Frances Ha
Poor Frances. At the ripe old age of 27, nothing in her life is going right. Her boyfriend wants her to move in, but she can't run out on her…
Ca$h
Two of my favorite Frenchmen are in this movie: Jean Dujardin and Jean Reno. And it just proves that The Artist was not a fluke. The camera does love Jean…
Ginger & Rosa
It may be called Ginger & Rosa, but it is Elle Fannings's movie. She plays Ginger, a 16-year-old in London in 1962 whose entire world is in a precarious position…
Safety Not Guaranteed
Sometimes not knowing what you're getting into can be a great thing. Indie films are perfect for that since they haven't usually been hyped and marketed to death. And though…
Olympus Has Fallen
Olympus has Fallen is the movie that the producers of 24 probably wanted to make, eventually, and that a Die Hard 6 may aspire to be, someday. But Jack Bauer…
Safe Haven
I’m an easy sell when it comes to cinematic sap. So I had my tissues at the ready for the latest Nicholas Sparks novel-turned-romantic-drama. But alas, not a single tear…
Barbara
East Germany in 1980 really must have been a dystopian hell on earth. In the film Barbara, a doctor is exiled from Berlin for a minor offense and forced to…
Rust and Bone (De rouille et d’os )
Rust and Bone opens with a man and a little boy hitchhiking, then on a train scavenging food from left-behind scraps. This is Ali (Matthias Schoenaerts) and his young son…
Anna Karenina
If ever there were a Chick Flick shoo in, this should be it. A tragic heroine foolishly throwing off her shackles for a forbidden love, and all wrapped up in…
Life of Pi
I was a big fan of the book Life of Pi, so I was very skeptical when I heard they were making a movie of it. The story of a…
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part Two
I read all the books, okay?? So yeah – I absolutely had to see this thing through to the end. So there! I did it! I watched, and survived, all…
The Details
The Details is opening under the radar, and I think for good reason. It tries really hard to be a dark comedy, but doesn't really get either part of that…