It’s hard to imagine that the title didn’t deter people from seeing the film. Just imagine talking to a significant other or a group of friends and suggesting that you should all “check out A Good Old Fashioned Orgy.” Perhaps you could strengthen your chances of being called a deviant if you inform you parents that you […]

 

 

Tyler Perry + Drag > Tyler Perry + Handgun

 

 

Two rival professors in Talmudic studies come to grips with their academic desires as well as the confrontation that looms within their own personal histories.

 

 

Burton and Depp are coming closer to eradicating the tent-pole film machine known as Disney, but they’re not there yet.

 

 

Even though it ends with a saccharine, fortuitous, foreseeable ending, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is an endearing and frightening journey for our cast of British retirees. The cash is accomplished and equates to a super group of out-of-retirement seventies rockers. (Think Mick Jagger, Janis Joplin, Grace Slick, and Robert Page on stage together.) Unfortunately, the allure […]

 

 

In for some Liam Neeson kicking Turkish ass? Check out Taken 2 — guaranteed to be more like Taken than the first Taken. In the mood for something morbid but funny? Frankenweenie opens this weekend — hopefully to defy the Burton / Disney dynamic that has disappointed as of late. Interested in Zac Efron and pee? You will need to deal with […]

 

 

This week’s releases include trouble with time travel, a melodrama whose marketability is being aided by the Chicago teachers’ strike, and animated fart jokes.

 

 

Daniel Day Lewis and Phillip Seymour Hoffman are arguably the two best actors in Hollywood right now. We discuss their merits.

 

 

Designated by chatter as an exploration of Scientology, The Master defies categorization and offers a beautiful film featuring a war veteran caught in the midst of private turmoils.

 

 

This week’s releases include a reboot, a Jennifer Lawrence horror movie that will feel like a few other thrillers, and a hard-to-decipher Clint Eastwood film.