Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson and Anthony Mackie are the crackpot kidnappers in this frenetic crime comedy
Review
The Reluctant Fundamentalist: How a Nice Islamic Guy Got Mixed Up in Terrorism
In Mira Nair’s thoughtful melodrama, an immigrant to the U.S. feels the lure of jihadism
Tom Cruise in Oblivion: Drones and Clones on Planet Earth
One of Hollywood’s last stars wins battles against enemy spacecraft, but he can’t infuse this artsy sci-fi film with emotional vitality
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.
Terrence Malick’s To the Wonder: A Gush of Cosmic Rapture
Mysterious and mystifying, the new Malick film offers cinematic rewards well worth sampling
Danny Boyle’s Trance: You Are Getting Very Creepy
The director of ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ and ‘127 Hours’ takes a vacation from uplift and delivers a twisty, sexy neo-noir
Jurassic Park 3D: Excitement and Extinction
Looking great, Spielberg’s dinosaur-zoo thriller is back in theaters—while they last
The Company You Keep: If Redford, Sarandon and Christie Had Been ’60s Radicals
Veteran stars give a wintry glow to this portrait of old rebels who may have outgrown their cause
G.I. Joe Retaliation: Make That Redemption
Dwayne Johnson takes the baton from Channing Tatum in a whirling sequel that’s much better than the original
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’
The Croods: A Post-Modern Stone Age Family
The encounter of a Neanderthal family and the boy who invented fire teaches a life lessons: Dads need to evolve
Admission: Grating on a Curve
The rom-com fails as romance and comedy, but Tina Fey gives it the old college try