All articles by David Kempler

Documentary set in Wales shows the slow death of a small town and, while artsy, it is far more manipulative than it should be.

Aliens land in a very bad London neighborhood and fare a bit better than I would if I walked down those streets and challenged everyone to a fight.

A restrained Steve Carell is surrounded by a great cast and a good script. The result is possibly his best to date and a romantic comedy that actually works.

Master documentarian Errol Morris regales us with a former Miss Wyoming who may have abducted and raped a Mormon to bring him to his senses. Oh, it’s plenty weird.

Real-life horse whisperer teaches horses, and more importantly humans, the way to behave, never once appearing preachy while doing it.

An experiment to see whether a chimpanzee raised as a human child can learn at an accelerated pace is mostly about a scientist looking to sleep with young students.

A high school lad on the outside looking in makes us all remember what it was like to feel that way, in an understated and delightful film.

French mystery fulfills its goal of pleasantly confusing the hell out of the audience, before yielding mild disappointment at the end.

Woody celebrates Paris and proves that Owen Wilson can act, if given the proper direction. For all the criticism he has endured, Woody shows he can still bring it.

New director attempts to create a film that looks old, that instead only feels old.