Movie Reviews

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Michael Moore and the evils of free enterprise

In "Capitalism: A Love Story," the filmmaker takes to the bullhorn to decry corporate greed -- and promote himself

By Stephanie Zacharek September 23, 2009
The naked opportunism of "Jennifer's Body"

Megan Fox plays one of the undead: How can you tell?

By Stephanie Zacharek September 18, 2009
"The Informant!" Funny! Weird! Not all there!

Pudgy Matt Damon, in '90s guywear, plays a legendary whistle-blower in Steven Soderbergh's oddball spy-comedy

By Andrew O'Hehir September 18, 2009
"Bright Star" burns true

Jane Campion makes dazzling poetry from the doomed romance between John Keats and Fanny Brawne

By Stephanie Zacharek September 18, 2009
"Love Happens" -- and it stinks

Aaron Eckhart and Jennifer Aniston stumble through this claustrophobic grief-fest masquerading as a romance

By Stephanie Zacharek September 18, 2009
The family who just said no

"No Impact" couple Colin Beavan and Michelle Conlin on the new movie capturing their year without A/C, TV or T.P.

By Andrew O'Hehir September 11, 2009
"Whiteout" is a wipeout

Kate Beckinsale trades latex for polar gear in an Antarctic thriller encumbered by padding

By Stephanie Zacharek September 11, 2009
Just say "9"

Often gorgeous, this Tim Burton-infused "stitchpunk" animation is a mixed-up quilt of hackneyed yarns

By Andrew O'Hehir September 9, 2009
Mike Judge's triumphant return to the office

"Extract," the director's smart, openhearted comedy about work frustration, is like a gift at the end of summer

By Stephanie Zacharek September 4, 2009
Just how bad can a romantic comedy be?

"All About Steve" can make a person long for those heady days of Kate Hudson-Matthew McConaughey vehicles

By Stephanie Zacharek September 4, 2009
Who's to blame for the mortgage crisis?

A chilling new investigative film spins a yarn of real-life tragedy -- and points the finger at Gramm and Greenspan

By Andrew O'Hehir September 2, 2009
Eco-pirates of the Antarctic

This thrilling sea adventure follows a ragtag activist group's highly illegal campaign against Japanese whalers

By Andrew O'Hehir August 28, 2009
Peace, love and sexual awakening

Can Ang Lee's gentle "Taking Woodstock" possibly capture the madness and mud of the legendary music festival?

By Stephanie Zacharek August 28, 2009
Kurosawa's "Kagemusha" on DVD

How George Lucas and Francis Coppola helped the Japanese master create the greatest spectacle of his late career

August 27, 2009
Art, commerce, Anna Wintour and "The September Issue"

Director R.J. Cutler on Anna Wintour, Grace Coddington and the backstage fashion dramas of "The September Issue"

By Andrew O'Hehir August 27, 2009
"The September Issue"

Behind the gloss of Vogue, a revealing look at work, creativity and two strong women

By Stephanie Zacharek August 27, 2009
Nostalgia for white terrorism

New films tackle the Baader-Meinhof gang and the IRA's dirty war. Cue the rock music and put on those tight jeans!

August 25, 2009
"My One and Only"

Renee Zellweger's career is not dead yet! This classy period piece features her most nuanced performance in years

By Stephanie Zacharek August 21, 2009
"Inglourious Basterds"

Quentin Tarantino's "Jews vs. Nazis" epic is unwieldy, nutso and often boring. That doesn't mean it isn't any good

By Stephanie Zacharek August 21, 2009
"Ponyo"

Hayao Miyazaki's latest fable is beautiful and whimsical. Unfortunately, it's also a little cold

By Stephanie Zacharek August 15, 2009
"The Time Traveler's Wife"

This adaptation of the 2003 bestseller is meant to be supremely romantic. But why does this love go so bad?

By Stephanie Zacharek August 14, 2009
Ashton Kutcher, American gigolo

The wisecracking TV host and trophy husband proves he can act in "Spread," a deceptively dark SoCal sex satire

By Andrew O'Hehir August 13, 2009
Is apartheid acceptable -- for giant bugs?

Peter Jackson protégé Neill Blomkamp talks about "District 9," the sci-fi breakthrough of the summer

By Andrew O'Hehir August 12, 2009
"Paper Heart"

Michael Cera and Charlyne Yi talk romance and BLTs in this sexless mockumentary. But is it true love, or too cute?

By Sarah Hepola August 7, 2009
"Julie & Julia"

Meryl Streep's gleeful performance as the beloved cook goes beyond imitation. She is the Julia Child of our dreams

By Stephanie Zacharek August 7, 2009