This British dark comedy centers around father and son ex-cons as they passive-aggressively bicker with each other when they’re not in meetings with eccentric cohorts. “Down Terrace” is the big-screen debut of writer-director Ben Wheatley, who made a name for himself directing television shows and commercials. According to critics, the dialogue in the film often [...]

Days away from marrying his fiance, Sam Nussbaum insists he escort his younger brother, Tom, on a wild goose chase to find Tom’s fifth grade girlfriend. The brothers’ reluctant reunion is the canvas for their rowdy road trip and contributes to most of the comedy throughout the film. While “Douchebag” claims to be a minimalist [...]

It’s a grandly entertaining reminder of everything we used to go to the movies for (and still can’t get online): sparkling dialogue, thorny situations, soulful performances, and an unusually open-ended and relevant engagement with a major social issue of the day: how we (dis)connect. (Time Out NY) Reading the Metacritic page for The Social Network [...]

The time-tested question that audiences and critics alike should ask themselves after seeing a film is, “Why is this story being told?” Unfortunately for this film’s 74-year-old director, Woody Allen, audiences have found fewer and fewer answers to this question for some of his more recent films. “You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger” follows [...]

It’s a real shame to see a movie featuring Betty White, Kristen Bell, and Sigourney Weaver get panned. Unfortunately, the script for this wedding comedy is everything but comedic, so even a cast as talented as this can’t make something out of nothing. “You Again” revolves around a wedding during which several female guests confront [...]

An out of work poet decides to go on a mission against fast food. In today’s world, that’s about as heroic as you can get. Bill, played by Paul Gordon, puts everything he has into an all-organic mostly-vegetarian food stand. However, he lacks the business savvy to be a successful micro-business owner and runs into [...]

It’s rare that a teen can actually exploit a school’s rumor mill to gain both social and financial capital. In “Easy A,” a dazzling Emma Stone sees her life paralleling Hester Prynne’s in “The Scarlet Letter,” which she uses to her advantage. Critics agree that the film is an extremely intelligent satire that catapults Stone [...]

In this film, two wolves on opposite ends of the pack’s social order — voiced by Justin Long and Hayden Panettiere — are forced to go on a journey together to return home after getting kidnapped. The story sounds dull and cliché. With Disney/Pixar becoming the standard for animated comedies, ‘Alpha and Omega’ does not appear [...]