All articles by Joe Lozito

Wistful tale of a small-town waitress in a loveless marriage with a bun (and a pie) in the oven is more sweet than saccharine thanks to a smart script and solid performances.

Achingly sincere study of a man who leaves Los Angeles to care for his ailing grandmother in suburban Michigan only to – wouldn’t you know it? – find himself, features strong performances but never reaches the depths to which is aspires.

Director Edgar Wright cements his reputation as a master parodist with this classic send-up of bombastic Hollywood cop movies.

Incoherent mess about the ten biblical plagues afflicting a small Louisiana town marks another poor post-Oscar choice for Hilary Swank who deserves – and should know – better.

The Robert Rodriguez/Quentin Tarantino three-hour tribute to the exploitation films of their youth is undeniably fun, but it’s as choppy and uneven as the films it reveres.

Engaging story of a troubled young man (Joseph Gordon-Levitt, in a riveting performance) trying to piece together his life in the aftermath of a tragic car crash.

Will Ferrell’s latest goofy mainstream comedy is set in the world of competitive figure skating. You can pretty much guess the rest.

The most ironic part of Lasse Hallström’s perfectly crafted tale – based on the true story of a man who nearly published an entirely fictitious autobiography of Howard Hughes – is how completely believable it all is.

Writer-director Mike Binder’s well-meaning but overlong study of a man coping with loss in the wake of 9/11 collapses under the weight of its own good intentions.