Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) ****/*****

Colombiana (2011) **/*****

Just about 90% of the runtime of Colombiana is spent watching lingering shots of star Zoe Saldana’s scantily…

Conan the Barbarian (2011) ***/*****

Conan the Barbarian is a simple, lump of a man. And consequently Conan the Barbarian is a…

Short Round: Valhalla Rising (2009) ***/*****

When I sat down to watch Valhalla Rising I was expecting to get mostly a typical…

Our Idiot Brother (2011) ****/*****

The R rated comedy game often devolves into an arms race of which film can present the most…

Short Round: Fish Tank (2009) ****/*****

Fish Tank is one of those super bleak, supposedly realist movies that detail the…

Short Round: Fright Night (1985) ***/*****

Before it was a 2011 remake, Fright Night already existed as a classic of the vampire…

Short Round: Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011) ***/*****

Short Round: Missing Pieces (2012) ***/*****

Missing Pieces tells two closely entwined but separate stories in a sort of stream…

Short Round: C’era una volta il West (1968) *****/*****