“…may contain more valuable debris than the usual action flick, but there is still a troubling unpleasantness to the mess it leaves behind.”

“…a studio product, certainly, but also something that could have grown from one of Smallville’s sun-kissed cornfields.”

“The movie opens on Superman’s home planet of Krypton, and in a sense it never leaves.”

“The African Queen enjoys a good reputation – Bogart took home an Oscar – but it strikes me as a classic folly.”

“…may not be satisfyingly true – at least for purists – to the original Gene Roddenberry television series. But it’s true to good filmmaking, and that’s what matters.”

“A shrug of a film…that has the diminutive stature of a DVD extra.”

“..true to the series in one crucial way: its zen-like commitment to wanton chaos.”

"…much of Zero Dark Thirty works to subvert the gender expectations we might have as an audience."

"…after seeing The Hobbit I couldn’t wait to see it again – projected at 24 frames per second and without 3-D."

"…like a Tony Scott film made with less flair and cheaper equipment."