'Broken' proves to be a solid crime thriller
The largely involving Korean crime thriller "Broken" finds earnest widower and textile factory employee Sang-Hyeon (Jung Jae-Young) in "Death Wish" mode when his daughter, middle school student Su-Jin,...
View Article'Chapman' is dull and thinly plotted
There's a fine line between teasing out a mystery and trying audiences' patience, but the crawlingly paced drama "Chapman" is nowhere near that line. Rather, writer-director Justin Owensby's debut...
View Article'Devil's Knot' offers desolate view of West Memphis Three
Twenty years after the gruesome murder of three 8-year-old boys in West Memphis, Ark., the crime remains unsolved. The killings and the ensuing miscarriage of justice against three accused teens have...
View Article'Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return' lacks brains, heart, nerve
"Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return" picks up where L. Frank Baum's "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" (and Victor Fleming's 1939 live-action adaptation "The Wizard of Oz") left off. But the new 3-D animation...
View ArticleGalvanizing 'Fed Up' takes a hard look at the food industry
Moviegoers would be hard-pressed to find a film more laden with corporate logos than "Fed Up"— and that's one of the strengths of this galvanizing documentary: It pulls no punches in its informed...
View Article'Documented' gives first-person account of Dream Act fight
"Documented," the first-person account by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas, trails his impressive campaign for passage of the Dream Act path to citizenship for some of the 11...
View ArticleJon Favreau's 'Chef' has all the ingredients for a hit
Writer-director-star Jon Favreau cooks up tureens of fun and charm in "Chef," a welcome return to his more intimate, indie film roots ("Swingers,""Made") after helming such mega-budget pictures as...
View Article'Mom's Night Out' a one-dimensional bore
"Moms' Night Out" is a hectic mess that does just the opposite of what it clearly set out to do: It makes motherhood seem like one of the most ill-conceived ideas since New Coke.
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