Movie Editorial Reviews

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

1. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

By Matt Pais - May 14, 2008

The continuing adventures of the world's scrawniest heroes

How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer

2. How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer Icon-mmx-pick

By Matt Pais - May 7, 2008

Three strong women given a chance to come alive—what a concept!

Box Elder

3. Box Elder Icon-mmx-pick

By Matt Pais - May 14, 2008

Slacker bliss for admirers of Seth Rogen

Speed Racer

4. Speed Racer

By Matt Pais - May 7, 2008

A two-hour visual assault that feels like someone tie-dyed your face

Then She Found Me

5. Then She Found Me

By Matt Pais - April 29, 2008

Recommended only for people who love being miserable

Baby Mama

6. Baby Mama

By Matt Pais - April 22, 2008

Fey and Poehler deliver, but results are inconclusive

Speed Racer

7. Speed Racer

By Geoff Berkshire - May 6, 2008

Get past the visuals and the movie's running on empty

What Happens in Vegas

8. What Happens in Vegas

By Matt Pais - May 7, 2008

Just like Vegas, except bland, boring and not fun at all

Iron Man

9. Iron Man Icon-mmx-pick

By Matt Pais - April 29, 2008

The sturdy, entertaining hero you'd trust against anyone but a metal detector

The Fall

10. The Fall Icon-mmx-pick

By Geoff Berkshire - May 6, 2008

An eye-popping fantasy you have to see to believe

Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden?

11. Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden?

By Matt Pais - April 16, 2008

And what happened to Morgan Spurlock's inquisitive nature?

Smart People

12. Smart People

By Matt Pais - April 9, 2008

Hollywood continues its obsession with depressed literary types

Chaos Theory

13. Chaos Theory

By Matt Pais - March 27, 2008

Definitely no "Definitely, Maybe," but still pretty appealing

Shine a Light

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By Matt Pais - April 1, 2008

How do the Rolling Stones keep going? They love it, that's how

Stop-Loss

15. Stop-Loss

By Matt Pais - March 26, 2008

Timely drama doesn't finish important discussion it starts

Charlie Bartlett

16. Charlie Bartlett

By Matt Pais - February 20, 2008

Certainly more fun than 'Michael Clayton,' but 'Ferris Bueller' this isn’t

Married Life

17. Married Life Icon-mmx-pick

By Matt Pais - March 12, 2008

What a concept: a movie that makes marriage look doomed!

Paranoid Park

18. Paranoid Park Icon-mmx-pick

By Matt Pais - March 12, 2008

Proof that there's more than Avril Lavigne songs clogging teens' minds

The Signal

19. The Signal Icon-mmx-pick

By Matt Pais - February 20, 2008

TV is the villain in exciting horror flick, but don't change the channel

George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead

20. George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead

By Matt Pais - February 12, 2008

I endured this redundant zombie movie and all I got was this lousy headache

The Babysitters

21. The Babysitters

By Geoff Berkshire - May 6, 2008

They'll service you, for a fee...ew

In Bruges

22. In Bruges

By Matt Pais - February 6, 2008

Dark comedy will have you intrigued but not always in stitches

Persepolis

23. Persepolis

By Matt Pais - January 16, 2008

Sweet animated flick draws an only somewhat memorable picture

Kurt Cobain About a Son

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By Matt Pais - January 9, 2008

Nirvana's singer is one person we're glad to hear talk only about himself

There Will Be Blood

25. There Will Be Blood Icon-mmx-pick

By Matt Pais - December 28, 2007

Faith and commerce clash in this slow but stunning old-timey smackdown

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