Leah Rozen

'Don't Stop Believin' Review: Rousing 'Journey' Doc Rocks Tribeca

April 24, 2012 By Leah Rozen 4 weeks ago

A little-known cover band frontman from the Philippines lives the dream as Journey's lead singer in a rousing documentary

  

'Lucky One' Review: It's Got Sparks (and a Grown-Up Zac Efron), But No Charm

April 19, 2012 By Leah Rozen 5 weeks ago

Zac Efron's attempt to transition into adult roles continues to fall flat

  

'The Hunter' Review: Willem Dafoe In Search of Elusive Tasmanian Tiger

April 5, 2012 By Leah Rozen 7 weeks ago

"The Hunter," an absorbing Australian drama, sets Willem Dafoe on a cloak-and-dagger mission across scenic Tasmania

  

'Kid With a Bike' Review: Cannes Hit a Heartfelt, Powerful Fairy Tale

March 15, 2012 By Leah Rozen 10 weeks ago

Set in a world of working class hurt, "Bike" won the grand jury prize at last year’s Cannes Film Festival

  

Tim and Eric's Gross 'Billion Dollar Movie' Worth About 15 Cents

March 1, 2012 By Leah Rozen 12 weeks ago

Review: The overworked satire would have been a great video on Funny or Die, but at 93 minutes...

  

'Act of Valor' a Perfect Navy Seals Recruitment Actioner -- But Not Much More

February 23, 2012 By Leah Rozen 13 weeks ago

Indie film with real-life Seals as stars needs a wise-cracking Bruce Willis type

  

'This Means War': Spy vs. Spy Love Triangle Makes Peace With Its Frothiness

February 16, 2012 By Leah Rozen 14 weeks ago

Reese Witherspoon/Tom Hardy/Chris Pine action-romance is totally frothy -- and that’s a good thing

  

'The Vow' Will Stink Up Theaters Even Worse Than a Tub of Buttered Popcorn

February 9, 2012 By Leah Rozen 15 weeks ago

Review: Fans hoping to wallow in the same high-class romantic mush as “The Notebook” will find themselves stuck in deeper, dopier muck

  

'Big Miracle': Feel-Good Whale Tale's Appeal Is No Fluke

February 2, 2012 By Leah Rozen 16 weeks ago

Ken Kwapis' based-on-fact "Big Miracle" has likable characters and is smart enough to stand out from the pack of so-so spring film offerings

  

Review: Katherine Heigl IS Snooki in Flaccid 'One for the Money'

January 27, 2012 By Leah Rozen 17 weeks ago

She plays a Jersey girl with an accent so broad it makes Joe Piscopo’s old “I’m from Jersey” routines on “Saturday Night Live” sound subtle

  

Review: Peter Facinelli's Vanity Project 'Loosies' All Smoke, Little Fire

January 19, 2012 By Leah Rozen 18 weeks ago

Intriguing tale of a Big Apple pickpocket loses it when it comes to romance

  

Review: Meryl Streep's 'Iron Lady' Is Margaret Thatcher as King Lear With a Wink

December 29, 2011 By Leah Rozen 21 weeks ago

The film lacks the eloquence of Shakespeare’s drama about an aging king heading into madness, but it does convey that the passing years spare no one

  

Review: Way Too Many Happy Feet in Penguin Sequel

November 17, 2011 By Leah Rozen 27 weeks ago

“Happy Feet Two” may be set in Antartica, but it's only a lukewarm effort

  

Review: No, Zeus, 'The Immortals' Isn't Supposed to Be a Comedy in Leather

November 10, 2011 By Leah Rozen 28 weeks ago

The movie has about as much to do with actual Greek mythology as Mickey Mouse cartoons do with the study of rodents

  

Review: 'Another Happy Day' = Another Unhappy, Weepy Weddding

November 3, 2011 By Leah Rozen 29 weeks ago

The Altman-esque drama marks a mostly promising debut for director-writer Sam Levinson, son of director Barry Levinson

  

Review: Yo-Ho-Ho, Johnny Depp Phones It In for 'Rum Diary'

October 27, 2011 By Leah Rozen 30 weeks ago

The meandering comic drama is Depp's second film to be based on a work by gonzo journalist and hard drinker Hunter S. Thompson

  

Review: Cage, Kidman's 'Trespass' a Sadistic Trifle

October 13, 2011 By Leah Rozen 32 weeks ago

Think “Panic Room” or “Cape Fear” and then lower your expectations

  

Review: Roman Polanski's 'Carnage'-- Just a Fang-Less 'Virginia Woolf'

September 30, 2011 By Leah Rozen 34 weeks ago

Jodie Foster is the weakest link in the director's adaptation of the Tony-winning play, opening the New York Film Festival

  

Review: Even With Robert De Niro, 'Killer' Isn't So Elite

September 22, 2011 By Leah Rozen 35 weeks ago

Assassination thriller takes promising ingredients -- including an intriguing subplot about the Feather Men -- and then squanders them

  

Review: Sarah Jessica Parker? I Really Don't Care How She Does It

September 15, 2011 By Leah Rozen 36 weeks ago

Oh, look, it’s rich people in beautifully appointed houses and they’re worried that the nanny might not arrive on time -- boo-boo!

  

Review: 'The Debt,' a Taut Thriller Well Worth the Wait, Ushers in Fall Season

August 30, 2011 By Leah Rozen 38 weeks ago

Finally seeing light of day, having gotten lost in the corporate shuffle when Disney sold Miramax, movie is well worth the wait

  

Review: Hallelujah for the Non-Preachy But Spiritual 'Higher Ground'

August 25, 2011 By Leah Rozen 39 weeks ago

Actress and new director Vera Famiga looks at an evangelical Christian community with an open and a (mostly) nonjudgmental eye

  

Review: 'Flypaper' Just Like 'Pulp Fiction' -- But a Decade Too Late

August 18, 2011 By Leah Rozen 40 weeks ago

Written 12 years ago by the "Hangover" team, it's neither clever nor funny enough to make a viewer care.

  

Review: John Sayles Casts His War Net Too Wide in 'Amigo'

August 18, 2011 By Leah Rozen 40 weeks ago

You don’t need a Ph.D in history to see the obvious parallels between the story that Sayles is telling in “Amigo” and more recent American conflicts

  

'Whistleblower': 'Inspired by,' but Not Very Inspired

August 4, 2011 By Leah Rozen 42 weeks ago

With its ballsy heroine who zealously attempts to right injustices and uncover corruption, is in spirit if not overall achievement a throwback to films of the ‘70s and ‘80s like “Norma Rae,” “Silkwood”

  

'Attack the Block': Giant Feral Chia Pets Gone Wild

July 28, 2011 By Leah Rozen 43 weeks ago

British monster mash is equal parts funny and entertaining and even offers some genuine scares

  
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