Ten years after 9/11, director Stephen Daldry and screenwriter Eric Roth tackle a story focused on the events of that tragic date. Their film, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, deals with how one family is still trying to come ... more
Contrabandhas a lot going for it action wise but other than that it’s disappointing. Even the star power of Mark Wahlberg, Ben Foster and Kate Beckinsale can’t push this crime drama past mediocre due to a script that ... more
Can anyone imagine a real food fight between Dolly Parton and Queen Latifah? That’s one of the entertaining scenes in Joyful Noise, a family-style dramedy about a choir that wants to win a gospel music competition so bad the ... more
The Iron Lady shows us one of the most divisive women of the Twentieth Century. She served for almost 12 years as England’s Prime Minister, and there were an equal number of supporters as those who loathed her. Tackling ... more
Some people consider cooking a chore. Chef Nigel Slater, for example, reports that his mother’s most memorable dish was toast. But it can also be “magical,” a gustatory combination of art and science, of the sort only the lucky ... more
Moviegoers will get more out of The Conquest if they are political junkies with a grounding in French politics. Xavier Durringer’s film is a fictionalized but, according to the press notes, “true” depiction of the rise to power of ... more