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'The Iceman' Review: Michael Shannon Shines as Family Man, Mob Killer

May 2, 2013 By Leah Rozen 6 weeks ago

Winona Ryder, Ray Liotta add to compelling look at real-life hitman Richard Kuklinski

  

'Quartet' Review: Dustin Hoffman's Slight, but Appealing Look at Aging

December 6, 2012 By Leah Rozen 27 weeks ago

Maggie Smith stars in "Quartet," Dustin Hoffman's directorial debut, set in an old folks home for retired musicians

  

Team Guy Fieri Comes to the Defense, Skewers NY Times Food Critic

November 16, 2012 By Greg Gilman 30 weeks ago

Pete Wells' scathing review receives backlash from a number of notable tweets and publications.

  

'Anna Karenina' Review: Lavish Film Gets Lost With Old, Decaying Staging

November 15, 2012 By Leah Rozen 30 weeks ago

Keira Knightly delivers impressively in director Joe Wright's version of "Anna Karenina" 

  

Ouch! Guy Fieri Flambéed in NY Times Restaurant Review

November 14, 2012 By Brent Lang 31 weeks ago

Guy Fieri's Time Square restaurant is given a devasting smack down

  

'Revolution' Review: Built on Good Ideas but Needs Big Personalities

September 17, 2012 By Tim Molloy 39 weeks ago

Drama about a world without energy premieres tonight to big expectations

  

'Breaking Bad' Review: The More Things Change...

July 13, 2012 By Tim Molloy 48 weeks ago

With season 5 premiere, the only sure thing is quality

  

'Anger Management' Review: Forget 'Winning' - Charlie Sheen Is Barely Even Trying

June 26, 2012 By Tim Molloy 51 weeks ago

Charlie Sheen's stress levels are just fine, thanks to ambition-free FX sitcom

  

Cannes Review: Alain Resnais' 'You Ain't Seen Nothing' Melds Theater, Cinema

May 21, 2012 By Sasha Stone 1 year ago

Alain Resnais' ‘You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet‘ offers the notion that film and theater are one and the same

  

'Lockout': Prison Thriller Looks Cool But Plot's a Waste of Space

April 12, 2012 By Leah Rozen 1 year ago

Guy Pearce powers "Lockout," a prison-hostage thriller directed by Luc Besson. Setting it in space doesn't make the plot feel any less familiar

  

'Wrath of the Titans' Review: Release the Crappy Sequel!

March 29, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 1 year ago

Sure, “Wrath of the Titans” may improve on the awful converted-3D original -- but it's far less compelling than almost anything you can pop into your X-Box these days

  

Netflix's 'Lilyhammer' and Hulu's 'Battleground' Rely Too Heavily on Tried and True

February 14, 2012 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

Review: The two web services are taking on traditional television, but HBO and Showtime have little to fear in "Battleground" and "Lilyhammer"

  

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

February 7, 2012 By Chris Willman 1 year ago

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

  

Roger Ebert's 'Life Itself' Is Warm-Hearted, But What About the Movies?

October 9, 2011 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

Book review: The famous critic expertly recounts his boyhood, marriage and illness, but his memoir shines when it sticks to film-going

  

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

September 30, 2011 By Leah Rozen 1 year ago

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

  

'X Factor': Great, If You Like Watching Desperate People Play the Lottery (Review)

September 21, 2011 By Tim Molloy 1 year ago

Cruel knockoff of "American Idol" looks for drama in contestants' financial straits

  

Review: Hugh Laurie Delivers Enjoyable -- If Limited -- Debut Album

September 6, 2011 By Chris Willman 1 year ago

The "House" actor is hardly a Dr. John or Irma Thomas, as a jazzy-blues singer -- but bringing them on for prominent guest spots ups the good will on an enjoyable vanity project

  

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

August 18, 2011 By Leah Rozen 1 year 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

  

'Glee: 3D Concert Movie': Songs for Gleeks, Cleavage for Straight Guys

August 11, 2011 By Alonso Duralde 1 year ago

Review: The film reminds us that, News Corp. product-pushing aside, the hit show’s up-with-the-underdog message resonates with its fan base

  

The New York Times Pans 'Page One'

June 16, 2011 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

Guest critic Michael Kinsley calls the Andrew Rossi documentary about the paper's survival, "a mess"

  

Review: 'Hangover Part II' -- New City, Same Old Funny Story

May 25, 2011 By Leah Rozen 2 years ago

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. That must have been the mantra when making this near identical twin to the original 2009 blockbuster comedy

  

'Pirates 4' Suffers From a Bad Case of Sequelitis

May 19, 2011 By Leah Rozen 2 years ago

As it is with lot of follow-ups, the decision to make this movie was made based on economic imperative, rather than artistic impulses. And it shows

  

'Arthur': Russell Brand Can't Match Dudley Moore's Puckish Charm

April 7, 2011 By Leah Rozen 2 years ago

Will the comedy remake about a supposedly lovable, perpetually soused millionaire make the rat’s-nest-coiffed Brit comic an even bigger star? Not bloody likely

  

David Schwimmer's 'Trust': A Garden-Variety Family-in-Crisis Film

April 4, 2011 By Jordan Riefe 2 years ago

The former "Friends" star understands acting and actors and knows how to get the most from them. What he doesn’t seem to understand is filmmaking

  

'Rubber': The Film That Could Make Quentin Dupieux the Next Michel Gondry

April 3, 2011 By Jordan Riefe 2 years ago

The homage-filled horror movie about a demon radial is not just an intellectually-compelling comedy, but a purely visual narrative that careens through genre-movie conventions

  

It's the Audience That Gets Sucker Punched in the Dreadful 'Sucker Punch'

March 31, 2011 By Michael Lee 2 years ago

Main characters aren’t like batteries or light bulbs that you can swap out

  
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