Das Leben der Anderen (2006) ***/*****

I can’t believe that this movie was made by the same guy who did The Tourist. I can’t think…

The Top Ten Films of 2007

What do I remember about 2007? I think that I graduated from college that year, but I’m not completely certain…

Short Round: Elizabethtown (2005) */*****

I remember hearing over and over again how bad this was when it first came out. The…

Scream 4 (2011) **/*****

When the original Scream was released in 1996 it was put out into a world that was, for the moment, done with…

Short Round: Das Leben der Anderen (2006) ***/*****

Short Round: Ichi the Killer (2001) ***/*****

Ichi has a few interesting ideas, some good performances, and director Takashi…

Source Code (2011) ****/*****

I heard a lot of film writers describe Duncan Jones’ debut Moon as being “hard science fiction”. What that…

Love and Other Drugs (2010) **/*****

It takes a special actor to convincingly play the…

Four Lions (2010) ***/*****

The final moment is strong, but the rest of the film isn’t as bitingly satirical as the premise would suggest…

Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008) ***/*****

Killer Instinct sometimes works and sometimes doesn’t. There are a couple scenes that…