State of Play Review
Solid political thriller follows all the precedents of a typical journalist-led whodunit. But with strong performances and a tight script, it still works.
Solid political thriller follows all the precedents of a typical journalist-led whodunit. But with strong performances and a tight script, it still works.
Seth Rogen takes a darkly comic turn as a security guard with delusions of grandeur.
The actors are likable, the songs are catchy, and the story is decent enough to make it a shame that Disney didn’t try a bit harder.
This mildly moving documentary – about the best Canadian metal band you’ve never heard of – is nearly undermined by its own similarity to countless music mockumentaries past.
An unlikely musical set in Paris in 1936 is a seeming failure in every way… so why did I like it so much?
Following in the skid marks of its predecessors, this fourth installment of auto erotica reunites the original cast for one more go around the track.
In this convoluted tale of double crosses, it’s the audience that gets the shaft.
3D can’t pump up a flat “Monsters”.
Writer-director Greg Mottola has managed to map the in-between world of post-adolescence, with all its extreme topography and delicate climates. Adventureland is Hell with a heart.
Nicolas Cage stars as an MIT astrophysicist trying to unravel the supernatural and, against all odds, it actually works.
| ★★★★★ | Perfection |
| ★★★★☆ | Outstanding |
| ★★★☆★☆ | Excellent |
| ★★★☆☆ | Very good |
| ★★☆★☆☆ | Good |
| ★★☆☆☆ | OK |
| ★☆★☆☆☆ | Pretty Bad |
| ★☆☆☆☆ | Poor |
| ☆★☆☆☆☆ | Blech! |
| No Stars | Fail! |