Print Kurt Loder Read Full Bio 'Iron Man 3' Review: Whiz Bang Entertainment Complete with a Mash Note to China The third film in the "Iron Man" trilogy is great big whiz-bang digital entertainment, exactly as advertised. t also packs plenty of product placements and a shout out to Chinese audiences. 4 May 2013 'Mud' Review: Matthew McConaughey's Hot Streak Continues with Southern Suspense Yarn Matthew McConaughey’s mid-career resurgence is a glorious thing, and it continues with his latest film, "Mud." 27 Apr 2013 'Upstream Color' Review: Artsy Character Study Engages While It Confounds If "Upstream Color" marked the debut of a freshly minted film-school graduate, it might be dismissed as pretentious nonsense. Or maybe not. In any case, Shane Carruth, the 40-year-old Texan who did assemble this strange picture, has never set foot in a film school. 21 Apr 2013 'To the Wonder' Review: A Vague Afterthought from the Mind of Terrence Malick Sitting through Terrence Malick’s "To the Wonder" is like watching a stranger sorting through a packet of old photographs. To the photographer, the snapshots recall a story. To us they’re disconnected episodes in an unknown narrative. The people we see in them are laughing, crying, whatever; but we have no idea who they really are, and we never find out. 13 Apr 2013 'Trance' Review: Director Danny Boyle Puts Us Through Delirious Mental Workout Danny Boyle’s dreamland psycho-thriller Trance elevates plot-knotting mind games to a delirious new level. 6 Apr 2013 'The Place Beyond the Pines' Review: Destinies Collide in Ambitious, Hypnotic Tale "The Place Beyond the Pines" relies on the charismatic power of its two leading men--Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper--as well as the sense that our major life choices have already been made for us. 30 Mar 2013 'Olympus Has Fallen' Review: White House Invasion Pic Panders to Patriots The new terrorism thriller Olympus Has Fallen trots out some tired patriotic cues before settling into a numbing parade of head shots and under-utilized actors. 23 Mar 2013 'Oz the Great and Powerful' Review: Old-School Wonder, Absence of Irony, Power Prequel Director Sam Raimi strips his new film "Oz the Great and Powerful" of the modernist irony which weighed down previous fairy tale productions, and the results are rousing family fun. 9 Mar 2013 'Stoker' Review: 'Oldboy' Director Makes Visually Stunning, Dramatically Drab U.S. Debut South Korean writer-director Park Chan-wook deploys his gift for flamboyant imagery in the chilly Southern Gothic creepfest "Stoker," but the script lacks both character development and, well, characters. 2 Mar 2013 'A Good Day to Die Hard' Review: Maximum Noise, Minimal Entertainment Value "A Good Day to Die Hard," the fifth installment of the "Die Hard" franchise, has none of the fresh wallop of the first one. 16 Feb 2013 Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next
'Iron Man 3' Review: Whiz Bang Entertainment Complete with a Mash Note to China The third film in the "Iron Man" trilogy is great big whiz-bang digital entertainment, exactly as advertised. t also packs plenty of product placements and a shout out to Chinese audiences. 4 May 2013
'Mud' Review: Matthew McConaughey's Hot Streak Continues with Southern Suspense Yarn Matthew McConaughey’s mid-career resurgence is a glorious thing, and it continues with his latest film, "Mud." 27 Apr 2013
'Upstream Color' Review: Artsy Character Study Engages While It Confounds If "Upstream Color" marked the debut of a freshly minted film-school graduate, it might be dismissed as pretentious nonsense. Or maybe not. In any case, Shane Carruth, the 40-year-old Texan who did assemble this strange picture, has never set foot in a film school. 21 Apr 2013
'To the Wonder' Review: A Vague Afterthought from the Mind of Terrence Malick Sitting through Terrence Malick’s "To the Wonder" is like watching a stranger sorting through a packet of old photographs. To the photographer, the snapshots recall a story. To us they’re disconnected episodes in an unknown narrative. The people we see in them are laughing, crying, whatever; but we have no idea who they really are, and we never find out. 13 Apr 2013
'Trance' Review: Director Danny Boyle Puts Us Through Delirious Mental Workout Danny Boyle’s dreamland psycho-thriller Trance elevates plot-knotting mind games to a delirious new level. 6 Apr 2013
'The Place Beyond the Pines' Review: Destinies Collide in Ambitious, Hypnotic Tale "The Place Beyond the Pines" relies on the charismatic power of its two leading men--Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper--as well as the sense that our major life choices have already been made for us. 30 Mar 2013
'Olympus Has Fallen' Review: White House Invasion Pic Panders to Patriots The new terrorism thriller Olympus Has Fallen trots out some tired patriotic cues before settling into a numbing parade of head shots and under-utilized actors. 23 Mar 2013
'Oz the Great and Powerful' Review: Old-School Wonder, Absence of Irony, Power Prequel Director Sam Raimi strips his new film "Oz the Great and Powerful" of the modernist irony which weighed down previous fairy tale productions, and the results are rousing family fun. 9 Mar 2013
'Stoker' Review: 'Oldboy' Director Makes Visually Stunning, Dramatically Drab U.S. Debut South Korean writer-director Park Chan-wook deploys his gift for flamboyant imagery in the chilly Southern Gothic creepfest "Stoker," but the script lacks both character development and, well, characters. 2 Mar 2013
'A Good Day to Die Hard' Review: Maximum Noise, Minimal Entertainment Value "A Good Day to Die Hard," the fifth installment of the "Die Hard" franchise, has none of the fresh wallop of the first one. 16 Feb 2013
Republicans: IRS scandal shows agency 'rotten at the core,' needs major reform18 May 2013, 9:01 AM PDT
Republicans: IRS scandal shows agency 'rotten at the core,' needs major reform18 May 2013, 9:01 AM PDT
50 to 60 injured after car drives into hikers at Virginia parade, emergency official says18 May 2013, 2:25 PM PDT