Category: Movie Reviews

This underwhelming sitcom has been heavily promoted as “From the producer of Bridesmaids,” as if to imply that Judd Apatow has a golden touch that ensures the success of any movie project he’s blessed. However, the undisputed King of Crude has been associated with just about as many flops (ala “Wanderlust” and “Year One”) as […]

Anne (Juliette Binoche) is a stressed-out investigative reporter for Elle Magazine, stationed in Paris, who is a good candidate for a lifestyle makeover, given the overwhelming demands of her job and her family. Her boss has been pressuring her to meet the deadline for the article she’s currently working on about college students who moonlight […]

At the time the State of Israel was established in 1948, the Kibbutz Movement had already been thriving there for almost 40 years. In fact, the country might not have come into existence without the kibbutzim, because the settlements, which raised kids collectively, were very adept at turning children into patriotic fighters willing to sacrifice […]

When Djbril (Sy Alassane) left his native Senegal for the U.S., he harbored high hopes of making it as a musician. But while pursuing his version of the elusive American Dream, the 21-year-old immigrant pays the rent by hustling bootlegged CDs and other assorted contraband on the streets of lower Manhattan. After hours, he retreats […]

At first blush, “The Cabin in the Woods” reads like your run-of-the-mill slasher flick. After all, it revolves around unsuspecting teenagers isolated at a secluded setting who suddenly find themselves stalked by a homicidal maniac. Furthermore, at the picture’s point of departure, we’re introduced to five, naïve college kids embarking on a weekend getaway by […]

Nicholas Sparks is an award-winning author with his finger on the pulse as well as the heartstrings of readers of the romance genre. All of his 16 novels have been New York Times best-sellers, and seven have been made into movies so far, most notably, “The Notebook,” “Message in a Bottle” and “Dear John,” each […]

Whether or not recent atmospheric trends are due to global warming, it’s pretty clear that humanity is playing a large part in climate change. But rather than engaging in silly debates about whether we’re headed for immolation or another Ice Age, it might be better to examine exactly how we are affecting the planet and […]

To some, it probably seems like only yesterday that the high school seniors at the center of American Pie were on a mission to lose their virginity before their graduation. But that was actually two sequels (American Pie 2 and American Wedding) and four spinoffs ago, so the testosterone-blinded buddies have long-since graduated and gone […]

By the time Bernie Madoff was arrested in December 2008, Harry Markopolos had been trying for years to expose his investment firm as a billion-dollar Ponzi scheme. Starting in the spring of 2000, the Boston-based securities analyst began approaching the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) with proof that the former NASDAQ chairman was perpetrating a […]

Whether by design or merely by coincidence, it’s impossible to ignore the fact that We the Party is being released the same day as American Reunion, the 4th installment in the American Pie series. After all, the original American Pie revolved around a quartet of horny, high school students competing to lose their virginity before […]

Picture a post-apocalyptic North America left devastated by a combination of fire, famine, drought and wars. The U.S. has collapsed only to be replaced by a centralized, totalitarian regime run with an iron fist by the President (Donald Sutherland) with the approval of effete elites barricaded inside the wealthy Capitol. That pampered class remains blissfully […]