Alonso Duralde
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‘Why Don’t You Play in Hell?’ Review: Sion Sono’s Bloody Valentine to Moviemaking
Gangsters meet cinema buffs — violently — in this deliriously over-the-top comedy
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‘A Most Violent Year’ Review: Jessica Chastain, Oscar Isaac Chase the American Dream, by Hook or by Crook
With his third feature film, J.C. Chandor (“Margin Call,” “All Is Lost”) firmly plants himself among this generation’s great filmmakers
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‘A Merry Friggin’ Christmas’ Review: Robin Williams Stars in Dysfunctional-Family Holiday Comedy
The late comedy legend winds up stuck with a screenplay full of coal, as are Joel McHale, Candice Bergen, Oliver Platt, Lauren Graham and Wendi McClendon-Covey
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‘Horns’ Review: Daniel Radcliffe Embarks on a Devilish Pursuit of Justice
Horror director Alexandre Aja juggles fantasy, comedy, mystery, romance and drama, rarely dropping any of his spinning plates
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‘Interstellar’ Review: Christopher Nolan’s Sci-Fi Epic Launches Perfectly, Crumbles Upon Landing (Video)
The universe-spanning saga — starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, and Jessica Chastain — is challenging, provocative, and gorgeous. Until it isn’t
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‘Camp X-Ray’ Review: Kristen Stewart Goes to Gitmo, Without a Script
“Female U.S. soldier bonds with Guantanamo Bay detainee” works as a pitch, but it’s never successfully fleshed out as a story
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‘Citizenfour’ Review: Edward Snowden Doc Is One of the Year’s Most Unsettling Thrillers (Video)
You know Snowden’s story, but the secrecy involved in telling it is as suspenseful as the ramifications of his revelations are terrifying
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‘Force Majeure’ Review: Sweden’s Oscar Entry Offers a Family Ski Trip Rocked by Emotional Avalanche
Bleakly funny and emotionally gutting, this import might make an even more prickly date-night movie than “Gone Girl”
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‘Ouija’ Review: As Entertainingly Silly and Juvenile as a Slumber-Party Séance
There’s no taking this witchboard business seriously for a second, but as PG-13 fright flicks for tweens go, signs point to a few decent scares and at least one good idea
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‘Big Hero 6’ Review: Disney’s Superhero Epic is Smart Translation of Japanese Anime
Yes, it’s a super-team origin story, but one told with wit, style and human feeling
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‘Listen Up Philip’ Review: Jason Schwartzman’s Portrait of the Artist as a Young Jerk
The blisteringly funny new feature from writer-director Alex Ross Perry pulls no punches in its portrayal of obnoxious authors and the suffering women they leave in their wake
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‘The Book of Life’ Review: Guillermo del Toro Gives Us a Wonderful Afterlife
Vibrant animated tale — featuring the voices of Diego Luna, Zoe Saldana, and Channing Tatum — celebrates remembering the dead but also living life to one’s own tune
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‘Whiplash’ Review: J.K. Simmons Makes an Unforgettable Bad Mentor in Riveting Jazz-Tinged Drama
Miles Teller’s young drummer is driven to greatness or madness — or maybe both — in Damien Chazelle’s Sundance hit
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‘St. Vincent’ Review: Bill Murray Wallows in Feel-Good Clichés
This cloying film costarring Melissa McCarthy should have “FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION” stamped on every frame
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‘Alexander…Very Bad Day’ Review: Steve Carell Steers This Blandly Sweet, Chaos-Deficient Family Comedy (Video)
This tame farce needs a lot more mishaps to merit all those titular adjectives
