Staff Reviews

Culture

The Debt and A Good Old Fashioned Orgy

An ace Cold War thriller and a detumescent sex-com

Kurt Loder | 9.1.2011 6:00 PM

Culture

Colombiana and Our Idiot Brother

Zoe Saldana goes into action, Paul Rudd goes with the flow.

Kurt Loder | 8.25.2011 6:00 PM

Culture

Fright Night

Colin Farrell is a master of darkness in this superior remake.

Kurt Loder | 8.18.2011 4:30 PM

Culture

30 Minutes or Less

Here be morons

Kurt Loder | 8.11.2011 6:00 PM

Economics

Freakonomics: The Movie

Jacob Sullum | 8.3.2011 3:30 PM

Culture

A John's Life

Brian Doherty | 8.3.2011 3:28 PM

Culture

The Taxman As Literature

Peter Suderman | 8.3.2011 3:01 PM

Civil Liberties

Guards Keep California in Lockdown

Tim Cavanaugh | 8.3.2011 3:00 PM

Policy

Green Rush

Jacob Sullum | 8.3.2011 3:00 PM

Politics

A Trick of the Mind

Looking for patterns in life and then infusing them with meaning, from alien intervention to federal conspiracy.

Ronald Bailey | 8.2.2011 4:30 PM

Culture

Cowboys & Aliens and Crazy, Stupid, Love

Daniel Craig battles aliens, Steve Carell wins the weekend.

Kurt Loder | 7.28.2011 6:00 PM

Culture

Captain America: The First Avenger

A classic Marvel origin story done right.

Kurt Loder | 7.21.2011 6:00 PM

Culture

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

A grand and fitting finale to the cinematic saga

Kurt Loder | 7.14.2011 6:00 PM

Politics

The Great Basketball Swindle

A riveting new documentary takes on New York's shameful eminent domain abuse

Damon Root | 7.11.2011 12:00 PM

Culture

Horrible Bosses

Revenge of the wage slaves

Kurt Loder | 7.7.2011 6:00 PM

Culture

Briefly Noted: Singularity Seer

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 7.6.2011 11:05 AM

Culture

Briefly Noted: Spook Show

Damon Root | 7.6.2011 11:01 AM

Culture

Briefly Noted: A Bright Shining Lie

Jacob Sullum | 7.6.2011 11:00 AM

Culture

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Metal fatigue

Kurt Loder | 6.28.2011 7:00 PM

Culture

Bad Teacher

...and bad movie.

Kurt Loder | 6.23.2011 6:00 PM

Policy

Margarine Bootleggers Sent to Federal Prison

...and other stories of what happens when the government plays with your food.

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 6.22.2011 10:30 AM

Culture

Super 8

The Spielberg effect

Kurt Loder | 6.9.2011 6:00 PM

Culture

X-Men: First Class

A superhero sequel worth watching.

Kurt Loder | 6.3.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

David Mamet's Conversion Story

The Pulitzer-winning playwright explains his turn to the political right

Kurt Loder | 6.2.2011 10:30 AM

Culture

Run This Industry Tonight

Brian Doherty | 6.1.2011 3:35 PM

Culture

The Birth of Chaos

Ronald Bailey | 6.1.2011 3:33 PM

Culture

Pocket Translator

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 6.1.2011 3:33 PM

Policy

Reefer Mildness

Jacob Sullum | 6.1.2011 3:31 PM

Culture

Fairly Legal

Radley Balko | 6.1.2011 3:30 PM

Culture

The Tree of Life

The world according to God

Kurt Loder | 5.26.2011 6:00 PM

Culture

Tyler Cowen Review: "This is the up-to-date statement of libertarianism"

Matt Welch | 5.26.2011 2:40 PM

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