Alonso Duralde
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‘Pride’ Review: Gay Activists, Striking Miners Unite to Fight the Power
Though slightly overstuffed, this British comedy-drama has the stirring power of a protest anthem — and it’s funny, too
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‘Kill the Messenger’ Review: Jeremy Renner’s Muckraking Feels Half-Baked in This Biopic
Suspense and intrigue are replaced with sanctimony and cliché in this unsatisfying portrait of a reporter
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‘Reclaim’ Review: Ryan Phillippe and Rachelle Lefevre Are Fooled Twice, and Then Some, in Island Thriller
But heroes do win back some audience goodwill in a suspenseful sequence that’s a literal cliff-hanger
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‘Tusk’ Review: Kevin Smith’s Walrus Monster Horror Comedy a Baffling Mishmash (Video)
The comedy bits aren’t funny and the horror moments aren’t scary, but no one can accuse this oddball movie starring Justin Long, Michael Parks, and Haley Joel Osment of phoning it in
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‘Atlas Shrugged III’ Review: Ayn Rand Trilogy Chugs Listlessly to Its Climax
When a franchise’s acting, directing, writing, cinematography, effects and music are this terrible, utter lack of competence trumps political ideology
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‘My Old Lady’ Review: Maggie Smith, Kevin Kline Dazzle as Light Comedy Gives Way to Drama
Kristin Scott Thomas co-stars in this surprising tale that takes dark and unexpected twists from the frothy spree you might expect
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‘The Maze Runner’ Review: Dylan O’Brien Trapped in a Labyrinth That Goes Nowhere Interesting
Part “Lord of the Flies” and part “Cabin in the Woods,” this puzzle-box gets less interesting as we learn more about what’s going on
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‘The Theory of Everything’ Review: Eddie Redmayne Gives Body and Soul to a By-the-Numbers Biopic
Toronto 2014: The stars give explosive life to the fascinating, complex life of Stephen Hawking
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‘The Drop’ Review: Tom Hardy Steals This Sluggish Dennis Lehane Crime Tale
Toronto 2014: After his knockout debut “Bullhead,” Belgian director Michaël R. Roskam’s first venture in U.S. filmmaking throws together a familiar collection of mobsters, lowlifes (including James Gandolfini in his final role) and broken souls
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‘The Identical’ Review: Twin Elvises + Judeo-Christian Messaging = ‘Oogieloves’ For Adults
Don’t miss this bonkers, faith-based rock musical; it’s one of those insane catastrophes you’ll be trying to explain to friends for years
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‘Boxtrolls’ Venice Review: A Charmless Misfire from Laika Studios
The people behind the dark and lovely “Coraline” and “Paranorman” offer up a charmless kiddie movie that’s unappealing both visually and narratively
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Venice Reviews: Al Pacino Achieves Late-Career Greatness in ‘Manglehorn’; Bogdanovich and Levinson, Not So Much
With the performances he’s gotten this year from Pacino, as well as from Nicolas Cage in “Joe,” director David Gordon Green becomes the go-to sponsor in Overactors Anonymous
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Venice Reviews: Michael Shannon’s Indelible Performance in ’99 Homes,’ Plus ‘Reality,’ ‘The Look of Silence’
Shannon plays a vulture of an Orlando real estate agent, profiting from the misery of the bursting of the housing bubble
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‘Birdman’ Venice Review: Michael Keaton as an Actor With Caped-Crusader Issues
Art imitating life provides just some of the fun — and the smarts — of this jazzy, unpredictable character piece
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‘Sin City: A Dame to Kill For’ Review: Eva Green Steals This Juvenile Film Noir
How can a movie with this much art direction and this many decapitations be so very dull and uninvolving?
