Immortals (2011) ***/*****

If I’m being honest, I can’t say that I was very much looking forward to watching Immortals as I was entering…

Short Round: Gambit (1966) ****/*****

If you’re in the mood for an unassuming but fun caper movie full of good actors and memorable…

A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas (2011) **/*****

The Descendants (2011) ****/*****

I wasn’t so sure how I was going to feel about The Descendants after the first few minutes…

Short Round: The Skin I Live In (2011) ****/*****

Into the Abyss (2011) ****/*****

If you’ve seen a Werner Herzog documentary before, then you should pretty much know what to expect…

Short Round: Shadows and Fog (1991) ***/*****

Up until I saw and loved this year’s Midnight in Paris I always thought I had a…

Le Havre (2011) ****/*****

The story that director Aki Kaurismäki tells in his latest film Le Havre is very simple. A shoe shine man living…

The Muppets (2011) ****/*****

Jim Henson’s legendary creations, the Muppets, were crafted from one part felt, one part google-eyes, and…

Hugo (2011) ***/*****

Hugo’s opening goes on for quite a while without giving us any dialogue at all. Most of the first fifteen minutes is…

Jack and Jill (2011) **/*****

Adam Sandler’s movies have become increasingly less palatable over time, especially most recently, for a…

Short Round: Target Practice (2008) **/*****

Target Practice is a movie about a group of buddies who go out into the woods and…

Short Round: Rabbit Hole (2010) ***/*****

It seems that Rabbit Hole mostly exists to be an honest look at what people really…

The Rum Diary (2011) ***/*****

Upon meeting a comely young woman out in the moonlit ocean while drifting aimlessly in a paddle boat…