In Angelina Jolie’s respectful and more than respectable directorial debut, the grimly immersive In the Land of Blood and Honey, a woman ends up in a Serbian rape camp overseen by a man she had a fleeting romance with on the …
Reviews
Brace Yourselves for Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Child star Thomas Horn is so good, Stephen Daldry’s weepfest nearly overcomes its Unbearable Cuteness
James Blake Is As Crazy As Ever On His New EP
The British producer-turned-musician is making some of the catchiest, most difficult music in recent memory.
Fincher’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Thanks Very Much, but You Really Didn’t Have To
This Hollywood adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s creepy best seller, already made into a pretty fine Swedish movie, is slick, grisly and unnecessary
Music Monday: Common Dreams Big
The Chicago rapper’s ninth studio album, The Dreamer/The Believer, pings back and forth between dirty and uplifting.
Mission: Impossible 4: Cruise Control
With Pixar’s Brad Bird at the helm of this bustling live-action feature, the aging Tom Terrific tries to restore the covenant between a star and his fans
Alvin and the Chipmunks, or The Burdens of Parenthood
Every parent sacrifices: hours logged at cold skating rinks, wet soccer fields, airless American Girl stores. And that’s the stuff that comes after toilet training. Then there are the movies targeted at children too young to …
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows: Frenzied With Benefits
Guy Ritchie sends Robert Downey, Jr., and Jude Law on another chase-filled case; but this sequel is no equal to the savory 2009 original
Polanski’s Carnage: When Talk Turns Toxic
“We’re all decent people, all four of us.” Michael Longstreet (John C. Reilly) says to his wife and their two new friends in Roman Polanski’s Carnage. At that moment, viewers know they’re being fed an unintended-irony pill. It …
Tinker Tailor is Worth Spying
How do you know a colleague has been sleeping with your wife? In Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, George Smiley (Gary Oldman) drops his eyes to the floor of his living room and lets them travel under a table, where the culprit’s feet …
Madonna’s W.E.: The Woman She Loves
The singer-director opens her heart to that material girl of the ’30s, Wallis Simpson, in a mix-tape of history and fantasy that not many fans will cherish
Young Adult: Charlize Theron Finds Life After High School
Diablo Cody and Jason Reitman, the writer and director of Juno, respectively, reteam for the wayward tale of a prom queen who never grew up
Anything Can Happen on New Year’s Eve—Except That Not Much Does
After an illustrious career celebrating princesses and prostitutes in film, 77 year-old director Garry Marshall has settled into a sort of Happy Days redux phase focused on holiday pictures. First Valentine’s Day in 2010 and …