A Married Couple In Decline
The film If You Don't, I Will has some strong dialogue and performances, but its tale of a marriage in peril sags too often in its recounting of the journey.
Movie Reviews
Stalked By A Fiend Worse Than Any Elm Street Nightmare
In "Still Alice," Julianne Moore has each thing that defines her — to herself, to her family — devoured by early-onset Alzheimer's disease. It's a splendid performance, says critic Kenneth Turan.
Depicting An Unstable Era, 'Inherent Vice' Never Jells, But It's Addictive
The film, based on Thomas Pynchon's novel, is set in 1970 in a beach town south of Los Angeles. With wonderful actors, it's like a gorgeous stoner art object: groovy, campy, dreamlike and funny.
'Top Five': A Good, Not Great, Day In New York With Chris Rock
Chris Rock's new comedy is strong on industry satire, but gets a little watery with the romance.
The 1970s, Ugly And Adrift In 'Inherent Vice'
Paul Thomas Anderson is a master of outlining times and places occupied by his strange dreamers. Inherent Vice, set in California in the 1970s, gets many things right, even if it's a bit too epic.
In A Serious Season, The Loose Charms Of 'Little Feet'
Filmmaker Alexandre Rockwell features his own children in a charming, uneven, energetic film about siblings on a journey to set a goldfish free.
'Dying Of The Light': A Disputed Production, A Disappointing Product
The film, disavowed by its director and writer Paul Schrader after clashes with the studio, stars Nicolas Cage as a CIA officer who believes the agency has lost its moral direction.
Prayers And Holy Water Can't Exorcise The Terrifying 'Babadook'
In the Australian chiller, a bogeyman announces himself in a rhyming, pop-up book on a 7-year-old's shelf. But the real horror is that the boy's mom, a grieving widow, is battling psychic demons.
A Claustrophobic 'Pioneer' From A Land Suddenly Grown Rich
The Norwegian thriller follows divers deep beneath the sea, where powerful forces above drive those trapped together to question nearly every aspect of their experience.
A 'Wild' Trek Made A Bit Too Neatly
The film adaptation of Cheryl Strayed's memoir about hiking the Pacific Crest Trail takes Reese Witherspoon into new territory but never quite achieves the fierceness to which it aspires.