‘Iron Man 2’ movie review: Scarlett Johansson joins Robert Downey. Jr. in super sequel
Iron Man 2 is very nearly as good as the first installment, and in some ways, it’s better
April 27, 2010
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Iron Man 2 is very nearly as good as the first installment, and in some ways, it’s better
The Men Who Stare at Goats is more than a bit of a mess, but there’s a lot of good here and some fun performances
Remember Me lives and dies by its ending, a bold and provocative move by director Allen Coulter and screenwriter Will Fetters
Mammoth is not as good as Moodysson’s earlier films, and has a newfound preachy vibe that feels like it was lifted from Crash
Daybreakers has grisly splatter effects, obligatory action sequences, and a look that borrows from other recent sci-fi films
In Edge of Darkness, director Martin Campbell returns to familiar ground: his well-regarded 1985 BBC miniseries.
The Book of Eli is a good-enough entry into the post-apocalyptic genre that nevertheless leaves you longing for something better
Jim Sheridan’s Brothers is virtually the same movie it was in 2004, and it will appeal to precisely the same audience
Scott Sanders’ Black Dynamite, a pitch-perfect satire of 70s blaxploitation flicks, is just a little too accurate
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is an undeniable return to form for Terry Gilliam, a fantastically imaginative piece of work
David Mackenzie’s Spread is a surprisingly effective drama and not the broad Kutcher vehicle that trailers and advance word might have implied
It’s a perfectly adequate thriller in its own right, but everything about A Perfect Getaway screams direct-to-DVD
It’s easy to have fun with Zombieland, a comedy set in a post-apocalyptic, zombie infested United States
The Time Traveler’s Wife is one of the better romances of recent years; touching and affectionate and plenty sentimental but never manipulative
This graphic Halloween sequel is brutally effective, a nightmarish vision that almost reaches arthouse levels
Kari Skogland’s Fifty Dead Men Walking is entertaining enough to please mainstream audiences
The Brothers Bloom stars Mark Ruffalo, Adrien Brody, and Rinko Kikuchi in a fun caper story from writer-director Rian Johnson
Surrogates poses an interesting question: instead of living your own life, what if you could control a lifelike robot to live it for you?
There’s exactly half a great film in Nora Ephron’s Julie and Julia: the Julia half, based on Julia Child’s My Life in France
There’s a fascinating story in the behind-the-scenes of the Woodstock music festival, but Ang Lee’s Taking Woodstock only tells about half of it
Two Lovers stars Gwyneth Paltrow and Joaquin Phoenix, in what is apparently his final acting appearance
Brüno is a rather loose collection of gags akin to Cohen’s Da Ali G Show or the Jackass movies
Cage is terrific in Knowing, which has one of the most effective scenes of terror ever seen in a film
Crank: High Voltage is bigger and faster than the first film, with more sex and violence, but it also feels less fresh this time around