Mirror, Mirror (2012)
The Brothers Grimm classic gets dusted off yet one more time, the first of two Snow White adaptations done in 2012 alone (Snow White and the Huntsmanbeing the other). The story starts with the...
Category: 2010s
Immortals (2011)
Director Tarsem Singh (The Fall, The Cell) delivers his usual highly-stylized, incoherent visual masturbation all over this somewhat gory sword-and-sandal epic, cranking up the computer-generated display at the expense of such things as interesting plot,...
In Time (2011)
In Time is a film which surmises a near-future in which time is the commodity that is traded among people in order to do such things as ride a bus, pay their rent, or buy...
The Muppets (2011)
In this return after over a decade to the big screen by Jim Henson’s much-beloved creations, the long mothballed Muppets Studio in Hollywood becomes threatened with destruction at the avaricious hands of a greedy...
Safe House (2012)
Ryan Reynolds plays rookie CIA agent Matt Weston, reluctantly stuck in a dreary, boring assignment looking after an empty safe house in Cape Town, South Africa. When his locale is used as the interrogation...
Chronicle (2012)
Directed by first-timer Josh Trank, this Max Landis (son of famous filmmaker John Landis) scripted story mostly follows the plight of Andrew Detmer (DeHaan), a troubled teen who is bullied at school, abused by...
Haywire (2011)
Steven Soderbergh (Ocean’s Thirteen, Ocean’s Twelve) directs, giving a starring role to MMA fighter and former participant on “American Gladiator” Gina Carano, a novice actress with an intense physical presence and prowess, this retro-vibed thriller...
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
Daniel Craig stars as investigative journalist Mikael Blomkvist, who ends up losing a major and very public libel lawsuit, not because he wasn’t right, but because he lacked the evidence to prevail. His reputation...
The Change-Up (2011)
Body-swap comedies are relatively predictable, and yet, if the comedians are gifted and the situations inspired, a winning comedy can still be made from the oft-used premise. The only thing that sets it apart...
The Hunger Games (2012)
The Hunger Games is based on Suzanne Collins’ bestselling young-adult novel of the same name. The futuristic storyline primarily revolves around 16-year-old girl Katniss Everdeen (Lawrence), who is the unlucky contestant, volunteering in place...