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Review, Behind the Candelabra: Brilliant Michael Douglas, Kitsch and Depth

Caryn James | Posted 05.22.2013 | Entertainment
Caryn James

Despite the earnest pr spin surrounding it, Behind the Candelabra invites us to laugh at -- not always with -- the grinning, gaudy Vegas spectacle that is Liberace.

Popcorn Preview: The Iceman

Leslie Sisman | Posted 05.10.2013 | Entertainment
Leslie Sisman

Film: The Iceman (2012) Cast includes: Michael Shannon (Mud), Winona Ryder (Girl, Interrupted), Chris Evans (The Avengers), Ray Liotta (Goodfellas), D...

Popcorn Preview: The Attack

Leslie Sisman | Posted 05.10.2013 | Entertainment
Leslie Sisman

Film: The Attack (L'attentat) (2012) Cast includes: Ali Suliman (Body of Lies), Reymond Amsalem (Rendition), Dvir Benedek (A Matter of Size), Uri Gavr...

Popcorn Preview: What Maisie Knew

Leslie Sisman | Posted 05.10.2013 | Entertainment
Leslie Sisman

Film: What Maisie Knew (2012) Cast includes: Julianne Moore (Crazy, Stupid, Love.), Steve Coogan (24 Hour Party People), Alexander Skarsgard (True Blo...

Movie Review: Sightseers

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.08.2013 | Entertainment
Marshall Fine

If you ever imagine gruesome deaths befalling people who annoy you in the course of your day -- people you may not even know but who instantly rub you the wrong way -- well, this is the movie for you.

A Rabbinic Take On 'Searching for Sugar Man'

Rabbi Herb Cohen | Posted 05.06.2013 | Religion
Rabbi Herb Cohen

Our Sages tells us that the truly rich man is the man who is content with what he already has. "Searching for Sugar Man" reminds us that it is who we are that give us our identity, not what we possess.

How Is Pierce Brosnan's Rom-Com?

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 05.01.2013 | Entertainment

The message behind most romantic comedies is the simple-minded sentiment that love is all you need. So when Danish filmmaker Susanne Bier takes that t...

Popcorn Preview: Mud

Leslie Sisman | Posted 04.29.2013 | Entertainment
Leslie Sisman

Film: Mud (2012) Cast includes: Matthew McConaughey (The Lincoln Lawyer), Tye Sheridan (The Tree of Life), Jacob Lofland, Reese Witherspoon (Walk the ...

Popcorn Preview: The Reluctant Fundamentalist

Leslie Sisman | Posted 04.27.2013 | Entertainment
Leslie Sisman

Film: The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2012) Cast includes: Riz Ahmed (Four Lions), Live Schreiber (Defiance), Kate Hudson (Almost Famous), Kiefer Suther...

Popcorn Preview: In the House

Leslie Sisman | Posted 04.27.2013 | Entertainment
Leslie Sisman

Film: In the House (2012) ["Dans la maison"] Cast includes: Francois Ozon (Swimming Pool) Director: Fabrice Luchini (The Woman on the 6th Floor), Erns...

Mud: The Coming of Age of the Knight in Shining Armor

Brian Formo | Posted 04.26.2013 | Los Angeles
Brian Formo

In Mud -- the new film by Jeff Nichols -- two boys find an island -- and come of age. Using a southern bayou as a backdrop, Mud oozes metaphors of manhood, and how the construct of what it means to be a man has changed.

Popcorn Preview: 42

Leslie Sisman | Posted 04.16.2013 | Entertainment
Leslie Sisman

Film: 42 (2013) Cast includes: Chadwick Boseman (The Kill Hole), Harrison Ford (Clear and Present Danger), Nicole Beharie (American Violet), Christoph...

