High School Musical: Senior Year **½ ...more

February 19, 2009

"Rendition." "Redacted." "The Kingdom." "In the Valley of Elah." "Lions for Lambs." ...more

October 10, 2008

As we all know, the fall movie lineup is full of Oscar-hopeful gravitas, the sort of films in which you can expect the drama to be high, the music to be stirring and actors to be … actor-y. ...more

September 18, 2008

So perhaps 'American Gangster,' Ridley Scott's much-anticipated mobster epic, doesn't have a single original idea in its head, with its unshakable shades of 'Scarface' and 'Serpico' and 'Superfly.' And maybe it's a half-hour too long - this time of year, what film with awards ambitions isn't? ...more

November 2, 2007