of Hollywood screenwriters, and Greta Garbo (both 1974). In 1994 he wrote a study of the novel and film Lolita.
Corliss holds a B.A. from Saint Joseph’s College in Philadelphia and an M.S. in film studies from Columbia University. He lives in New York City with his wife, Mary.
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