Robert Zemeckis' 3-D, motion-capture masterwork is oddly flat. And isn't one Jim Carrey enough for any movie?
By Mary Elizabeth Williams Nov 5, 2009
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"Donnie Darko" director Richard Kelley delivers at least one-half of a sophisticated, old-fashioned thriller
By Stephanie Zacharek
November 5, 2009
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Not even George Clooney's "sparkly eyes" can ignite this wispy satirical comedy
By Stephanie Zacharek
November 5, 2009
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Why Disney turned Harvey Weinstein's legendary indie empire into a zombie slave -- and why it doesn't much matter
By Andrew O'Hehir
November 4, 2009
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Forget the sequels, formulas and pointless gore -- at the low-rent, freaky fringes, horror movies are still alive
By Andrew O'Hehir
October 29, 2009
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Mo'Nique, newcomer Gabourey Sidibe and Mariah Carey keep "Precious" from becoming a social tract
By Stephanie Zacharek
November 4, 2009
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A spectacular new film explores the physics and metaphysics of nature's most terrifying elemental force
By Andrew O'Hehir
November 3, 2009
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Director Ti West's horror homage looks to the '80s, without irony
By Stephanie Zacharek
October 29, 2009
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Kenny Ortega's moving documentary expands the unsolvable mystery of Michael Jackson
By Stephanie Zacharek
October 28, 2009
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Is the interactive kiddie spinoff "Star Trek Live" the final, gruesome nail in Gene Roddenberry's space-coffin?
By Andrew O'Hehir
October 23, 2009
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Salma Hayek makes one sexy bearded lady, but she can't put hair on the chest of this good-natured kiddie horror pic
By Stephanie Zacharek
October 22, 2009
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Hilary Swank has the face, and the swagger, to play Amelia Earhart. So why does this ambitious biopic stall out?
By Stephanie Zacharek
October 22, 2009
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Call it torture porn or call it art, the mad Dane's violent psychodrama is like no other movie this year (or ever)
By Andrew O'Hehir
October 21, 2009
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Let's dance! "Adventureland" and "Last Days of Disco" bring the coke, "Audition" brings the sexual terror
By Andrew O'Hehir
October 20, 2009
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Spike Jonze and Dave Eggers turn Maurice Sendak's woolly kids' book into a shoe-gazing exercise
By Stephanie Zacharek
October 16, 2009
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How to turn a low-budget horror indie into a hit? Add Steven Spielberg, Twitter -- and scare the pants off people
By Mary Elizabeth Williams
October 16, 2009
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Will "Where the Wild Things Are" be a smash or a flop? Either way, it joins an august list of kidult classics
By Andrew O'Hehir
October 15, 2009
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"Fargo" vs. "Miller's Crossing"? "No Country" vs. "Lebowski"? We put the film geek question to a panel of our faves
Compiled by Jed Lipinski
October 14, 2009
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What are the real lessons in the filmmaker's neo-noir classic?
By Andrew O'Hehir
October 13, 2009
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Carey Mulligan shines as a teenager exploring the minefield of love -- and sex -- in a film written by Nick Hornby
By Stephanie Zacharek
October 9, 2009
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Burning relaxers, expensive extensions, African-American identity: Chris Rock covers it all, and keeps us laughing
By Stephanie Zacharek
October 9, 2009
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Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau costar in a flaccid comedy about couples desperately trying to keep it together
By Stephanie Zacharek
October 9, 2009
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Dazzling direction, Oscar-worthy performances and strong narratives -- the Brits are doing what the Yanks can't
By Andrew O'Hehir
October 8, 2009
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Young director Antonio Campos' chilly, brilliant video-age mystery is one of the decade's breakout movies
By Andrew O'Hehir
October 3, 2009
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Two great writers who knew from demagogues and mass hysteria died recently. I wonder what they're thinking now
By Michael Winship
October 3, 2009