Reviews
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‘Veronica Mars’ Reviews Agree It Is Kickstarter Money Well Spent
The majority of critics agree the crowdfunded movie is a fun mystery that manages to please its longtime fans, as well as audiences that didn’t watch the CW series
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‘The Single Moms Club’ Review: Moviegoers — and Moms Especially — Deserve Better
Only Tyler Perry can make a movie that’s laughably sexist and racist and still completely dull
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‘Rocky’ Theater Review: Sylvester Stallone’s Boxer Comes Out Swinging and Singing
The problem with the ”Rocky“ musical is that Stallone’s script was pretty sodden even back in 1976
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‘Need for Speed’ Reviews Suggest No Need to Speed to the Theaters to Watch It – If at All
Just another ”idiotic“ video game adaptation, apparently
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‘Enemy’ Review: It’s Jake Gyllenhaal vs. Jake Gyllenhaal for Double the Mystery
Denis Villenueve’s second collaboration with Jake Gyllenhaal feels like a riddle wrapped in an enigma wrapped in an arachnophobe’s worst nightmare
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‘Le Week-End’ Review: Can the City of Lights Save This Marriage?
Jim Broadbent and Lindsay Duncan crackle as a sparring British couple on holiday in this perceptive and witty new dramedy written by Hanif Kureishi
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‘Muppets Most Wanted’ Review: Caper Sequel Proves Second Verse Can Be as Good as the First
Self-aware jokes, absurdist plot twists — and who else would put Danny Trejo and Ray Liotta in musical numbers?
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‘Need for Speed’ Review: Aaron Paul Can’t Get This Vehicle Off the Lot
The miscasting of the ”Breaking Bad“ star is just one of the many problems of this aggressively-idiotic video game adaptation
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‘Veronica Mars’ Ultimate Review: TheWrap’s Movie Critic and Senior TV Writer’s Dual Takes (Video)
Alonso Duralde and Jethro Nededog give their takes on big-screen continuation of the canceled series starring Kristin Bell
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‘Kelly & Cal’ Review: New Mom Juliette Lewis Finds an Unlikely Suburban Soulmate
This SXSW premiere stars Lewis and Jonny Weston as two outcasts who find each other in a sweet, sensitive film that doesn’t settle for easy answers
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‘Bad Words’ Review: Jason Bateman’s Directorial Debut Exhilarates Until It Grates
The ”Arrested Development“ star avoids the trap of easy sentimentality in this spelling-bee comedy, but that leaves us with a movie about an unrepentant jerk whose jibes are more revolting than they are funny
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‘All the Way’ Theater Review: Bryan Cranston Brings His Wildly Funny LBJ to Broadway
Since much of what Cranston says onstage is delivered directly to the audience, it sometimes appears as if he’s auditioning to be a stand-up comic
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‘300: Rise of an Empire’ Reviews: Rallying Audiences for More, or a Bloody Bore?
Eva Green steals every scene she is in, apparently
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‘Mr. Peabody and Sherman’ Review: Amusing Cartoon Might Delight Adults More Than Kids
If only this inconsistent comedy-adventure, based on the classic TV show, were as singularly clever and capable as its canine hero
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‘300: Rise of An Empire’ Review: More of the Same, But Slightly Less
Eva Green stands out in a film that’s otherwise a similar second serving of slo-mo ultraviolence and showy camera work
