Bad ‘Moon’ rising

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the Chippendale werewolves. “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” is...

Savor ‘Precious’ moments

And the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress goes to Mo’Nique? I am dead serious. Presented by Oprah...

‘Planet 51’ not worth exploring

A “Shrek”-style, 3-D-animated co-production, “Planet 51” is a less entertaining “Monsters...

Do shoot ‘The Messenger’

In Oren Moverman’s downbeat drama “The Messenger,” Woody Harrelson has more tics than an East...

‘2012’ a doofus disaster

A giant tsunami of cheese has just landed at a theater near you. Smell it and resist if you can. Roland Emmerich’s...

The reel meaning of the holidays

Will a special-effects-laden end-of-the-world spectacle take a bite out of the Tiger Beat vampires in the 2009...

Get dialed in to ‘Pirate Radio’

Featuring the best movie soundtrack since Alan Parker’s “The Commitments,” “Pirate Radio”arrives...

The end’s in sight

Ever since the human race rose from the muck, humans have enjoyed stories about how the world would end. From the...

‘Maid’ not so merry

A bourgeois fable in the style of Bunuel or Genet, Chile’s “The Maid” paints an unsentimental,...