All articles by Joe Lozito

Talk about an impossible mission: Tom Cruise plays a German WWII Colonel with plans to assassinate Hitler in this distractingly anachronistic fact-based tale from Bryan Singer.

Relentlessly sentimental tearjerker succeeds solely on the charm of its stars on two and four legs.

Frank Miller’s stiff adaptation of the Will Eisner comic book character feels more like a pet project, full of gee-whiz visuals but lacking a certain, well, spirit.

Affected, overwrought misstep from director Sam Mendes tracks the brutal disintegration of a 50s-era suburban couple in high style and higher melodrama.

Unusual animated fable – about a courageous mouse that saves a kingdom – suffers from an over-abundance of story but has its heart in the right place.

David Fincher’s wildly overlong adaptation of the F. Scott Fitzgerald short story misses a key point from its source material: the story should be a short one.

A young boy in post-war Germany has a torrid affair with an older woman, only to find out years later that she’s a Nazi war criminal, in director Stephen Daldry’s overwrought adaptation of the Bernhard Schlink novel.

Darren Aronofsky’s most personal film in years is a small character study, featuring a ferocious, career-capping performance by Mickey Rourke.