I Love You, Man (2009)

Comedy Rated R

A mellow, Zen-like vibe trickles through this otherwise raunchy buddy comedy about genial real-estate agent Peter Klaven (Paul Rudd), who suddenly realizes on the eve of his wedding that he has no real male friends. In search of a possible best man, he connects with Sydney Fife (Jason Segel), a carefree soul whose antisocial tendencies

Marmaduke (2010)

Family Rated PG

Will future film historians, looking back, consider these CGI animal comedies to be the true horror movies of the 2000s? Whether it’s

Karate Kid, The (1984)

Drama Rated PG

“Irresistible wish fulfillment.

Karate Kid, The (2010)

Family Rated PG

“…it’s odd that the movie fails to recognize our understanding of bullying has significantly changed since 1984.

A-Team, The (2010)

Action/Adventure Rated PG-13

“Creative exhaustion led to the development of an A-Team movie; the film itself is simply exhausting.

Toy Story (1995)

Family Rated G

How prescient that the first Pixar picture had the word story in the title. The studio’s computer-animated visuals would go on to be increasingly dazzling, yet the hallmark of its work has always been ingenious, original storytelling – storytelling aimed, first and foremost, at adults. As it focuses on a roomful of playthings who go

Toy Story 3 (2010)

Family Rated G

“…evokes that time in your life when anything was possible if you had a toy or two and an hour or so on your own.

Breathless (1960)

Drama Rated NR

Chicago’s Music Box Theatre is showing a restored print of the French New Wave classic to celebrate the picture’s 50th anniversary.

(500) Days of Summer (2009)

Romantic Comedy Rated PG-13

Sweet and cute, but capable of so much more. Director Marc Webb, working from a screenplay by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, tweaks the romance genre by cataloging 500 days in the relationship of a New York City couple in random order (we start in the middle, jump near the end, then back toward

Robin Hood (2010)

Action/Adventure Rated PG-13

“Is there a less promising director-actor team at work today than Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe?