The snappy dialogue tops the drama in Lasse Hallström’s Salmon Fishing in the Yemen. Meanwhile a documentary about perhaps the world’s greatest sushi chef is hunger-inducing.
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Silent House, Shrieking Heroine
Elizabeth Olsen plays a young woman trapped in a house full of strange noises and dark secrets. She gets so scared she throws up; we almost joined in.
John Carter: Andrew Stanton’s Martian Mission Impossible
From the director of Finding Nemo and WALL·E comes an ambitious, wayward version of a century-old story that plays like a pallid remake of Avatar
Friends with Kids: A Potty-Mouthed Mom Rom Com
In writer-director Jennifer Westfeldt’s new film, two friends imagine they can have a child together yet remain completely platonic. Good luck with that.
Being Flynn: Robert De Niro Has Not Given Up After All
This adaptation of Nick Flynn’s acclaimed memoir Another Bull__ Night in Suck City holds on to its poetry, although the profanity-laced title had to go.
Act of Valor: Trained SEALs
This geopolitical action film, starring active-duty Navy commandos, clarifies the U.S. mission abroad: to save our country by blowing stuff up GREAT.
Wanderlust: Nudists and Jennifer Aniston, Though Not in That Order
There are good movies, and then there are good-for-February movies. Wanderlust is one of them.
Undefeated: Oscar Night Lights?
This uplifting saga about a football team from depressed North Memphis is up for a Best Documentary prize. Does it earn its nomination?
The Secret World of Arrietty: Little Heroes, But Big Emotions, In Another Studio Ghibli Triumph
The latest from the Japanese animation studio brings to life a hidden world of tiny creatures who take refuge in the walls and nooks of people’s homes.
Who is the Victor in This Means War? Not the Viewer
Technically, movies don’t give off a scent, but This Means War is so smarmy that it seems to reek of cheap cologne. It features a competition between a lonely divorced dad (Tom Hardy) and a loudmouthed Lothario (Chris Pine) …
The Vow: How Many More Movie Romances Does Rachel McAdams Have In Her?
We make this vow to The Vow: We will rewatch you when sick on the couch.
In Darkness: How a Swindler Became a Schindler
Agnieszka Holland’s Oscar-nominated film tells the true story of a Polish-Catholic sewer worker and thief who kept Jews alive in Nazi-occupied Lvov
Safe House: Can Denzel Washington Ever Be a Bad Guy?
In this efficient spy chase film, the star plays a CIA rogue who messes with Ryan Reynolds’ pretty mind