"ROSEWATER" IS AN UNEVEN BUT ENGAGING TELLING OF A REAL-LIFE POLITICAL KIDNAPPING Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Jon Stewart's directorial debut chronicles the ordeal of journalist Maziar Bahari

HOLIDAY MOVIES FROM HELL Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Pat McLeod weighs in on the crap you really should try to avoid

"THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING" IS A CAPTIVATING STEPHEN HAWKING BIOPIC Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Eddie Redmayne offers an Oscar-worthy performance in this story about the acclaimed physicist

"HORRIBLE BOSSES 2" GETS THE JOB DONE Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Though not as creative as the original, the sequel to the 2011 smash is still quite funny

"THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY - PART 1" IS A VICTORY FOR FILMGOERS Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Jennifer Lawrence delivers a winning performance in this latest installment of the popular series

"CITIZENFOUR" OFFERS A FASCINATING LOOK AT EDWARD SNOWDEN Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Documentary of controversial whistleblower takes us through the cyber looking glass

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

We all need cinematic heroes, and Birdman, both character and film, fits that role with aplomb. Designed to aesthetically challenge, frustrate, inspire, amuse and amaze, Alejandro González Iñárritu's new movie — and I do mean new — is the …

JAKE GYLLENHAAL STARS AS A ROGUE NEWS HOUND IN "NIGHTCRAWLER" Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Writer-director Dan Gilroy delivers an effective and eerie crime thriller

BILL MURRAY DOESN'T DISAPPOINT AS THE ANTI-HERO IN "ST. VINCENT" Wednesday, October 8, 2014

This is big. It's huge. We don't make movies like this anymore — we hardly ever did. I'm not talking about big in the sense of budget or even big like epic. We do that plenty: spend the GDP of a small nation to make men in capes fly or monsters …

'SIBLING RIVALRY' IS AN INVENTIVE FLICK ABOUT FAMILY Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader star in this enjoyable comedy-drama