Gail Collins Hates the Lone Star State
Times columnist messes with Texas and loses in laugh-free, fact-challenged airdrop.
Staff Reviews
The Cure for Abject Poverty
A new book argues that inclusive institutions offer the best path to prosperity.
The Freaky Fetishes of Golden Age Hollywood
A tolerant new tell-all from Tinseltown's sexual fixer
Magic Mike and The Amazing Spider-Man
Channing Tatum in the flesh, Andrew Garfield in a mega-budget mess.
The Newsroom: Finally, a Show About Elitist American Nostalgia!
Aaron Sorkin wants Daddy Newsman to explain to all those stupid Americans what's right and wrong.
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and To Rome with Love
An anemic muddle and a good Woody Allen.
Snow White and the Huntsman
A CGI confection spun around the bones of the well-known fairy tale.
Men in Black III and Moonrise Kingdom
Josh Brolin reinvigorates the sci-fi series, Wes Anderson stays true to form.
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.
