There is a lot to enjoy, admire and appreciate about Tarsem Singh’s Immortals: the visuals, the heroics, the battles, the imaginative designs, the insane gore and Mickey Rourke’s scene-chewing villainy. However, all these splendid pieces don’t necessarily add up to a cohesive whole. While not without merit, Immortals just isn’t a very good movie. It lacks soul. It has no heart. It’s an emotionally... 

The following review for Martha Marcy May Marlene contains minor spoilers. While it does not reveal any key plot points or story elements, it does discuss the ending of the film. Martha Marcy May Marlene is a film that shows you everything but explains very little. The film’s only exposition is in defining the lead character’s four names, and that too is provided in puzzle pieces only partially... 

An unknown neurological disorder is sweeping the country, rendering adult men nearly immobile with joint stiffness and ultimately violent. Doctors are on the hunt for a cure for this strange phenomenon as local men are on the hunt for the victims themselves. These locals refer to the afflicted as “zombies” due to the appearance the disorder gives them and the fact that they become dangerous when... 

Twelve musicians gather at a magical 16th-century castle in Denmark (Engelsholm Castle, to be exact) for 3 days to write songs for a music festival. Seven are from various Nordic countries and 5 are from Texas. They are paired up in groups of 2 or 3 for rotating songwriting sessions. Holly Bronko’s All I Know: The Castle Sessions chronicles the whirlwind of new relationships, linguistic challenges... 

The holidays are coming early this year in the form of A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas. The film, directed by Todd Strauss-Schulson, reunites John Cho and Kal Penn as stoner best friends Harold Lee and Kumar Patel in the third film of the popular franchise. Introduced in the cult hit Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004) and the 2008 follow up Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo... 

Assembling the comedy team of Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy, director Brett Ratner brings the  crime comedy Tower Heist to theaters drawing inspiration from recent headlines. Josh Kovaks (Stiller) is the building manager of Columbus Circle who finds himself (and the pension plan for all his employees) a victim of a Ponzi Scheme of wealthy businessman and building resident Arthur Shaw (Alan Alda). After... 

When I first saw the trailer for In Time I was instantly intrigued. The concept looked fascinating: a futuristic science-fiction world where time is the new commodity, prompted by the idea that people are only given a certain amount of time to live and must work at keeping a balance between how much time they earn and how much they spend. Add on top that the picture stars Justin Timberlake, still riding... 

The newest version of The Three Musketeers storms into theaters this weekend.  Being a fan of the novel, I knew I needed to see this updated reimaging of the classic story, directed by Paul W. S. Anderson.  Anderson previously directed two of the Resident Evil films and Alien Vs. Predator and he now brings some of his futuristic flavor to 17th century France. The film opens in Venice where a caper... 

Taking over the annual October Halloween spot from Saw, Oren Peli’s Paranormal Activity franchise returns this season bringing another entry in the Cinema Verite series with Paranormal Activity 3 from directors Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman (Catfish). Taking its mythos further into its origins, the script goes back to 1988 when sisters Katie (from Paranormal Activity) and Kristi (from Paranormal... 

A Better Life, directed by Chris Weitz, follows an illegal immigrant from Mexico, played by Demian Bichir, as he works off the books tending lawns, planting hedges, and performing maintenance around the richest houses in Los Angeles, California. When Carlos leaves work and drifts toward the poverty line and below it, he arrives home to his son Luis, played by Jose Julian, who wants nothing more than...