Attack the Block (2011)

Attack the Block (2011)

[7] Inner-city teenagers band together to protect their south London neighborhood from an alien invasion. This one's for fans of monster movies, with interesting creature effects and a talented young cast. It kinda bugs me that the heroes (or anti-heroes) are all…
Forbidden Zone (1980)

Forbidden Zone (1980)

[7] Diminutive Herve Villechaize (TV's Fantasy Island) stars in this gift from cult movie heaven for which no summary could do justice, Forbidden Zone is a prolonged crash of the whacky and perverse. The utterly irreverent storyline tests my patience in a few…
Paul (2011)

Paul (2011)

[6] Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, and Seth Rogen are intrinsically likable enough to make this goofball movie watchable. Pegg and Frost star as two guys vacationing to Roswell, New Mexico, the UFO capitol of the world. Once there, they meet an alien…
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)

Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)

[6] Marvel continues putting its superheroes in line, all leading toward its big Avengers free-for-all. This one focuses on the origins of the Avengers team leader, a weakling WWII soldier named Steve Rogers who volunteers to be part of an experimental 'super soldier'…
Green Street Hooligans (2005)

Green Street Hooligans (2005)

[7] Elijah Wood and Charlie Hunnam star in this story about a wrongfully-expelled college student who falls into the dangerous British subculture of football 'hooliganism'. The closest thing we have in America are street gangs, but the British 'hooligans' are a little more organized…
Never Let Me Go (2011)

Never Let Me Go (2011)

[7] I'll get straight to the point: This is the saddest goddamned motherfucking movie ever made. If you want to cry your eyes out forever and ever, watch Never Let Me Go. Okay. Now, with that out of the way... Director Mark…
Cimarron (1931)

Cimarron (1931)

[5] This early Oscar-winning best picture is uneven at best. Richard Dix makes for a hammy lead, while Irene Dunne is stuck playing his harpy of a wife. The film follows the two as they move west to Oklahoma at the end…
The Kids Are All Right (2010)

The Kids Are All Right (2010)

[8] The teenaged children of a lesbian couple seek out their sperm donor and wackiness ensues. Actually, it's not all that wacky, and that's what's refreshing about The Kids Are All Right. The film steers clear of good/bad absolutes and offers up…
Across the Universe (2007)

Across the Universe (2007)

[7] Across the Universe follows a group of young people who come of age against the turbulent backdrop of the 1960s. The film is set to a constant stream of rejiggered Beatles tunes, which allows director Julie Taymor (Broadway's The Lion King,…
Fright Night (2011)

Fright Night (2011)

[5] A charmless, mediocre retelling of the 1985 cult favorite about a high school boy who discovers a vampire has moved in next door. Despite being penned by Buffy the Vampire Slayer alum Marti Noxon, the script moves far too fast, passing…