The Skin I Live In (2011) Movie Reviews

The Skin I Live In (2011)

A brilliant plastic surgeon, haunted by past tragedies, creates a type of synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.

Hugo (2011) Movie Reviews

Hugo (2011)

In Paris in 1931, an orphan named Hugo Cabret who lives in the walls of a train station is wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton.

The Descendants (2011) Movie Reviews

The Descendants (2011)

A land baron tries to reconnect with his two daughters after his wife is seriously injured in a boating accident.

Like Crazy (2011) Movie Reviews

Like Crazy (2011)

A British college student falls for an American student, only to be separated from him when she’s banned from the U.S. after overstaying her visa.

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 (2011) Movie Reviews

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 (2011)

The Quileutes close in on expecting parents Edward and Bella, whose unborn child poses a threat to the Wolf Pack and the towns people of Forks.

Immortals (2011) Movie Reviews

Immortals (2011)

Theseus is a mortal man chosen by Zeus to lead the fight against the ruthless King Hyperion, who is on a rampage across Greece to obtain a weapon that can destroy humanity.

J. Edgar (2011) Movie Reviews

J. Edgar (2011)

J. Edgar Hoover, powerful head of the F.B.I. for nearly 50 years, looks back on his professional and personal life.

Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) Movie Reviews

Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)

Haunted by painful memories and increasing paranoia, a damaged woman struggles to re-assimilate with her family after fleeing an abusive cult.

Take Shelter (2011) Movie Reviews

Take Shelter (2011)

Plagued by a series of apocalyptic visions, a young husband and father questions whether to shelter his family from a coming storm, or from himself.

Weekend (2011) Movie Reviews

Weekend (2011)

After a drunken house party with his straight mates, Russell heads out to a gay club. Just before closing time he picks up Glen but what’s expected to be just a one-night stand becomes something else, something special.

Anonymous (2011) Movie Reviews

Anonymous (2011)

The theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford, who penned Shakespeare’s plays. Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I and the Essex rebellion against her.

Margin Call (2011) Movie Reviews

Margin Call (2011)

Follows the key people at an investment bank, over a 24-hour period, during the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis.

My Afternoons with Margueritte (2010) Movie Reviews

My Afternoons with Margueritte (2010)

A semi-literate and lonely odd-job man bonds with a much older and well-read woman.

The Mighty Macs (2009) Movie Reviews

The Mighty Macs (2009)

In the early 70s, Cathy Rush becomes the head basketball coach at a tiny, all-girls Catholic college. Though her team has no gym and no uniforms — and the school itself is in danger of being sold — Coach Rush looks to steer her girls to their first national championship.

Brighton Rock (2010) Movie Reviews

Brighton Rock (2010)

Charts the headlong fall of Pinkie, a razor-wielding disadvantaged teenager with a religious death wish.

Footloose (2011) Movie Reviews

Footloose (2011)

City teenager Ren MacCormack moves to a small town where rock music and dancing have been banned, and his rebellious spirit shakes up the populace.

Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure (2011) Movie Reviews

Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure (2011)

When two friends tape-recorded the fights of their violently noisy neighbors, they accidentally created one of the world’s first ‘viral’ pop-culture sensations.

Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life (2010) Movie Reviews

Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life (2010)

A glimpse at the life of French singer Serge Gainsbourg, from growing up in 1940s Nazi-occupied Paris through his successful song-writing years in the 1960s to his death in 1991 at the age of 62.