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 The Hurt Locker
Now Playing in NY/LA - In Select Cities July 10 - A raw and unnerving thriller that gets its impact from taut, intimate suspense scenes low on bombast and high on the potential costs of military duty. If the narrative is slim and unevenly spread out, "The Hurt Locker" nonetheless retains a tough, unblinking gaze on what it genuinely must be like for EOD operatives risking it all and getting little in return for their everyday sacrifices.Read Full Review »
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 Ice Age:
Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Tedious and lazy, the movie is not only a chore to sit through, but instantly forgettable and middling in scale. Were it not for the intermittent appearances of plucky, downtrodden squirrel Scrat and his ongoing travails in nabbing an acorn to call his own, "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaur" would be virtually irredeemable. As it is, the third time is definitely not the charm.Read Full Review »
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 Public Enemies
Taking into account the talent involved in front of and behind the camera, the finished product is almost a travesty. With no ideas or themes to ponder, no characters to connect with, no texture or meat to its true-life stylings, no memorable dialogue, and no momentum or tension apparent until near the very end, "Public Enemies" is downright amazing in the ways it has gone wrong.Read Full Review »
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 Away We Go
A joy of a movie, as loose, comfortable and lived-in as an old, reliable blanket. "Away We Go" sends the viewer out smiling, satisfied, and wondering why there are so few motion pictures out there as simply yet marvelously written, shot, and acted as this one.Read Full Review »
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 Whatever Works
Woody Allen's most unabashedly sunny movie in years. "Whatever Works" will not go down as one of Allen's landmark efforts, but it more than suffices as we eagerly await what he has up his sleeve for next year.
[Now Playing in NY & LA; Expands in the coming weeks.]Read Full Review »
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