Fahrenheit 451 (1966)

Drama Rated NR

Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 is a book made for the movies, yet Francois Truffaut failed it. Intellectual science fiction isn’t the French New Wave director’s milieu, of course, so maybe the project was doomed from the start. Even so, the movie is awkward, stilted and sabotaged by Oskar Werner’s bizarre lead performance (Julie Christie, in

To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

Drama Rated NR

One of those books at whose feet the movies should cower, Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” is too astute, too well-observed and to sure of its own voice to ever be sufficiently translated to the screen. Even so, this stuffy effort by director Robert Mulligan is a disappointment. So much of the novel’s reckless

Somewhere (2010)

Drama Rated R

“Coppola manages to capture the unique bond – the precious, platonic romance – that can exist between girls and their dads.

Social Network, The (2010)

Drama Rated PG-13

"Because it tackles a big topic and has been made by an important director, critics have positioned this as a defining film. It’s not."

Greenberg (2010)

Drama Rated R

You never quite believe the romance – if you can call it that – between Ben Stiller’s abusive, narcissistic New Yorker and Greta Gerwig’s dim, sweet, flake of a Los Angeles personal assistant in this feature from writer-director Noah Baumbach. Yet the movie still works. Baumbach has established himself as an accredited miseryologist (The Squid

Never Let Me Go (2010)

Drama Rated R

"…a handsome, dutiful adaptation, yet like so many reverent movies based on acclaimed books, it’s lifeless."

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010)

Drama Rated PG-13

“…bloated, obvious and – most damningly – immediately irrelevant.

Get Low (2010)

Drama Rated PG-13

The cast is the best thing in Get Low, a jerry-built period piece about forgiveness that stars – thankfully – Robert Duvall and Bill Murray. Duvall has the lead role of Felix Bush, a hermit in 1930s Tennessee who suddenly waltzes into town and announces that he wants to throw a funeral party for himself

Kids Are All Right, The (2010)

Drama Rated R

One of the most emotionally cathartic movies of 2010. Annette Bening and Julianne Moore play Nic and Jules, a married couple on the tail end of parenthood. Their daughter, Joni (Mia Wasikowska), is on her way to college, while their son, Laser (Josh Hutcherson), is in high school. Nic and Jules are happy and proud

Blue Valentine (2010)

Drama Rated R

“…alternately swells your heart and punctures it.