‘Pitch Perfect’ movie review: ensemble a cappella comedy goes flat
Two movies compete for screen time in the slickly-produced, well-cast and acted but otherwise inexplicable Pitch Perfect
December 19, 2012
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Two movies compete for screen time in the slickly-produced, well-cast and acted but otherwise inexplicable Pitch Perfect
Signál, the latest film from director Tomáš Řehořek, starts out with a can’t-miss premise but eventually turns into a muddle
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 is all Sturm und Drang and endless exposition, and yet nothing is really happening
Bachelorette, a foul-mouthed, high-concept Hangover-meets-Bridesmaids wedding comedy, has opened to divisive reviews
The Possession is a nicely-produced, well-directed, competently-acted, but entirely generic possession film
The Watch has traces of Ghostbusters and a good helping of The ‘burbs, another guilty pleasure
The Amazing Spider-Man improves on Sam Raimi’s original film in a number of ways but it struggles with tone throughout.
Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted is likely to appeal most to younger children and undemanding parents
Men in Black 3 represents a pleasant-enough diversion but little more after a decade-long absence from the series
The Raven might have been fascinating had it painted a more believable portrait of Poe’s last days
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is a pleasant enough diversion – but perhaps one best suited to its target demographic
Hysteria is never dull, and it’s often amusing enough to warrant a pass, but the romantic aspects are oh-so ordinary
The Lucky One is the latest Sparks novels to hit the big screen, and you know exactly what to expect here
We Bought a Zoo – Crowe’s first film since 2005’s Elizabethtown – is good-natured, agreeable, and even heartwarming
Robert Sedláček’s Long Live the Family is a slow-moving, low-energy, but occasionally affecting family drama-cum-road movie,
The Lorax joins Horton Hears a Who, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and The Cat in the Hat as bloated versions of Seuss classics
My Week with Marilyn begins to feel queasy when the relationship between writer Colin Clark and star Marilyn Monroe is developed
Safe House is one of those movies where the big set pieces were conceived first, and then the story written around them
Man on a Ledge works, to the extent it does, by obscuring its plot as long as it can, for about half of the movie.
Perfect Sense takes a fascinating premise and tells it through the story of two lovers caught up in a global pandemic
Baltasar Kormákur’s Contraband lacks any kind of ambition but gets the job done as a B-movie caper flick with the cast to match
Machine Gun Preacher is never really sure how it feels about Sam Childers, and never really sure how to tell his story
There’s a lot to like in The Thing, which has been marketed as a remake of the 1982 John Carpenter film but is actually a prequel
Was Shakespeare a fraud? Roland Emmerich’s Anonymous wastes no time in getting to the answer: yes