All Movies
- '42' is a dull treatment of Jackie Robinson's story
'42' emphasizes Robinson's ordeal in baseball to the exclusion of everything else in his life.
- 'The Angels' Share' is an odd mix of frivolous and socially conscious
'Angels' follows a group of Glasgow toughs who try to pull off a robbery of high-end whiskey.
- 'Django Unchained' pulled from Chinese theaters: Did it run afoul of censors?
'Django Unchained' was taken out of Chinese theaters on its opening day. The importer said it was not screened because of a technical issue, but some speculate that Chinese censors may have objected to some scenes in the film.
- 'Trance' tries to fit into too many genres
'Trance' tries to appeal to every audience member, but the effect is more alienating than enjoyable.
- 'Room 237' examines possible hidden meanings in 'The Shining'
The theories set forth by 'Shining' fans seem like gobbledygook, but the movie draws you in.
- 'Evil Dead' should please fans of the original and newbies
'Evil Dead' has high production values and nonstop action. 'Evil Dead' stars Jane Levy.
- 'The Company You Keep' never quite figures out what it wants to be
'Company,' directed by and starring Robert Redford, is equally preachy and melodramatic.
- Roger Ebert dies, leaves legacy as groundbreaking movie critic
Roger Ebert dies: He started as the film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times in 1967. Roger Ebert won a Pulitzer Prize for criticism, the first movie reviewer to do so.
- Kate Hudson gives advice to teen girls at leadership forum
Kate Hudson spoke to teenage girls at the ANNpower Leadership Forum, a program which features female speakers from the worlds of business, entertainment and nonprofit. Kate Hudson told forum attendees to take risks and trust their own talent.
- 'From Up on Poppy Hill,' an animated film by Miyazaki's son Goro, is a must-see
'From Up on Poppy Hill,' which follows the romance between a lonely teenager and her dashing classmate, is the exception in an industry where family entertainment is often bland.
- 'Renoir' explores the final chapter in the life of the Impressionist
The central romance is sketchy, but the cinematography makes 'Renoir' beautiful to look at.
- 'Reality' examines the dangers of celebrity worship
'Reality' has some loose ends, but actor Aniello Arena as protagonist Luciano is a live-wire presence.
- Tina Fey and Paul Rudd star in 'Admission'
Tina Fey is sharply funny on TV and on the page, but she and Rudd are working with hackneyed material in 'Admission.'
- Kate Winslet joins YA adaptation movie 'Divergent'
Kate Winslet will play the leader of a scholarly people known as the Erudite in the new movie, according to the film's studio Summit Entertainment. Kate Winslet recently appeared in the movie 'Contagion' and starred in the miniseries 'Mildred Pierce.'
- 'Gimme the Loot' mines class, race and friendship
'Gimme the Loot' writer-director Adam Leon has a marvelous eye for blending staged dramatic sequences into documentary settings, which lets his actors work up their distinctive rhythms.
- Veronica Mars movie fund-raiser passes $1 million mark in four hours
Veronica Mars, a TV teenage detective, could be back as a movie. A Kickstarter Veronica Mars fund-raising effort is setting records and aims to collect $2 million by April 12.
- 'War Witch' brings the plight of an African child soldier to horrifying life
The magical realism tropes in 'Witch' are clunky, but the audience identifies completely with the film's protagonist, Komona.
- 'Beyond the Hills' follows two women's broken relationship
'Beyond,' a movie by Romanian director Cristian Mungiu, is at times unnecessarily repetitive.
- 'Oz The Great and Powerful' is less than magical
'Oz The Great and Powerful'' features an affable James Franco and radiant Michelle Williams, but its Wizard-origin story drags.
- A reel cinema's digital divide
Historic theaters are trying out various strategies to raise funds for a conversion to digital projectors.