All articles by Joe Lozito

A soap opera with strong performances by Michael Caine and Tobey Maguire. The screenplay, adapted by John Irving from his novel, mostly goes through the emotions.

Writer-director Andrew Dominik’s adaptation of the life and times of notorious Aussie psychopath Mark Brandon “Chopper” Read is fascinating thanks to the unnervingly visceral performance by Eric Bana as the title.

The ‘Toy Story’ formula is applied to poultry with magical results, thanks to the animated genius of Nick Park and Peter Lord.

Veteran stage choreographer Rob Marshall’s big screen rendition of Bob Fosse’s tribute to the media circus of the 1920s may not reinvent the musical genre, but it’s a good old-fashioned Hollywood show.

Well, at least the title is apt – this aggravatingly incoherent series of subpar music videos did make me want to see someone fully throttled.

An Mtv-style make-over removes none of the cheese from the perennial 70s favorite. It also adds no plot or substance.

Surprisingly effective thriller, from the people who brought you the equally techno-centric, but less interesting, “Phone Booth”, is propelled by a non-stop script and solid performances from the entire cast.

A beautiful production design can’t fill the gaps in a routine serial killer story that borrows from everything from ‘Silence of the Lambs’ to ‘The Matrix’ – but in a really pretty way.

Halle Berry is surrounded by torn black leather, an insultingly awful script and a plot purr-loined from a thousand other superhero movies. I’m pretty sure an actual cat could have made a better film.

Delightful Austrailian little-man-versus-the-government comedy with a wonderfully quirky script and fine performances all around.