A new documentary about Ginger Baker reveals him as a genius and the opposite of a gentleman. Probably not a combo Andre 3000 would aspire to.

 

 

Audiard constructs a sonically primal world, in which the characters live out the primary theme: men are beasts and women tame the beast – although, in the end, the film seems to say that the most pleasing specimens have a little of both the beast and the tamer in them

 

 

If you’re looking for a fun ride that’s better directed than written and promises to provide its audience with witch-splattering, head-crushing, body-exploding badassery, then Hansel and Gretel Witch Hunters is your ticket. It’s as good as you’d expect, but not necessarily as bad as you figure it would be. The acting is palatable and visuals are adequate, […]

 

 

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Looper — More Issues in Time Travel

Looper has a great premise with some fine performances — but loses its way when in the time-travel paradox.

 

 

Given the cast, Broken City offers promise in an otherwise gloomy crop of January films. Russell Crowe is steady and convincing as the forceful, at-times corrupt New York City mayor Nick Hostetler, whose third term-election hinges on whether or not his citizens believe that he purchased Bolton Village to offer continuous low-income housing to its residents as […]

 

 

So, when is the criticism toward The Canyons going to be aimed at Bret Easton Ellis?

 

 

Despite the fact that she has the IRS breathing down her neck, her recent film The Canyons has been rejected by Sundance, and she’s an all-around pain the ass to work with (according to this in-depth yet rather damaging article in the New York Times), Lindsay Lohan has turned down an offer to join the cast of […]

 

 

Some thoughts behind the paltry performance of The Last Stand.

 

 

Gangster Squad isn’t sure if it’s a cartoon, a biopic, docudrama, or noir-style film.

 

 

The most apparent problem in Oblivion is its sloppiness.