The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)

[6] Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara star in the second adaptation of the Stieg Larsson novel about a journalist and a computer hacker who work to solve the mystery of a missing woman. Is there perhaps something wrong with the fact…
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)…
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…
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…
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...…
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…
Straw Dogs (2011)

Straw Dogs (2011)

[7] [SPOILER REVIEW] Sue me, but I like both the Peckinpah original and this remake. Straw Dogs is a home invasion thriller that is either a tragedy about a pacifist man (James Marsden) who must turn violent to survive, or…
Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)

Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)

[5] I loathe Michael Bay, but to be fair, this movie wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be. The script pays little attention to logic and prays that you forget about certain plot elements until its convenient…
Contagion (2011)

Contagion (2011)

[6] Steven Soderbergh directs what is probably the most believable, realistic approach to a deadly epidemic movie that I've ever seen, but that doesn't necessarily make it the best movie. The building action is the film's strong point, and primarily…
Fast Five (2011)

Fast Five (2011)

[4] Vin Diesel and Paul Walker star as hot dudes who drive fast cars, apparently for the third or fourth time. I would never have given this kind of movie a look if it weren't for the unusually good notices…