Another Year (2010)

Drama Rated PG-13

A bittersweet mix of merriment and melancholia from writer-director Mike Leigh, who seems to suggest that the right balance of those two elements can bring about something resembling contentment. The film centers around Tom and Gerri (Jim Broadbent and Ruth Sheen), a loving, in-love sixtyish couple whose home is a place of refuge for various

Old Joy (2006)

Drama Rated NR

A patient, observant mood piece, Old Joy put director Kelly Reichardt on the map, instantly making her a critical darling. Two longtime friends (Daniel London and Will Oldham) embark on an impromptu camping trip, an experience that only delineates the fault lines that adulthood has opened between them. (London’s Mark is married, employed and expecting

Your Highness (2011)

Comedy Rated R

“Mostly, the characters simply reference penises, breasts or pot and wait for a laugh. There’s rarely a punch line attached, just an acknowledgement that penises, breasts and pot exist.

Scream 2 (1997)

Horror Rated R

“…spoofs itself and – rather viciously – its own fans.”

Rio (2011)

Family Rated PG

“Rio gives its young audience members what they’ll ‘like,’ not what they deserve.

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010)

Drama Rated NR

"The movie isn’t paced as a conventional narrative; its story imperceptibly droops, like a heavy frond."

Scream 3 (2000)

Horror Rated R

“…a spoof that’s actually a bad example of what it’s satirizing.”

Scream 4 (2011)

Horror Rated R

“…like watching an aged retiree rouse himself for one more round of golf.”

Real Steel (2011)

Action/Adventure Rated PG-13

“Every moment is prettified as if this were some sort of prestige project; there isn’t an image shot plainly if it couldn’t be reflected in a puddle.

I Am (2011)

Documentary Rated NR

"I believe Shadyac had a meaningful epiphany. I’m not sure it’s that meaningful for the rest of us."