‘Pitch Perfect’ hits sour note by striving for being cool than being unique
What this song-filled flick has going for it is a cast that can sing… which they do… again, and again, and again
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‘The Master’ might just be a… ‘master’-piece
Make no mistake, ‘The Master,’ as is to be expected by a work from the leading American auteur of his generation, is as mature and confident a motion picture as you’ll find this year.
Flawed ‘Ted’ reveals Seth MacFarlane’s limits as a storyteller
Ted Seth MacFarlanes foul feature film debut isnt exactly childs play.
‘Magic Mike’ is a bad tease with no payoff
Mike is a stripper roofer and entrepeneur who meets Adam a jobless college dropout living on his sisters sofa. Mike introduces Adam to the world of stripping.
‘Breaking and Entering’
Anthony Minghellas Breaking and Entering is less sprawling than his previous movies but equally ambitious.
‘The Pursuit of Happyness’
The Pursuit of Happyness, Gabriele Muccino’s feel-good winter film, may be cobbled together from the real-life story of Chris Gardner, but the film itself feels a little stale, a San Francisco retread of Kramer vs. Kramer. Luckily — and I never thought I would be one to say this — the film has superstar Will Smith in its corner.
‘Catch and Release’
Jennifer Garner gives a great performance in Catch and Release but the film doesn’t do right by her.
‘Children of Men’
Children of Men a haunting and gorgeous view of bleak times is a must-see.
‘The Painted Veil’
The W. Somerset Maugham story The Painted Veil gets yet another screen adaptation, this time directed by John Curran.