Print Kurt Loder Read Full Bio 'Total Recall' Review: Brainless Remake Swamped by Digital Distractions The new "Total Recall" remake jettisons the humor from the 1990 original along with the Mars premise and a certain Austrian action hero. That leaves us with one breathless chase in search of a story. 4 Aug 2012 'The Watch' Review: Well-Tooled Laugh Machine Still Needs Software Upgrade "The Watch" is a perfectly acceptable low-brow comedy with a tight cast and familiar themes, but the genre it wallows in could use a creative upgrade. 29 Jul 2012 'The Dark Knight Rises' Review: Muddled Politics, Storytelling "The Dark Knight Rises" can't equal the greatness of the previous Batman installments, and the new film's villain lacks the ingenious cruelty of its predecessor's foe, "The Dark Knight's" iconic Joker. 21 Jul 2012 'Easy Money' Review: Swedish Crime Thriller Sizzles with Moral Shadings "Easy Money" is a Swedish thriller thick with drug gangs, double crosses, and desperate men grappling for a way out through the bullet storms that beset them all around. Classic crime stuff, but in this case distinguished by the emotional connections among the characters and a flickering light of moral consciousness. 14 Jul 2012 'Savages' Review: Snicker-Worthy Drug Saga Beneath Stone Director Oliver Stone's "Savages" might have made for a tight, tense drug war saga. Instead, Stone can't corral the incoherent story, one with an ending which essentially negates the nonsense before it. 7 Jul 2012 Review: 'Amazing Spider-Man' Not Much Fun Oh, wait—we’ve already seen this movie. Ten years ago, in Sam Raimi’s opening installment of the first Spider-Man series. Which wobbled to an end just five years ago. Do we really need to sit through this story all over again? Sony and Marvel Enterprises are hoping so—they’ve sunk an estimated $215-million into “rebooting” the familiar superhero saga. If only they’d invested in some new ideas as well. 30 Jun 2012 'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter' Review: Limp Horror/History Misses Jugular The makers of "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" should have injected some humor into their weak horror/history hybrid - at least something besides the unintentional kind. 23 Jun 2012 'Prometheus' Review: No Classic, Merely a Superior Genre Exercise "Prometheus" cannot equal its 1979 inspiration, the remarkable "Alien." But this quasi-prequel to that landmark film offers its own science fiction rewards. 9 Jun 2012 'Snow White and the Huntsman' Review: Grimm Recycling of Past Film Fantasies "Snow White and the Huntsman" squanders star Charlize Theron while bringing precious little originality to the age-old fairy tale. 2 Jun 2012 'Men in Black III' Review: New Blood Recharges Franchise's Engines "Men in Black III" adds two irresistible elements to recharge the franchise - a new time travel storyline and Josh Brolin channeling a younger version of Tommy Lee Jones. 26 May 2012 Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Next
'Total Recall' Review: Brainless Remake Swamped by Digital Distractions The new "Total Recall" remake jettisons the humor from the 1990 original along with the Mars premise and a certain Austrian action hero. That leaves us with one breathless chase in search of a story. 4 Aug 2012
'The Watch' Review: Well-Tooled Laugh Machine Still Needs Software Upgrade "The Watch" is a perfectly acceptable low-brow comedy with a tight cast and familiar themes, but the genre it wallows in could use a creative upgrade. 29 Jul 2012
'The Dark Knight Rises' Review: Muddled Politics, Storytelling "The Dark Knight Rises" can't equal the greatness of the previous Batman installments, and the new film's villain lacks the ingenious cruelty of its predecessor's foe, "The Dark Knight's" iconic Joker. 21 Jul 2012
'Easy Money' Review: Swedish Crime Thriller Sizzles with Moral Shadings "Easy Money" is a Swedish thriller thick with drug gangs, double crosses, and desperate men grappling for a way out through the bullet storms that beset them all around. Classic crime stuff, but in this case distinguished by the emotional connections among the characters and a flickering light of moral consciousness. 14 Jul 2012
'Savages' Review: Snicker-Worthy Drug Saga Beneath Stone Director Oliver Stone's "Savages" might have made for a tight, tense drug war saga. Instead, Stone can't corral the incoherent story, one with an ending which essentially negates the nonsense before it. 7 Jul 2012
Review: 'Amazing Spider-Man' Not Much Fun Oh, wait—we’ve already seen this movie. Ten years ago, in Sam Raimi’s opening installment of the first Spider-Man series. Which wobbled to an end just five years ago. Do we really need to sit through this story all over again? Sony and Marvel Enterprises are hoping so—they’ve sunk an estimated $215-million into “rebooting” the familiar superhero saga. If only they’d invested in some new ideas as well. 30 Jun 2012
'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter' Review: Limp Horror/History Misses Jugular The makers of "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" should have injected some humor into their weak horror/history hybrid - at least something besides the unintentional kind. 23 Jun 2012
'Prometheus' Review: No Classic, Merely a Superior Genre Exercise "Prometheus" cannot equal its 1979 inspiration, the remarkable "Alien." But this quasi-prequel to that landmark film offers its own science fiction rewards. 9 Jun 2012
'Snow White and the Huntsman' Review: Grimm Recycling of Past Film Fantasies "Snow White and the Huntsman" squanders star Charlize Theron while bringing precious little originality to the age-old fairy tale. 2 Jun 2012
'Men in Black III' Review: New Blood Recharges Franchise's Engines "Men in Black III" adds two irresistible elements to recharge the franchise - a new time travel storyline and Josh Brolin channeling a younger version of Tommy Lee Jones. 26 May 2012
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