Four Christmases Review
In spite of the great casting, this is one gift that you’ll want to return.
In spite of the great casting, this is one gift that you’ll want to return.
Surprisingly gripping little movie about a drifter in a small Oregon town looking for her lost pooch, features Michelle Williams in a raw nerve of a performance.
Frank Martin is back with his baleful stare, perfect abs, fists of fury and his lightning fast black car. Zoom, zoom.
Low-budget Spanish thriller about a guy that stumbles hours into the past and winds up trying to correct his last few mistakes can’t survive its contrived plot contortions, non-characters, or “well, duh” obviousness.
If you see one vampire movie this season, it shouldn’t be the one you’re probably thinking of. It should be this quietly beautiful, fiendishly gripping Swedish import which is likely to stay with you longer than your average teen romance novel.
Childhood innocence clashes with the harsh realities of life, war, and friendship in this very original, instant classic.
Talented pros in front of and behind the camera team up to give us a mind-numbingly dull look inside a French family’s holiday get-together.
A derivative, but beautifully animated action-adventure tale with a Pixar pedigree.
Baz Luhrmann’s epic story of love and adventure isn’t quite the classic it hopes to be, but it paints a vivid portrait of the titular continent on the brink of World War II.
Stephenie Meyer’s lovesick vampire tale provides more than enough passion and slashin’ to sink your teeth into.
| ★★★★★ | Perfection |
| ★★★★☆ | Outstanding |
| ★★★☆★☆ | Excellent |
| ★★★☆☆ | Very good |
| ★★☆★☆☆ | Good |
| ★★☆☆☆ | OK |
| ★☆★☆☆☆ | Pretty Bad |
| ★☆☆☆☆ | Poor |
| ☆★☆☆☆☆ | Blech! |
| No Stars | Fail! |