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Review: Battle: Los Angeles

Jerry Bruckheimer's version of a "Be All You Can Be" PSA
This alien-invasion thriller feels like something Jerry Bruckheimer might whip up if the Army asked him to take on its "Be All That You Can Be" campaign.

By: TOM MEEK | March 17, 2011

Review: Mars Needs Moms

Animated morality lesson for earth children...in 3D!
In this animated morality lesson from Disney directed by Simon Wells, the Red Planet is ruled by a self-appointed megalomaniac guarded by a phalanx of heavily armed females and maintained by propaganda and spin.

By: TOM MEEK | March 10, 2011

Review: Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son

Granny-panty flimsy plots a-poppin'
Family debate gets put on hold when Malcolm's grind as an FBI agent evokes the wrath of Eastern Bloc baddies with moles in the agency.

By: TOM MEEK | February 23, 2011

Review: The Roommate

Bloodless, sexless (and tired) Single White Female riff
There's little in this girl-gone-wild thriller directed by Christian E. Christiansen that you haven't seen before and better - in SingleWhite Female, The Crush, and even Scream, to name a few.

By: TOM MEEK | February 15, 2011

Review: The Mechanic

Hackneyed retooling of a 1972 thriller
Maybe films were better in the '70s.

By: TOM MEEK | March 25, 2011

Review: The Dilemma

Note to Vaughn: it's time to move on.
Such defining efforts as Cocoon and Apollo 13 seem light years away for Ron Howard after his meanderings in the pages of Dan Brown ( The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons ) and this tripe about men behaving badly.

By: TOM MEEK | January 19, 2011

Review: Casino Jack

Not to be confused with the insightful documentary Casino Jack and the United States of Money by the prolific Alex Gibney, this docudrama is nonetheless a fitting bookend.

By: TOM MEEK | January 06, 2011

Review: The Warrior's Way

Dong-gun Jang's worst enemy: his director
Dong-gun Jang's worst enemy: his director

By: TOM MEEK | December 08, 2010

Interview: Edward Zwick, director of Love and Other Drugs

Beyond Glory days
Ed Zwick on Glory , the go-go '90s, and Cialis-bathtub symbolism.

By: TOM MEEK | November 26, 2010

Review: Made in Dagenham

Hawkins gets fiery as union leader
Back in the '60s, a ragtag lot of seamstresses at the Ford Dagenham auto plant in East London cast a rock at the glass ceiling by demanding equal pay.

By: TOM MEEK | November 23, 2010

Review: Skyline

Think Plan 9 From Outer Space with better visuals
After a night of partying, a jaded crew of revelers wake up to find that the planet has been invaded by bloodthirsty aliens.

By: TOM MEEK | November 16, 2010

Review: Unstoppable

Washington, Dawson, Pine can only hope it's containable
Runaway projectiles have always made for intriguing character studies.

By: TOM MEEK | February 24, 2011

Review: Boxing Gym

Frederick Wiseman serves up blood, sweat, and hypnotic cadences
Whatever his subject matter, documentarian Frederick Wiseman has always been concerned with blood and sweat.

By: TOM MEEK | November 11, 2010

Review: Saw VII 3D

Going out with a whimper
All the freshness of a hacked-off body part from Saw I.

By: TOM MEEK | November 02, 2010

Review: Due Date

Phillips, Downey, Galifianakis just barely deliver
Phillips, Downey, Galifianakis just barely deliver

By: TOM MEEK | November 02, 2010

As 'Superman' debuts, risks and rewards of school reform made plain

The Academy
The documentary Waiting for "Superman" opens this week — an ambitious film that aims to bring the debate over education reform into every household.

By: TOM MEEK | September 30, 2010

Review: Waiting for Superman

Guggenheim suggests the wait will be long for America's schools
If you were wondering about the state of our education system, Davis Guggenheim's documentary won't make you feel very optimistic.

By: TOM MEEK | September 28, 2010

Interview: Davis Guggenheim, director of Waiting for Superman

Out with the Old School
Davis Guggenheim has always been a man on a mission.

By: TOM MEEK | October 04, 2010

Review: Easy A

Emma Stone brings her A game
At least Emma Stone gets high marks in this teen comedy.

By: TOM MEEK | September 21, 2010

Review: Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

Good Owls vs. Evil Owls — so who gives a hoot?
The screen adaptation of Kathryn Lasky's children's books takes familiar themes and puts feathers on them.

By: TOM MEEK | September 21, 2010

Review: Alpha and Omega

Talking-wolf movie includes one of Dennis Hopper's final performances
If Lionsgate wants to take a bite out of the animated film market dominated by Pixar and Disney, it’ll have to do better than this toothless stray.

By: TOM MEEK | September 16, 2010

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