Cassandra’s Dream
The latest London-based Woody Allen movie is marked by Colin Farrell’s best performance in years, and a sluggish, predictable script that covers some familiar crimes and misdemeanors.
The latest London-based Woody Allen movie is marked by Colin Farrell’s best performance in years, and a sluggish, predictable script that covers some familiar crimes and misdemeanors.
Pleasantly spooky debut from director Juan Antonio Bayona proves that even the oldest horror movie clich??s are still effective in the right hands.
Mike Nichols’ cheeky film about the Texas Congressman who helped fund the Afghan army tells one side of an important story. And it tells it well, thanks to an A-list cast and Aaron Sorkin’s typically zingy script.
Paul Thomas Anderson’s overlong Upton Sinclair adaptation is nearly worth seeing solely for Daniel Day-Lewis’s unforgettable performance. Nearly.
Superlative fright-fest featuring Will Smith at the top of his game as the last human survivor in a Manhattan full of night-dwelling mutants.
Raunchy, often hysterical parody of overplayed musical biopics ironically sags just when its targets do but hits several right notes thanks to the sturdy presence of John C. Reilly as a none-too-subtle riff on the Man in Black.
Writer-director Chris Weitz winnows down Philip Pullman’s dense, unwieldy universe into a zippy, if not entirely thrilling, two hours.
Frank Langella is superb in this modest, awkwardly-titled indie about an aging writer and the grad student researching him.
In a perfect match of director and subject, artist Julian Schnabel adapts the memoir by late "Elle" editor Jean-Dominique Bauby into a compelling and intense look at one man’s experience with locked-in syndrome.
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| ★★★★★ | Perfection |
| ★★★★☆ | Outstanding |
| ★★★☆★☆ | Excellent |
| ★★★☆☆ | Very good |
| ★★☆★☆☆ | Good |
| ★★☆☆☆ | OK |
| ★☆★☆☆☆ | Pretty Bad |
| ★☆☆☆☆ | Poor |
| ☆★☆☆☆☆ | Blech! |
| No Stars | Fail! |