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.
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On Wrecking Ball, Springsteen Tries Something New, Ends Up Sounding like Springsteen
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When Bruce Springsteen announced that his new album, Wrecking Ball, …
Carrie Is Back: The Resurrection and the Life
Carrie. Just the name is enough to provoke shivers of fear and anticipation in the bones of any theater buff. In 1988 a musical version of Stephen King’s horror novel (filmed memorably in 1976 by Brian de Palma) opened on …
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.
Can The Magnetic Fields’ New Album Recapture that 69 Love Songs Magic?
Fans have long pined for another record as brilliant as 69 Love Songs. But is that too much to ask? Is there life after the landmark album?
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.
The Cranberries’ Roses Picks Up Where the Band Left Off
It’s been 10 years since the Cranberries released an album. On Roses, the reformed quartet continues to showcase the distinctive Gaelic lilt of vocalist Dolores O’Riordan.
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) …
Paul McCartney’s Kisses on the Bottom: Songs Your Grandparents Should Know
The former Beatle has a great reverence for standards and he does them proud on this very charming album.
A Sondheim Musical Rolls Back to Life
In its revival of the 1981 Merrily We Roll Along, the Encores! series resurrects a famous old flop and gives it a happy ending