Despite an interesting premise and a terrific cast, this murky mess feels like it was cobbled together from a bare minimum of available elements.
This monumental epic about the Osage Indian murders in the 1920s and those that were behind them ranks among director Martin Scorsese’s finest achievements.
De Niro is authentic and tender as a first-generation Italian-American dad in this otherwise routine comedy starring stand-up comic Sebastian Maniscalco.
Joaquin Phoenix gives a mesmerizing performance as an alienated would-be comic in this startling comic book tale that is more Taxi Driver than Batman
Joy is a real-life rags-to-riches story that is impeccably crafted but perhaps not as resonant as the filmmakers want it to be
American Hustle might be David O. Russell’s best-received feature yet, garnering almost unanimous praise from critics and 10 Oscar nominations
Grudge Match, a light-hearted, easygoing affair that coasts along on the charisma of its stars, is better than you might expect
The Family is some kind of loopy fish-out-of-water comedy that tries to blend the real-world consequences of its setting into a light-hearted frame
The Big Wedding casts Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton, Susan Sarandon, Robin Williams and other fins actors in an entirely dull affair
Silver Linings Playbook is genuinely funny and genuinely touching, and moves throughout familiar territory with incredible skill
If nothing else, Garry Marshall’s New Year’s Eve must have been great fun for the product placement department
By Jason Statham standards of believability Killer Elite ranks several notches above the Crank and Transporter films
A thriller about “smart” people shouldn’t be so dumb, but Neil Burger’s Limitless is still a helluva lot of fun
Machete delivers the goods and then some: numerous additional characters and subplots, and even a socio-political message
Everybody’s Fine is competently shot and directed and put together, and front and center is a pretty good performance by Robert De Niro
The Good Shepherd is richly detailed and expertly produced, if hellishly long and unbearably slow
Stardust entertains due to the multitude of left-field elements Neil Gaiman throws into his story