Alonso Duralde
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‘Playing for Keeps’ Review: Soccer Rom-Com Is Extended Penalty Kick to the Groin
The makers of this Gerard Butler atrocity deserve red cards for idiocy and inanity
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‘Hyde Park on Hudson’ Review: Nothing to Fear From This FDR Tale, But Not Much to Praise, Either
Like the film itself, Bill Murray’s Roosevelt impersonation isn’t particularly bad, or good, or memorable
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‘Killing Them Softly’ Review: Crime Comedy Bludgeons Us Repeatedly With Subtext
Sharp performances (particularly James Gandolfini’s) and several good scenes can’t overcome the constant references to the economic crash of 2008
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‘Rise of the Guardians’ Review: Magic, but You’d Better Believe in Santa Claus
Animated adventure creates a wondrous world of imaginary titans, then strands them in an all-too-earthbound story
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‘Red Dawn’ Review: Remake Swaps Jingoism for Adolescent War Fantasy
Talented young actors get lost among the ka-blam in this noisy, choppy retread of the Reagan-era original
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‘Price Check’ Review: This Is One Empty Shopping Cart
Only legendary indie actress Parker Posey shines in this otherwise tepid comedy set in the corporate world of supermarkets
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‘Silver Linings Playbook’ Review: Mental Illness + Ballroom Dancing = a Madcap Surprise
Writer-director David O. Russell even gets actual performances out of Robert De Niro and Bradley Cooper
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‘Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part 2’ Review: Vampiric Malarky Ends With Some Bite
Once again, Bill Condon’s Herculean efforts make "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2" far more palatable than it deserves to be
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‘Starlet’ Review: A Quirky, Prickly Portrait of an Unlikely Friendship
Indie charmer about a young actress’ relationship with an elderly widow is as far from “Tuesdays with Morrie” as you can get
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‘Lincoln’ Review: Riveting Tale Separates the Man from the Monument
Daniel Day-Lewis, with the help of Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner, converts the mythic Great Emancipator into a flesh-and-blood human being
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‘The Man with the Iron Fists’ Review: RZA Serves Up Half-Baked Chop-Socky
Wu-Tang Clan co-founder’s love for the kung fu genre doesn’t translate into excitement in his lackluster directorial debut
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‘Jack and Diane’ Review: The Worst Teen Lesbian Romance About Werewolves and Nosebleeds You’ll Ever See
Unless you’re dying to watch Elvis’ granddaughter make out with Kylie Minogue, there’s not much to recommend "Jack and Diane"
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‘The Details’ Review: Airless All-Star Comedy is Devilishly Dull
Tobey Maguire heads a cast of performers that deserve better than this morality play about jerks acting like jerks
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‘A Late Quartet’ Review: Classical-Music Drama Gets Soapy But Actors Avoid the False Notes
Despite some forays toward melodrama, a fine ensemble of actors keeps this tale of the lives and loves of musicians in tune