The Hangover Mad Libs

Movie Reviews & Stories In the first Hangover sequel, writer-director Todd Phillips took the formula of his surprise mega-hit original, covered it in shit and pig’s blood, and came away with a mean, lazy, cash-grabbing   More

 

Wednesday, May 22, 2013 MATTHEW SINGER

Frances Ha

Girls, directed by Woody Allen and François Truffaut.

Movie Reviews & Stories People have been trying to figure out twentysomethings at least since Dustin Hoffman unzipped Anne Bancroft’s dress. In 2010, The New York Times Magazine ran a late-to-the-game article about a “   More

 

Wednesday, May 22, 2013 REBECCA JACOBSON

Epic

Seeing the forest for the trees full of tiny soldiers.

Movie Reviews & Stories The words “from the makers of Ice Age and Robots” and “starring the voices of Beyoncé, Pitbull and Steven Tyler” don’t exactly inspire confidence in a summer animated release. In fact,    More

 

Wednesday, May 22, 2013 AP KRYZA

Trekking Nowhere Fast

Where’s JJ when you need him?

Movie Reviews & Stories JJ Abrams’ Star Trek Into Darkness has gotten great reviews. Already released in Australia, Mexico and other countries, the movie’s U.S. release was delayed because of a competing opening of T   More

 

Wednesday, May 15, 2013 MITCH LILLIE

Portland Queer Documentary Film Festival

James Franco, porn stars and hate crimes.

Movie Reviews & Stories For the seventh year, the Portland Queer Documentary Film Festival—the only one of its kind in the country—returns for a weekend of gender-bending, boundary-breaking and cross-dressing, with a   More

 

Wednesday, May 15, 2013 WW Staff

The Iceman

A true-crime nightmare that’s completely cold.

Movie Reviews & Stories Michael Shannon—whose hot streak of late includes 2011’s best (and most overlooked) performance in Take Shelter—has steadily built a catalog that dips into a huge swath of roles, from heroes   More

 

Wednesday, May 15, 2013 AP KRYZA

Pretty, Dumb

Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby remakes the ’20s for the tweens.

Movie Reviews & Stories Baz Luhrmann’s adaptation of The Great Gatsby begins, appropriately enough, with decoration—a gold-filigreed frame that accordions outward in 3-D before suddenly cutting to a swimmy shot of    More

 

Wednesday, May 8, 2013 MATTHEW KORFHAGE

Midnight’s Children

Tiptoeing into the mystic.

Movie Reviews & Stories I never thought I’d say this, but perhaps Salman Rushdie isn’t giving himself enough credit. In adapting his 1981 Booker Prize-winning Midnight’s Children, he works with director Deepa Mehta   More

 

Wednesday, May 8, 2013 SAUNDRA SORENSON

The Reluctant Fundamentalist

Serving up a fiery tale but packing little heat.

Movie Reviews & Stories Heading into The Reluctant Fundamentalist, you can’t help but admire director Mira Nair’s nerve. After suffering a setback like 2009’s Amelia—a dull biopic about Earhart—many filmmakers    More

 

Wednesday, May 8, 2013 CURTIS WOLOSCHUK

Man in the Can

Marvel kills it with the terrifically entertaining Iron Man 3.

Movie Reviews & Stories The modern superhero trilogy has a very specific arc. There’s the origin story, in which an everyman stumbles into great power. In round two, the world turns on said hero as he faces greater t   More

 

Wednesday, May 1, 2013 AP KRYZA