For Blended, Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore have teamed up yet again to pretend to be in love. From the accounts of people who went to see this miracle movie, third time is not the charm. » 5/23/14 11:50am 5/23/14 11:50am

Grace of Monaco opened the Cannes Film Festival last night, and by all accounts, it was a horrible thing to endure. » 5/15/14 5:45pm 5/15/14 5:45pm

James Franco penned a review of The Great Gatsby for Vice. A few highlights: » 5/17/13 1:50pm 5/17/13 1:50pm

If you didn't know better, you might think The Big Wedding — opening in theaters today — has all the ingredients of a good movie. Get a load of that award-winning cast: Robert De Niro, Susan Sarandon, Diane Keaton! » 4/26/13 2:30pm 4/26/13 2:30pm

Honestly, Love, Actually was not a bad movie. Unfortunately, its success taught Hollywood a terrible lesson: Cram a crapload of stars into one flick, and the masses will pay to see it. Off course, by "masses," we mean women, because we're the ones these projects are aggressively marketed towards. After He's Just Not… » 12/09/11 2:15pm 12/09/11 2:15pm

The documentary Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel claims to go beneath Hef's bathrobed persona to reveal the man who championed civil rights, equality, and free speech. Critics say it's a two-hour infomercial that glosses over Playboy's objectification of women. » 7/30/10 1:23pm 7/30/10 1:23pm

Yes, the reviews are in, and Sex & the City 2 didn't fare particularly well. Neither did its actresses. Let's take a look at the language used to describe the ladies. » 5/26/10 4:40pm 5/26/10 4:40pm

The It's A Wonderful Life-inspired plot of Shrek Forever After, the fourth and ostensibly final Shrek film, is a bit stale, but a funny script and fewer pop-culture references make it better than previous sequels. » 5/21/10 3:00pm 5/21/10 3:00pm

Chloe, which opens today, starts as a sexy psychological drama, but devolves into a "Canadian lesbian version of Fatal Attraction." It's titillating, but ultimately the film "can't be recommended even to people who just want to see Amanda Seyfried naked." » 3/26/10 3:40pm 3/26/10 3:40pm

Shutter Island may be packed with too many flashbacks and plot twists, but critics say that director Martin Scorsese succeeds in crafting a ghastly, psychologically disturbing world and elevating the pulpy, B-movie thriller of the '50s to high art. » 2/19/10 2:40pm 2/19/10 2:40pm

Though critics thoroughly despise Valentine's Day, its release date and sheer volume of stars may guarantee box office success, making it the film equivalent of being jumped by a gang of Hollywood actors and having $10.50 stolen from your wallet. » 2/12/10 5:00pm 2/12/10 5:00pm

"According to "Murder in Fashion," a hysterical, fictionalized account of Cunanan's three-month, four-state, five-victim 1997 killing jag that culminated with the murder of the fashion designer Gianni Versace, the real culprit was the aesthetic tyranny of gay culture." [NYT] » 1/22/10 11:45am 1/22/10 11:45am

The reviews are in for Precious, and though some critics object to director Lee Daniels' "need to shove the reality of Precious' life in our faces," most say it's a brilliant film about hideous truths Hollywood usually ignores. » 11/06/09 2:40pm 11/06/09 2:40pm

Ouch. And it doesn't get much better, either. » 10/23/09 3:40pm 10/23/09 3:40pm

Where The Wild Things Are isn't a film for children, but about them. Many critics love it, but others say it's "made by, and for, members of a generation who feel it's unfair to have to grow up." » 10/16/09 12:30pm 10/16/09 12:30pm

How's Drew Barrymore's directorial debut? Well, some critics say it's a bit slow and predictable. However, all agree that despite its faults, the rollerderby film is "unreasonably entertaining" and more intelligent and empowering than most films marketed to women. » 10/02/09 3:20pm 10/02/09 3:20pm

Reviewers are divided on whether Jennifer's Body is a clever satire of friendships between teen girls or like a "thing a cat might bury in a litter box and still keep building the covering because the stench can't be smothered." » 9/18/09 2:30pm 9/18/09 2:30pm