By my reckoning, David O. Russell has delivered just one fully formed movie – The Fighter (2010). By […]

If J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek Into Darkness is any indication, his Star Wars sequels will be brilliantly shallow, […]

I haven’t met anyone who said they liked director Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave. Many call it […]

I was never a fan of Elf, from the moment I first previewed it, 6:00 am Friday morning, […]

Robert Zemeckis’ Flight is a piece of shit. I don’t mean that in any complimentary or ironic way. […]

Alan Parker made some vile movies (Mississippi Burning, Angel Heart) and his music films are generally gorgeous but […]

There’s something to be said for a movie written, directed, scored, edited, produced by and starring the same […]

A few weeks ago, I finally watched all of the Christopher Nolan Batman films. I’d resisted them for […]

A couple of years ago, David Edelstein reviewed Lee Daniels’ film Precious. He wrote astutely about that film’s […]