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The Bucket List is a wonderful film, though it would fit pretty well in the tearjerker category, even more for men than women.

Opening in the English countryside during the build-up to WWII, the film shows no sign of any expense having been spared in its pursuit of visual opulence.

Is it any surprise to anyone in the world that the only film to get a brand new wide release on the first weekend of the year is a stinker?

A guaranteed classic, no. However, I did leave the theatre wishing I had paid more attention in history class.

A charming recount of a not so charming period (if there ever was one) in American foreign affairs.

The animated Persepolis marks the graphic novel’s transition to the world of movies.

When you write for a site that panders to the male 18-25 “geek” demographic, it makes it somewhat difficult to write about a film such as Atonement.

Rather than saying, “I wonder if the Magisterium is supposed to represent the modern Catholic church?,” sit on the edge of your seat and say “Wow! Two polar bears beating the shale out of each other. Cool!”

Enough with the superserious abortion movies, right?

Simply put, this is as good-looking of a film as you’ll find this year or any other for that matter and it is accompanied by a music score by Alexandre Desplat (2006’s The Queen) that is more than suitable for the genre.

Roy Andersson raised so much talk with his previous film Songs from the Second Floor that everybody was anxious to get a ticket for his new feature.

It seems to be, at least to me, that Director Jason Reitman has found a very distinct formula for successfully entertaining us with sharp-witted, off-the-cuff comedies.

From the novel by Cormac McCarthy, the Coens have concocted a lurid and unremitting thriller that will undoubtedly leave the viewer with both chills and some food for thought long after it’s over.

Aside from a gratuitous nude scene from Jessica Alba, the only other thing that could have improved this film would have been if Hayden Christensen would have leaped up from the surgery, pulled out a lightsaber and went holy Jedi ape-shit over the rest of the hospital.

I haven’t seen the right kind of review for I’m Not There yet. While critics struggle to shove the title into the review template that made up years ago, readers and movie-goers alike are finding out that it just doesn’t fit.

Comedy on the surface, sentimental character study at the core, Lars and the Real Girl is a very good film that at times has touches of greatness.

Todd Haynes’ supposition on the life and music of Bob Dylan, “I’m Not There,” is unlike a film experience you’ll have this year.

For being stuck in one spot nearly the whole time, master director Frank Darabont keeps the tension raised high.

Todd Haynes’ I’m Not There, aka “The Bob Dylan Movie”, attacks, head-on, the hokum that is the standard Hollywood biopic.

With high-quality pictures already released this year such as “Bridge to Terabithia,” and “Ratatouille,” along with the mildly recommendable “Meet the Robinsons” and “The Game Plan,” and now “Enchanted,” it has been a good year for Disney indeed.

Though the beginning was a touch weak, the movie gets better and better as the story progresses.

The spectacular failure that such a promising movie became leads me to wonder if cinema itself is dying.

As much as I would like to recommend August Rush, I simply can’t. It deserves at least one Academy Award in the music department and I’ll tell you why.

Southland Tales, an apocalyptic fever-dream of a film, is both, or perhaps neither, a failure and a startling success.

Time and time again we see movies adapted from video games fail miserably.

Blasting its way into theaters this Thanksgiving is the movie adaptation of the critically acclaimed game.

Despite the fact that Darabont has made two films based on King novels, The Mist seems like a very unusual choice for him.

This is harsh cinema, one that grabs you by the nuts and forces you to see what you choose to neglect.

From frame one, the directors make it clear that whatever’s about to happen, it’s not going to end well.

The film adaptation of The Kite Runner brings the popular best seller to life with beautiful intensity. Like the novel, this film is haunting, vivid and upsetting.