Sam Duboff

In Time

High-concept, but mainstream sci-fi films only succeed when it is the characters and the narrative driving the film rather than…

13 years ago

Friends With Benefits

It is a dangerous but increasingly trendy business for filmmakers to position their romantic comedy as the “anti-rom-com”: a film…

13 years ago

Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part II

**Warning - review contains spoilers** The unparalleled joy one gets from watching the eighth and final Harry Potter movie has…

13 years ago

Super 8

The score is cheesy, the plot progresses through clunky exposition, and the characters are simplistic, but good luck trying not…

13 years ago

The Tree Of Life

In The Tree of Life, legendary director/writer Terrence Malick attempts to evaluate a fundamental conflict: in a rather heavy-handed monologue…

13 years ago

The Voice – Season One

As if it weren’t already obvious enough how broken American Idol is – mediocre talent, flawed voting system, male favoritism,…

13 years ago

No Strings Attached

After watching Natalie Portman deliver the performance of a lifetime in Black Swan—with her tightly wound hair, each movement and…

13 years ago

Country Strong

Before Country Strong was even released to theaters, Gwyneth Paltrow’s calculated, savvy career restoration had already been completed. For years,…

13 years ago

Burlesque

Jack—as interpreted mostly shirtlessly by Cam Gigandet—seems to be your classic rom-com male lead. He’s confident and attractive at first…

13 years ago

Love and Other Drugs

In the weeks leading up to the release of Love and Other Drugs, you could hardly turn on a TV…

13 years ago

The Social Network

The Social Network is the kind of movie that studios dream about—it is mainstream enough to portend box office success,…

14 years ago

Catfish

When it comes to Catfish, the marketing of the movie and the film itself are inseparable. If you’ve seen the…

14 years ago

Never Let Me Go

Despite donning a ‘do that can only be described as a mullet for most of the film, Carey Mulligan conveys…

14 years ago