Gillo Pontecorvo's re-staging of the Algerian struggle for independence tries for a journalistic effect — an historical epic in a newsreel idiom. But this effect really owes less to the grainy black-and-white image than to the selectivity of information, the slanting of same, and the editorializing. The cast — well-chosen …
The Battle of Incheon revisited.
Leste Chen directs this mystery thriller about an author who undergoes a procedure to erase his memories, only to begin having unexplained recollections relating to a series of unsolved murders.
Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris — the team that brought you the irrepressibly cheerful Little Miss Sunshine — are back with another blast of candy-colored confection, this one based on what is considered by many to be the most highly publicized tennis match in history. Steve Carell stars as former …
IT'S THE WORLD CUP OF BEAUTY. Eight U.S. salon teams take on eight salon teams from around the world. Things are gonna get hairy.
OMG OMG JOSH HOLLOWAY AND CHRIS BROWN IN A MOVIE ABOUT THE OLYMPICS OF BREAKDANCING. Breathe. Breathe. Will our American boys be able to take back the title from the Koreans? Maybe! Maybe if a former basketball coach and a GIRL choreographer can help them to work as a team!
Hey, remember when The Hunger Games came out and all your film geek friends said that it was just a Hollywood cleanup/ripoff of Battle Royale? Yeah, this is that movie.
Might as well call it Bullship. Aliens arrive during 14-nation fleet exercises off Hawaii. Despite the aliens' superior technology, the Navy booze-brat Taylor Kitsch mans up to lead our forces, while his wow girlfriend Brooklyn Decker leads our land attack with a leg-less Army veteran and a science nerd. WWII …
Seung-wan Ryoo directs an escape attempt story set during the Japanese occupation of Korea. In Korean and Japanese with English subtitles.
Against-the-grain dog story about an intelligent, even intellectual bull terrier (who narrates in the manner of It's a Dog's Life: resemblances stop there) with a latent fascistic personality. He hankers after a master like himself -- no love, no fear -- and finally finds one in the person of a …
Lower what little expectation you have going in and you’ll still be disappointed. How does powerlifting two refrigerators and flipping tractor tires make one a better lifeguard? Not sure, but having that question cross my mind provided the only laugh in this otherwise deadening trip to the multiplex. Note to …
Chance bus riders Jon Caesar and Brady embark on a high-stakes pursuit of a psychopathic thief when Jon's secret identity as an elite Special Investigation Team member is revealed, plunging them into a cat-and-mouse game of escalating heists and digital deception. Written and directed by Deeno Dennis.