Staff Reviews
The Samaritan and Lovely Molly
A crime thriller from Samuel L. Jackson, a horror show from the director of The Blair Witch Project
The Dictator
The gags are more exhausted than Gaddafi's regime as Sacha Baron Cohen graduates from documentary punking to standard comedy.
The Technocratic Mind
A hagiography of the Obama administration's most powerful wonks reveals more than it intends.
Headhunters, The Five-Year Engagement, and The Raven
Love and laughs and quite a few corpses
The Business of Medical Marijuana
Two new books about "ganjaprenurialism" capture the confused and confusing state of U.S pot laws.
The Cabin in the Woods and Lockout
Teen terror reinvented, another dystopian future regurgitated.
Talent on the Move
A review of Borderless Economics, a new book about the joys of labor mobility