Staff Reviews
A Million Ways to Die in the West Is a One-Note Jokefest, Maleficent Is Modern Disney Magic
Seth MacFarlane is not quite ready for the big screen, but Angelina Jolie rules over a Sleeping Beauty spinoff.
X-Men: Days of Future Past Is Near-Perfect, While Cold in July Has an Old-School Flair
Hugh Jackman in a time-tripping blockbuster, Michael C. Hall and Don Johnson in a nasty little noir.
What Fed Up Gets Wrong About the Food Industry
The new documentary Fed Up claims to shine a critical light on the food industry and the "obesity epidemic." But it ignores the real culprit.
Godzilla Brings Monsters To Life
Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Bryan Cranston in a great monster mashup.
Demented Excess and More in Chef, Neighbors, and Palo Alto
Food porn, frat boys, and teenage wasteland revisited
Blood Glacier Isn't Total Crap; Zombeavers Is
Screaming death birds and undead aqua-rodents.
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Grapples With Love, Death, and CGI
Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone return in an overwrought arachnid adventure.
Arrested Development
Economists who set out to help the world's poor may actually be part of the problem.
The Other Woman Brings New Twists to Chick Flicks
Leslie Mann classes up a predictable movie that has a light, jaunty comic rhythm.
In Your Eyes: A DIY showcase
Joss Whedon's newest flick isn't just a great new movie. Its distribution model may be the future of great new movies.
Divergent and Nymphomaniac: Volume I
Shailene Woodley breaks out, Lars von Trier goes all the way.
Veronica Mars and Grand Piano
Kristen Bell back on the case, Elijah Wood playing for his life.
The Grand Budapest Hotel and 300: Rise of an Empire
Ralph Fiennes between two wars, ancient Greeks back in the thick of one.
Labor Day and Tim's Vermeer
Kate Winslet in a slushy romance, Penn and Teller on the trail of an artistic mystery.
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit and Big Bad Wolves
Chris Pine in a franchise reboot, and a startling creepfest from Israel.
The Wolf of Wall Street
Martin Scorsese's electrifying tale of sex and drugs and very dirty money.
Irrational Exuberance or Irrational Policies?
Former Fed chief Alan Greenspan seems blind to his role in the housing bubble, the financial crisis, and the recession.
