Baseball manager Leo Durocher once said, “Nice guys finish last.” Well don’t tell that to Larry Crowne. He has his share of troubles but he never fails to approach each day with a sm...

I’ve come to expect manic action, ear-splitting sound effects and character development treated as collateral damage in Michael Bay’s movies. Imagine my surprise that his latest, Transform...

What did I learn from Bad Teacher? I was reminded that you can’t judge a book by its cover, that a strong supporting cast is invaluable when tackling an edgy script and that Cameron Diaz still h...

Comedians as broad as Jim Carrey are an acquired taste. You either love him or hate him. He’s mellowed a bit over the years and I’ve come to admire his willingness to go all out on screen....

Like all superhero origin movies, Martin Campbell’s Green Lantern has its share of growing pains. It can be a narrative burden to have to dispense with the requisite introduction of an ordinary ...

A longing for another time has never been far from many of Woody Allen’s films. Many of his movies take place in a past (Radio Days, Bullets Over Broadway) that’s recreated, if not idyllic...

If flattery is the most sincere form of praise, then director JJ Abrams nearly drowns his mentor Steven Spielberg in admiration with his latest, Super 8, an obvious pastiche of the cinematic master&rs...

Much like its teen protagonists, X-Men: First Class straddles the line between grace and awkwardness. There are moments in which it contains some of the best scenes in the mutant series, if not the su...