The Bourne Legacy Review
Despite a great leading performance from Jeremy Renner, The Bourne Legacy feels dully mechanical and designed only as an extremely long prologue to another film yet to come.
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Compliance Review
Based on a shockingly true story, the controversial, low key thriller Compliance will leave viewers' stomachs in knots whether they like it or not.
2 Days in New York Review
While not as great as the Paris set original, actress Julie Delpy's 2 Days in New York offers some nice late summer fluff and a return to form for co-star Chris Rock.
Killer Joe Review
It certainly can't be recommended for everybody, but for keen viewers familiar with a stomach for pitch black humour and a cast of irredeemable characters, William Friedkin and Tracy Letts' Killer Joe might be one of the best movies of the year.
Oslo, August 31st Review
Far from being a feel good film by any stretch, Oslo, August 31st is a harrowing look at one day in the life of an aging addict without a clue of how to get his life together and a deep, soul crushing sense of regret that resonates far after the final credits.
Total Recall Review
Pointless.
Ruby Sparks Review
Though it might start out as a standard quirky rom-com, Ruby Sparks is actually a charming, nuanced, funny, bittersweet, and wholly satisfying enterprise designed to take the manic pixie dream girl cliche down from the inside.
360 Review
Unremittingly bleak and down tempo, Fernando Meirelles 360 is the highbrow depressive equivalent of a modern day Garry Marshall film.
Celeste and Jesse Forever Review
While it sticks to more rom-com cliches than it would care to admit, the indie comedy Celeste and Jesse Forever succeeds largely thanks to great performances from Andy Samberg and the film's writer, Rashida Jones
This Week in DVD: 7/31/12
Not much new to report on the home video front this week aside from a pair of teen movies: the extremely successful and entertaining Detention and the only kind of okay LOL.
The Watch Review
Featuring a lineup of comedic heavyweights in-front of and behind the camera, the very hard R sci-fi buddy comedy The Watch works thanks largely thanks to the individual strengths of the cast and crew.
The Dark Knight Rises Review
An appropriate end to the Christopher Nolan cycle of serious Batman films, The Dark Knight Rises manages to up the stakes in terms of action, suspense, and even in terms of wit. On the other hand, it’s not hard to say that this third instalment with Christian Bale behind the cowl is the least of the franchise, but most of the problems this time our are fairly nitpicky in nature and come mostly when Nolan seemingly needs to force himself to get serious again when even the director seems like he just wants to have some actual fun for a change.
The Redemption of General Butt Naked Review
The story of Joshua Milton Blahyi is a difficult one to peg down, but in Daniele Anastasion and Eric Strauss’ documentary The Redemption of General Butt Naked , the filmmakers examine a man who has found God but who might have been so notorious that no amount of divine salvation could ever help in this life or the next.
Trishna Review
A loose re-imagining of Thomas Hardy’s Tess Of The D’Urbervilles shoved into modern day India, highly prolific director Michael Winterbottom's Trishna has individual moments and images that showcase the filmmaker at his best, but overall it has the rushed and half baked qualities of his most tossed off efforts.
Moving Day Review
Trailer Park Boys creator Mike Clattenburg returns to the big screen with Moving Day, a slight, but affable working class comedy that showcases the creator's adeptness at comedy and his awkwardness around sentimental material.
