The Gunman is a sleek, adult thriller bolstered by a terrific cast and taut action direction from Luc Besson protégé Pierre Morel
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty reaches for far more than it actually delivers, and contradicts the theme of the original story in the process
Gangster Squad is a high-profile, high-energy, overdone and undercooked version of a purportedly true story
This Must Be the Place is less than the sum of its parts, but when the parts are so engaging it’s hard to complain
The Tree of Life is director Terrence Malick’s most ambitious and challenging film to date; and quite possibly his very best
Milk certainly isn’t sour, though the traditional Hollywood biopic material is often underwhelming
Sean Penn’s Into the Wild serves as a cautionary tale against the dangers of a nature we, perhaps, don’t know enough about as we should