Moviefone Reviews

The Pros And Cons Of 'Django Unchained'

Moviefone | Drew Taylor | Posted 12.18.2012

For some, a new Quentin Tarantino film isn't just another movie opening -- it's an experience that borders on the religious. The director has only rel...

Is 'This Is 40' Funnier Than 'Knocked Up'?

Moviefone | Drew Taylor | Posted 12.14.2012

Judd Apatow is a seemingly omnipresent producer in the world of comedy, and a guiding light for those who are looking to break into the business of bi...

How Good Is 'The Hobbit'?

Moviefone | Drew Taylor | Posted 12.07.2012

Is everyone ready to return to The Shire? After a number of false starts (which included a year of “Hellboy” filmmaker Guillermo del Toro as direc...

How Is Bill Murray As FDR?

Moviefone | Drew Taylor | Posted 12.05.2012

Oscar season is upon us, which means lots of prestigious biographies of powerful or famous people. After this weekend, there will be three such movies...

The Pros And Cons Of 'Killing Them Softly'

Moviefone | Drew Taylor | Posted 11.27.2012

In 2007, Australian director Andrew Dominik (who had risen to prominence based on his terrific debut film “Chopper”) and mega-watt star Brad Pitt ...

The Pros And Cons Of 'Rise Of The Guardians'

Moviefone | Drew Taylor | Posted 11.19.2012

‘Tis the season… for costly 3D animated blockbusters! The newest animated confection to roll out of the major studio pipeline, just a few short we...

The Pros And Cons Of 'Anna Karenina'

Moviefone | Drew Taylor | Posted 11.16.2012

Yes, "Anna Karenina," Leo Tolstoy's beloved mega-novel of love and revolution, is being adapted once again (by our count this is the twelfth big-scree...

Should You Go See 'Lincoln'?

Moviefone | Drew Taylor | Posted 11.16.2012

Abraham Lincoln was a hell of a president, and this year he’s being treated as such. In 2012 alone he's had two movies dedicated to his life. The fi...

The Pros And Cons Of 'Iron Fists'

Moviefone | Drew Taylor | Posted 11.02.2012

This weekend, RZA, a talented member of the Wu-Tang Clan, a rap collective highly indebted to all things martial arts, unleashes his kung fu epic, "Th...

The Pros And Cons Of 'Pitch Perfect'

Moviefone | Drew Taylor | Posted 09.26.2012

There's nothing better than when a movie surprises you, and "Pitch Perfect," the giddy-good new competitive a cappella movie, is one of the year's big...

Review: We the Party Compensates for Its Threadbare Production Values With a Strongly Moral Viewpoint

Scott Mendelson | Posted 06.05.2012
Scott Mendelson

In the end, We the Party is a small picture, but not one without merit, and one that builds and improves as it goes on.

Review: Tony Kaye's Detachment Paints a Grim Picture of Public Education

Scott Mendelson | Posted 05.06.2012
Scott Mendelson

Detachment works as a powerful character study and a searing indictment of the institutional disinterest in education that allows seemingly dedicated educators to eventually become as much a problem as a solution.

The Iron Lady

Warren Adler | Posted 03.25.2012
Warren Adler

While the movie has, to my mind, numerous flaws as a film biography of a powerful political figure, I would recommend it as an interesting and sincere attempt to portray the emotional life of a legendary female politician.

Blaming the Victim: The 'Problem' With Beauty and the Beast Isn't Belle, but the Beast

Scott Mendelson | Posted 03.19.2012
Scott Mendelson

If he truly makes her happy, then Belle deserves a lifetime of happiness with the now-human prince. But on the basis of his onscreen behavior, the Beast does not deserve Belle.