We’ve complained so often about Hollywood’s destruction of our childhood memories that it seemed appropriate to point out the happy exceptions.
Movies
Company The Movie: Can Dr. Doogie and Stephen Colbert Sing Sondheim?
While theater critics turned up their noses at the TV-ification of a Broadway classic, the film version of Stephen Colbert and Neil Patrick Harris’ April stage show is one of the most satisfying Sondheim productions in years
Top 10 Quotable Movies
This is not ‘Nam, there are rules. It’s only a flesh wound. And there’s no place like home. TIME picks the films with the most memorable lines.
The Trip: Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon Make Great Impressions
Michael Winterbottom’s faux-fake movie provides an immediate and lasting kick as well as the spectacle of two comic combatants at the top of their game
Judy Moody: A Total Bummer
This adaptation of the children’s bestselling series needs to be spanked and sent to its room
‘What the Hell Would Spielberg Do Here?’: J.J. Abrams Talks Super 8
Filmmaker J.J. Abrams tells TIME’s Richard Corliss all about his teen years, working with Steven Spielberg, and making ‘Super 8,’ the most eagerly awaited film of the summer
Submarine: From Teen Angst to Pure Delight
Richard Ayoade’s feature debut lives inside a boy’s roiling soul while finding the human comedy in his desperation. From either aspect, it’s a cagey delight
Top 10 Superhero Movies
The past two decades have seen the rise of the big-budget superhero movie. TIME picks the best that the genre has to offer.
Christopher Plummer in a Beguiling Beginners
Mike Mills’ autobiographical feature can be winsome and cute, but it’s also an insightful portrayal of loss, grief and love
Super 8: Just as Great as You Hoped It Would Be
Something — some thing — is terrifying the good folks of Lillian, Ohio, but what is it? A gas-station attendant, his face blanched with fear, sees it and screams; all we see is his body being jerked out of the frame. A …
A Failing Grade to X-Men: First Class
The prequel has all the makings of a smart fantasy parable, but it torpedoes its lofty intentions with flights of idiocy so wrongheaded as to be almost endearing
Brad Pitt on the Mystery of Terry Malick
The Tree of Life star describes the free-form family vibe in making a film with the world’s most reclusive director
Top 10 Macho Movie Posses
From The Wolfpack to the Dirty Dozen, TIME takes a look at cinema’s most testosterone-fueled posses.