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In ‘Safe House,’ the Cars and the Guns Get the Best Lines

February 9, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 3 hours ago

Review: When the tires stop screeching and the people start talking, the new Denzel Washington-Ryan Reynolds thriller "Safe House" gets substantially less thrilling

Van Halen Gets a Fun 'Jump'-Start With First Roth-Fronted Album in 28 Years

February 9, 2012 By Chris Willman 6 hours ago

With Diamond Dave back in comedic-showman tow, 'A Different Kind of Truth' is good enough to make you forget Sammy Hagar and Gary Cherone ever happened

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

February 9, 2012 By Leah Rozen 8 hours ago

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

‘Journey 2’: Where Else Are You Going to See Michael Caine Riding a Giant Bumblebee?

February 8, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 1 day ago

There’s nothing to hate about 3D family adventure "Journey 2: The Mysterious Island" starring Dwayne Johnson — but not all that much to like, either

Paul McCartney's 'Kisses' a Valentine's Day Treat

February 7, 2012 By Chris Willman 2 days ago

Key collaborator Diana Krall helps keep Paul McCartney's album of pre-rock standards sweet ... and, unlike Rod Stewart's, subtle

'The Woman in Black' Delivers Scares in Abundance

February 3, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 6 days ago

Daniel Radcliffe brings a haunted gravitas to his first post-“Harry Potter” screen performance

Madonna Pre-Super Bowl Video Gets Some Cred From NFL, Nicki Minaj, M.I.A.

February 3, 2012 By Chris Willman 6 days ago

VIDEOS: Madonna hires her own celebrity cheerleaders in a ridiculous but infectious new video for "Give Me All Your Luvin'"

‘The Innkeepers’: Chills and Chuckles Share a Room

February 2, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 1 week ago

Director Ti West’s follow-up to “House of the Dead” starts out like a slacker comedy before exploring the scary secrets of a haunted hotel

Exciting 'Chronicle' Could Have Skipped the Gimmicks

February 2, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 1 week ago

Clever teen sci-fi-action epic "Chronicle" suffers from the recent glut of first-person-camera movies

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

February 2, 2012 By Leah Rozen 1 week 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: Leonard Cohen Has Some New 'Old Ideas' -- Hallelujah!

January 31, 2012 By Chris Willman 1 week ago

77-year-old poet laureate Leonard Cohen merits hosannas for his warmest and best album in 20 years

Review: Lana Del Rey, the Anti-Adele, Gets Icy in 'Born to Die'

January 30, 2012 By Chris Willman 1 week ago

Lana Del Rey's coolly jaded album is neither as good as the "Video Games" single or as terrible as the controversial newcomer's "SNL" appearance

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

January 27, 2012 By Leah Rozen 1 week 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: ‘Declaration of War’ Takes an Upbeat Look at a Dour Subject

January 26, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 2 weeks ago

Surviving on humor and resilience when your child is diagnosed with cancer — and also when you make a movie about it

Review: 'The Grey' More Than Just 'Taken' With Wolves

January 26, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 2 weeks ago

Liam Neeson takes on the tundra in a movie that’s more ambitious than the average man vs. nature thriller

Review: 'Man on a Ledge' Teeters on the Edge of Silliness

January 25, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 2 weeks ago

Sam Worthington stars in a familiar thriller that winds up relying too heavily on clumsy plotting

Review: Tim McGraw's 'Emotional Traffic' Is Serious and Silly

January 24, 2012 By Chris Willman 2 weeks ago

The uneven album, once the center of legal battle between the singer and his label Curb Records, hints at greatness and settles for affability

Review: Craig Finn's 'Clear Heart' Holds Steady With Superior Songwriting

January 24, 2012 By Chris Willman 2 weeks ago

Craig Finn's first album under his own name strips away the raucousness to reveal the haunted quality that's always been there

Review: Ain't Soderbergh's 'Haywire' a Kick in the Head!

January 19, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 3 weeks ago

MMA fighter Gina Carano may not be the greatest actress, but her fighting skills make a definite impression

Review: Springsteen Does Another Political Fakeout With 'We Take Care of Our Own'

January 19, 2012 By Chris Willman 3 weeks ago

If you loved "Born in the USA" -- for the right or wrong reasons -- you'll hear anguished echoes in Bruce's new single, from his new album due March 6

Review: George Lucas-Produced 'Red Tails' Crashes and Burns

January 19, 2012 By Leah Rozen 3 weeks ago

The story of the Tuskegee airmen and the hurdles they encountered is certainly one worth putting up on the big screen -- sadly, this isn't it

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

January 19, 2012 By Leah Rozen 3 weeks ago

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

'Pina': A Kinetic Snapshot of a Brilliant Career -- in 3D

January 13, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 3 weeks ago

Wim Wenders’ 3D documentary captures the kinetic, poetic power of Pina Bausch’s extraordinary choreography

Review: Squirm-Worthy 'The Divide' a Contemporary Lord of the Flies

January 12, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 4 weeks ago

It’s the end of the world as we know it, and these shelter-dwelling New Yorkers are ready to kill each other

Review: A Most Displeasing 'Joyful Noise'

January 12, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 4 weeks ago

Dolly Parton and Queen Latifah team up for a catastrophic and painfully choppy gospel-flavored comedy

Review: ‘Norwegian Wood’ Gorgeous and Heartbreaking

January 6, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 4 weeks ago

Haruki Murakami’s international bestseller becomes a soaring, intimate screen tale of love and loss

Review: In Stupid 'Devil Inside,' Beelzebub Is the New Cooties

January 6, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 4 weeks ago

Another January, another half-baked exercise in exorcism

Review: 'Roadie' Serves Up Lukewarm Indie Leftovers

January 5, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 5 weeks ago

Ron Eldard tries valiantly to breathe life into a trite character and a script with all the depth of “test…one-two, one-two”

Review: 'Beneath the Darkness' a Thriller Beneath the Abilities of Dennis Quaid

January 5, 2012 By Leah Rozen 5 weeks ago

It's neither scary, suspenseful nor bloody, but it does try -- unsuccessfully -- to inject profundity into the genre

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

December 29, 2011 By Leah Rozen 6 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: 'Pariah's' a Gay Coming-of-Age Story That's Come of Age

December 27, 2011 By Alonso Duralde 6 weeks ago

Writer-director Dee Rees’ assured debut shows what life is like for a lesbian teen before It Gets Better

Review: 'Darkest Hour' Shows Just How Dimwitted Alien Prey Can Be

December 27, 2011 By Alonso Duralde 6 weeks ago

Moronic sci-fi flick casts appealing actors, led by Emile Hirsch, as the most empty-headed survivors imaginable of an alien invasion