2010 is old news. Here are ten to watch out for in 2011.
By Chuck Wilson,
December 23, 2010
Since we're a heartbeat away from being sick-to-death of this month's crop of Oscar-seeking masterpieces, we've decided to cast a quick glance... More>>
How therapy saved the monarchy in The King's Speech.
By J. Hoberman,
December 23, 2010
A picnic for Anglophiles, not to mention a prospective Oscar bonanza for the brothers Weinstein, The King's Speech is a well-wrought, enjoyably... More>>
Blissing out on the 3-D, CGI'd, totally incomprehensible head trip of Tron: Legacy.
By J. Hoberman,
December 16, 2010
Jeff Bridges is God and, as image-captured from the original 1982 Tron, he's also the devil in Disney's megamillion-dollar reboot, Tron: Legacy.... More>>
A massive project, taken up lightly by Disney in the giddy post-Lord of the Rings atmosphere and dropped upon failing to return the requisite... More>>
The Company Men takes pity on the emasculated executive.
By Karina Longworth,
December 09, 2010
Tracking the parallel trajectories of three employees laid off from cushy corporate jobs at the same Boston-based manufacturing conglomerate, The... More>>
Disney's latest looks and feels great, so why is the studio selling Tangled short?
By Dan Kois,
November 25, 2010
"Great," sighs the wicked witch in Tangled, a CG-animated spin on the Rapunzel story, "now I'm the bad guy." Mother Gothel, the frizzy-haired,... More>>
Other people besides James Franco appear in 127 Hours, but as they're unimportant, they will not be mentioned in this review. Danny Boyle's film... More>>
"What if we choose to exist solely in a reality of our own making?" asks Pittsburgh community-college lit professor John Brennan (Russell Crowe)... More>>
Rachel McAdams is married to her job and loving it in Morning Glory.
By Karina Longworth,
November 11, 2010
In the climax of Morning Glory, Rachel McAdams is dressed in a flesh-colored, diaphanous cocktail dress, its halter top and tight bodice giving... More>>
The little guy saves small-town USA (and its corporate overlords) in Unstoppable.
By Brian Miller,
November 11, 2010
Though based on actual 2001 events in Ohio that caused an unmanned freight train, laden with toxic waste, to go haywire, Unstoppable could just... More>>
Galifianakis steals another Todd Phillips buddy comedy in Due Date.
By Karina Longworth,
November 04, 2010
In Due Date, a skinny, scowly and dryly self-referential Robert Downey Jr. meets a chubby, beardy, quasi-autistic Zach Galifianakis boarding a... More>>
Back for one final, convoluted installment with Stieg Larsson's lady in black.
By Melissa Anderson,
October 28, 2010
When we first see Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) in The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, the final adaptation of Stieg Larsson's "Millennium"... More>>