Popcorn Preview: Disconnect

Leslie Sisman | Posted 04.16.2013 | Entertainment
Leslie Sisman

Film: Disconnect (2012) Cast includes: Jason Bateman (Up in the Air), Hope Davis (The Weather Man), Frank Grillo (The Grey), Michael Nyqvist (The Girl...

Popcorn Preview: The Company You Keep

Leslie Sisman | Posted 04.13.2013 | Entertainment
Leslie Sisman

Film: The Company You Keep (2012) Cast includes: Robert Redford (Spy Game), Shia LaBeouf (Transformers), Julie Christie (Finding Neverland), Susan Sar...

Popcorn Preview: Stories We Tell

Leslie Sisman | Posted 04.13.2013 | Entertainment
Leslie Sisman

Film: Stories We Tell (2012) Writer/Director: Sarah Polley (Take This Waltz) Genre: Documentary (108 minutes) "When you're in the middle of a story, ...

To the Wonder Is to Wonder About Terrence Malick

Brian Formo | Posted 04.12.2013 | Los Angeles
Brian Formo

"Where other movies have fans, Malick's produce disciples." I am in the beyond a fan camp; his films have affected me in ways that other films never really have, in awe, in sorrow and in longing. I am in Malick's pulpit until the end.

Trance Brings Danny Boyle Full Circle

Brian Formo | Posted 04.05.2013 | Los Angeles
Brian Formo

Where some of Boyle's kinetic, hyper-stylized music video camera approach in Slumdog Millionaire and 127 Hours felt a little out of place, it is perfect in Trance: a techno heist film. I'd almost call it a cyberpunk movie, as it feels plugged into some technological grid.

Movie Review: In Danny Boyle's Trance, McAvoy, Dawson and Twisted Memories

Caryn James | Posted 04.04.2013 | Entertainment
Caryn James

Playing a sophisticated London auctioneer, James McAvoy gazes into the camera with cool, nerveless clarity as his voiceover gives us the inside tricks of protecting and stealing a painting.

The Color of Invincibility in Spring Breakers

Gideon Resnick | Posted 04.02.2013 | College
Gideon Resnick

Harmony Korine likes to shock and awe. He's the boy who would line up first in biology class to dissect a frog; the one who would bring home road kill...

Popcorn Preview: House of Cards (2013)

Leslie Sisman | Posted 03.31.2013 | Entertainment
Leslie Sisman

Film: House of Cards (2013) Cast includes: Kevin Spacey (Se7ev), Robin Wright (Moneyball), Michael Kelly (The Adjustment Bureau), Michael Gill (Ideal)...

Were These Critics On Target?

The Huffington Post | Treye Green | Posted 03.30.2013 | Entertainment

This week in music, Dido made her return with "Girl Who Got Away." The album was an attempt at a fresh sound, but critics felt the project's "cool fac...

Disconnect: A Movie About All of Us

Alan Ravitz, MD | Posted 03.29.2013 | Entertainment
Alan Ravitz, MD

This isn't an easy movie, but it's well worth watching. You're not going to walk away "feeling good," as they say, but you will walk away feeling something.

Popcorn Preview: The Sapphires

Leslie Sisman | Posted 03.26.2013 | Entertainment
Leslie Sisman

Film: The Sapphires (2012) Cast includes: Chris O'Dowd (Bridesmaids), Deborah Mailman (Rabbit-Proof Fence), Jessica Mauboy, Shari Sebbens, Miranda Tap...

Popcorn Preview: The Place Beyond the Pines

Leslie Sisman | Posted 05.19.2013 | Entertainment
Leslie Sisman

Film: The Place Beyond the Pines (2012) Cast includes: Ryan Gosling (The Ides of March), Bradley Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook), Eva Mendes (Hitch),...

Popcorn Preview: The Angels' Share

Leslie Sisman | Posted 05.19.2013 | Entertainment
Leslie Sisman

Film: The Angels' Share (2012) Cast includes: Paul Brannigan, John Henshaw (Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1974), Siobhan Reilly (Book of Blood),...