Staff Reviews

Culture

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

Shipwreck

Kurt Loder | 5.19.2011 6:00 PM

Culture

The Book on Mormons

A brilliant new musical from the creators of South Park both mocks and admires religion.

Ronald Bailey | 5.13.2011 10:30 AM

Culture

Bridesmaids

Kristen Wiig hits her wild comic stride.

Kurt Loder | 5.12.2011 4:30 PM

Politics

The Most Interesting Man in the Senate

Rand Paul reshapes the national debate.

Matt Welch | 5.9.2011 12:00 PM

Culture

The Beaver and Hobo with a Shotgun

The latest from Mel Gibson and Rutger Hauer

Kurt Loder | 5.5.2011 6:00 PM

Culture

Briefly Noted: Suburban Punks Rule

Brian Doherty | 5.3.2011 6:30 AM

Culture

Briefly Noted: Turing Triumph

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 5.3.2011 6:23 AM

Politics

Briefly Noted: Politics Corrupts Money

Jacob Sullum | 5.3.2011 6:16 AM

Policy

Spray Paint the Walls

Does graffiti count as art?

Greg Beato | 4.29.2011 12:00 PM

Culture

Fast Five and Cave of Forgotten Dreams

Rock steady

Kurt Loder | 4.28.2011 6:00 PM

Politics

Man vs. the State

Economist Walter E. Williams reflects on his long career battling Jim Crow, big government, and liberal orthodoxy.

Damon Root | 4.28.2011 10:30 AM

Culture

Water for Elephants

Circus boy

Kurt Loder | 4.21.2011 6:00 PM

Culture

Atlas Shrugged Part I

Where is John Galt?

Kurt Loder | 4.14.2011 6:35 PM

Culture

The Spook Racket

Magicians Todd Robbins and Teller take on the supposedly supernatural in their bloody off-Broadway sensation Play Dead

Damon Root | 4.5.2011 4:30 PM

Politics

Briefly Noted: The Big-Government Apple

Damon Root | 4.4.2011 4:29 PM

Policy

Briefly Noted: A History of Paternalism

Radley Balko | 4.4.2011 4:20 PM

Culture

Sucker Punch

Worlds in collision

Kurt Loder | 3.24.2011 6:30 PM

Politics

Notes from the Underground

How the underground press of the 1960s revolutionized the American media

Greg Beato | 3.24.2011 4:30 PM

Culture

The Book of Mormon

South Park does Broadway

Kurt Loder | 3.23.2011 6:00 PM

Policy

Briefly Noted: HealCam

Radley Balko | 3.19.2011 9:10 AM

Culture

Limitless and Win Win

Cutting corners for fun and profit

Kurt Loder | 3.17.2011 4:30 PM

Culture

Red Riding Hood

Wolf bane

Kurt Loder | 3.10.2011 6:00 PM

Culture

Briefly Noted: Control Yourself

Peter Suderman | 3.4.2011 4:57 PM

Culture

Briefly Noted: Give Me My Ears Back

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 3.4.2011 4:56 PM

Civil Liberties

Briefly Noted: DIY Exoneration

Radley Balko | 3.4.2011 4:54 PM

Policy

Briefly Noted: Global Warming Thaw

Ronald Bailey | 3.4.2011 4:53 PM

Politics

In the Long Run, Are We All Undead?

When the zombies come, the neocons will be ready.

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 2.18.2011 10:30 AM

Culture

Briefly Noted: Batman Goes Corporate

Peter Suderman | 2.17.2011 5:38 PM

Culture

Cedar Rapids

John C. Reilly shines in the year's first really funny movie.

Kurt Loder | 2.11.2011 7:00 AM

Culture

Briefly Noted: Virtually Political

Peter Suderman | 2.4.2011 12:01 PM

Culture

Briefly Noted: Moose and Squirrel Never Die

Jacob Sullum | 2.4.2011 12:00 PM

Culture

Sanctum

The James Cameron effect

Kurt Loder | 2.3.2011 6:15 PM

Culture

The Green Hornet

Seth Rogen stars as Seth Rogen in another misbegotten comic-book flick.

Kurt Loder | 1.13.2011 6:00 PM

Culture

Season of the Witch

Nicolas Cage, cursed again.

Kurt Loder | 1.7.2011 10:30 AM

Culture

The Year in Books

Reason staffers pick the best books of 2010

Reason Staff | 12.30.2010 12:00 PM

Culture

Blue Valentine

Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams undone by the mysteries of love.

Kurt Loder | 12.29.2010 12:00 PM

Culture

Briefly Noted Books, Movies, Television, and More

Privacy chic, outlaw bikers, William Gibson's Zero History, an unwitting libertarian documentary, and TV Carnage

Reason Staff | 12.28.2010 12:00 PM

Culture

Briefly Noted: Privacy Chic

Radley Balko | 12.28.2010 11:00 AM

Culture

Briefly Noted: Anarchy in the USA

Damon Root | 12.28.2010 11:00 AM

Culture

Briefly Noted: Commercial Appeal

Peter Suderman | 12.28.2010 10:59 AM

Culture

Briefly Noted: Civic Art Theft

Michael Moynihan | 12.28.2010 10:34 AM

Culture

Freedom to Fail

Jonathan Franzen ponders the glories and limits of American freedom.

Peter Suderman | 12.27.2010 12:00 PM

Culture

True Grit

The Coen brothers score, Jeff Bridges shines, and a star is born.

Kurt Loder | 12.22.2010 10:30 AM

Culture

TRON: Legacy

Jeff Bridges goes back to the Grid

Kurt Loder | 12.16.2010 12:00 PM

Culture

The Tourist

Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie on a road to nowhere

Kurt Loder | 12.10.2010 1:30 PM

Culture

Briefly Noted: Boardwalk Empire

Radley Balko | 12.3.2010 11:30 AM

Culture

Briefly Noted: A Chorus of Praise for Silent Cal

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 12.3.2010 11:29 AM

Culture

Briefly Noted: Gratuitous Government

Jacob Sullum | 12.3.2010 11:29 AM