Entertainment :: Movie Reviews

Aftershock

By Kevin Taft | Friday May 10, 2013
A pretty entertaining little thriller about a group of friends partying in Chile when an earthquake tears the city apart and leaves them scrambling to stay alive.

Funny Girl

By Louise Adams | Wednesday May 8, 2013
Barbra Streisand IS Fanny Brice; first in the 1968’s beloved musical film and in every other part of her life too: a somewhat homely, working-class New Yawk girl with a magnificent set of lungs who becomes an overnight theatrical sensation.

Jesus Christ Superstar

By Louise Adams | Tuesday May 7, 2013
Norman Jewison’s 1973 film, now in its 40th anniversary re-release, cast Ted Neeley as the white, hippie prophet in the last days of his life, told from Judas’ point of view (after all, the story wouldn’t exist without him).

What Maisie Knew

By John DeFore | Monday May 6, 2013
A broken-family melodrama with a minimum of histrionics, Scott McGehee’s and David Siegel’s "What Maisie Knew" begins from scenes that will be familiar to most viewers who’ve witnessed a custody battle.

Turtle Hill, Brooklyn

By Daniel Scheffler | Monday May 6, 2013
A group of friends attempt to discuss life in Brooklyn at a 30th birthday party. .

Vito

By Bill Biss | Monday May 6, 2013
His life story is tough, loving, humorous and a proud one and so similar in numerous ways to a generation of people in the fight for gay rights and a generation of people lost to the disease of AIDS.

Something In The Air

By Jake Mulligan | Friday May 3, 2013
"Something in the Air" isn’t about selling out; it’s about feelings faded away. It’s about the Occupy Wall Street-er’s who’ll end up working for Bank of America. It’s about a moment that passed.

Love Is All You Need

By Jake Mulligan | Friday May 3, 2013
It’s a nice vacation, but not one I’d want to pay $12 to take.

Iron Man 3

By Robert Nesti | Friday May 3, 2013
"Iron Man 3" is a noisy, queasy exercise in cynical use of symbolism and high tech spectacle.

Mixed Kebab

By Kilian Melloy | Tuesday Apr 30, 2013
"Mixed Kebab" takes on a host of issues: Gay social and religious equality, the thorny question of immigration, and religious fundamentalism.