Twilight
There’s enough teen angst and confusion for three movies, and that’s also what makes it work. A lack of distinct visual style and a low-budget flair to its limited special effects, but the movie takes its time developing every alienated inch of its characters’ lives.
Quantum of Solace
Daniel Craig’s second Bond movie is a worthy successor to the series reboot “Casino Royale.” Director Marc Forster explores issues of loyalty while Bond works through his shattered romance and a lot of jittery action scenes.
Role Models
Paul Rudd finally gets to headline an absurd comic film and gets support from a great cast that elevates the formulaic plot.
Zack and Miri Make a Porno
Kevin Smith’s latest potty-mouthed romantic comedy is a little contrived, but is helped by great chemistry between Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks.
RocknRolla
Featuring lots of tough guys talking trash and one-upping each other, Guy Ritchie’s latest gangster ensemeble is more of he same, only a little more stale.
Rachel Getting Married
Jonathan Demme’s verite-styled wedding flick is a subtle character piece with an effective Anne Hathaway and family.
W.
With the help of a very likable Josh Brolin, Oliver Stone pains an extraordinarily devastating portrait of an empty, sad man. Beware; not a satire.
Body of Lies
Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe turn in fine performances in a Middle Eastern-set Ridley Scott film that can’t seem to muster any emotional dynamics.
Religulous
Bill Maher leads the attack on Christianity in this agnos-terrific documentary that never gets beyond a bunch of talking heads.
Blindness
An epidemic of blindness takes over an unnamed city in this hard-to-swallow vision from director Fernando Meirelles. Starring Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo.
