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Friday the 13th (2009)

Horror Rated R

“Jason Voorhees is resurrected once again, this time as a cranky and violent marijuana farmer.

Back to the Future (1985)

Action/Adventure Rated PG

“Thompson’s funny, carnal performance forces us all to face an ugly truth: once, our moms might have been prowling teens too.

Joy Luck Club, The (1993)

Drama Rated R

"…not only fails to give the novel cinematic stature; it denigrates the delicate beauty of the book itself.

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

Action/Adventure Rated PG

In this first theatrical venture for the television series created by Gene Roddenberry, going boldly where no man has gone before mainly means floating … and floating … and floating through space, until you reach a state of Zen bliss or crushing boredom. If the endless interstellar vistas of 2001: A Space Odyssey tested your

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)

Action/Adventure Rated PG

The best-received installment in the science-fiction franchise created by Gene Roddenberry is a much more conventionally structured action movie than its debut. Yet if this is the supposed high point for the Star Trek movie series, it’s still a low point for sci-fi. Despite phaser shoot-outs and starship battles, these pictures remain inert affairs, obsessed

Rachel Getting Married (2008)

Drama Rated R

I don’t usually fall for it when an actor or actress deglams – when they get scruffy and ugly onscreen in hopes of winning an award. Yet Anne Hathaway redeems the practice in Rachel Getting Married. Hathaway doesn’t really hide her beauty here, as, say, Angelina Jolie did in A Mighty Heart or Charlize Theron

Frozen River (2008)

Drama Rated R

“Holding Frozen River up to traditional standards of morality doesn’t work.

Defiance (2008)

Drama Rated R

“As a heroic drama, Defiance has its clichés and narrative hiccups, but as an examination of the cycle of violence it’s often harrowing.

Explorers (1985)

Family Rated PG

The birth of fanboy culture? Explorers is a science-fiction lark that came on the heels of the first Star Wars films and featured three young boys bringing their interstellar fantasies to life. A squeaky Ethan Hawke, a baby-faced River Phoenix and a now-forgotten Jason Presson play junior-high friends who build a spaceship and embark on

Uninvited, The (2009)

Horror Rated PG-13

Should a horror film be able to redeem its own idiocy with a switcheroo ending? The Uninvited, a Hollywood remake of a Korean production, certainly hopes so. Up until its last 10 minutes, The Uninvited is increasingly ludicrous and frustrating. The movie opens as high-schooler Anna (Emily Browning) is being released from a psychiatric hospital,

Recent Reviews

Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)

Drama Rated PG

“A crucial time-capsule movie…”

Death Becomes Her (1992)

Comedy Rated PG-13

“… the central idea is tantalizing and the cast is having so much fun…”

The Drama (2026)

Drama Rated R

“… inflicts a contrived construct on Zendaya and Robert Pattinson, one from which they never escape.”


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