Never Let Me Go
The kids are not all right. And that's what makes "Never Let Me Go" so memorable. Read more...
The Town
Heist films can be distinguished by the original execution of any of the genre's essential staples: a riveting bank robbery, a pulse-quickening getaway, a gothic shootout. Ben Affleck's "The Town" has all that, but one sequence that sets it apart from many movies of its kind is something that unfolds far from the scene of a crime: an emotional jailhouse visit between Doug MacRay (Affleck, who directed himself in the starring role) and his incarcerated father, Mac ( Chris Cooper). Read more...
It's Kind of a Funny Story
Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden may have set their new movie, "It's Kind of a Funny Story," amid the depressed and clinically insane of a psychiatric institution, but don't let the setting fool you. The movie is pure John Hughes. Read more...
Let Me In
Even though he decided to tackle the English-language remake of "Let the Right One In" long before the Swedish vampire movie became a cult favorite in the U.S., Matt Reeves was aware of the hurdle facing him. "It suddenly got very big, and I thought, 'There's going to be a lot more focus.' It was terrifying." Read more...
Monsters
The title suggests something like "Alien," and the guerrilla filmmaking style will be inevitably compared to "Cloverfield" and "District 9." Writer-director-cinematographer Gareth Edwards' "Monsters" is simultaneously all of those movies and none of them, a hard-to-categorize hybrid. Read more...
Hereafter
As a director, Clint Eastwood leans far more toward austere storytelling than pure spectacle -- in films such as "Unforgiven," "Gran Torino" and "Mystic River," the most memorable visuals are the emotions that play across the faces of actors.
It's interesting, then, to see that with his 32nd feature film, "Hereafter," the ultimate old-school director presents a massive natural disaster that required the sort of computer-generated effects and elaborate stunt work that are usually associated with contemporary popcorn movies. Read more...
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