The world’s most vivacious film master takes a vacation from ambition and achievement
Review
White House Down: D.C. Meets Die Hard
Jamie Foxx (as POTUS) and Channing Tatum (as protector) make an engaging pair of First Buddies
World War Z: Brad Pitt vs. the Zombies
Max Brooks’ plague novel metastasized into a different creature in the movie version, which is still the summer’s smartest, most urgent action film
Pixar’s Monsters University: When Hairy Met Scary
A dozen years after ‘Monsters, Inc.,’ the pre-eminent movie dream factory sends Mike and Sulley back to school
Man of Steel: Super Man … or Human God?
Zack Snyder’s dark and moody retelling of the Superman myth combines big action with grand themes
This Is the End: Apocalypse, Like, Wow
Young Hollywood plays itself in Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s raunchy, hilarious comedy
Much Ado About Nothing: Joss Whedon’s House Party
The mastermind behind ‘Buffy,’ ‘Dollhouse’ and ‘The Avengers’ goes slumming in Shakespeare with a few good friends
The Kings of Summer: Boys N the Woods
Three 15 year-olds run away from home and set up house in the woods
Now You See Me: The Customer Is Always Fooled
Magicians run wild in this slick if surface adventure thriller
After Earth: Will Smith & Son Play a Hunger Game
What do you give the movie star’s son who has everything? The lead role in a $130-million sci-fi epic that never soars.
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
All Is Lost: Robert Redford Is Our Man
J.C. Chandor’s new film stocks its 105 minutes with enough seafaring challenges and adventure to keep mainstream audiences fascinated
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