Print Lauren Veneziani Follow Read Full Bio 'Django Unchained' Review: Tarantino's Story is Wickedly Fantastic Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained is a complete masterpiece. The actors, screenplay, cinematography and direction are near perfection. Is the film violent? Yes. Is it controversial? Yes. Is it one of the year's best? Yes. 24 Dec 2012 'Rust and Bone' Review: Gritty French Drama Driven by Great Performances If you aren’t a fan of Katy Perry’s song “Firework,” you most likely will be after watching “Rust and Bone.” The song is given a whole new meaning paired with Marion Cotillard’s character, a woman struggling with the will to live again. 21 Dec 2012 'Playing For Keeps' Review: Dreadful Rom-Com Squanders Game Cast "Playing for Keeps" falls into the can’t-sit-through-them category of romantic comedies that somehow make their way into a movie house near you. 7 Dec 2012 'Hitchcock' Review: Iconic Director Gets Biopic He Richly Deserves “Hitchcock,” starring Anthony Hopkins, is an astonishing portrait of one great filmmaker and the secret weapon behind his legendary films: his wife, Alma Reville. 21 Nov 2012 'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part II' Review: Stewart Anchors Fan-Friendly Franchise Finale “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2,” the fifth and finale film in the popular franchise, is a perfect example of how an anti-climatic ending in the book can be tweaked for the better in the “movie world.” 16 Nov 2012 'Wreck-It Ralph' Review: No Quarters Needed for Animated Arcade Triumph Not since Pixar's "Toy Story" in 1995 has there been an animated film so clever, whimsical and original as "Wreck-It Ralph." 2 Nov 2012 'Silent Hill: Revelation 3D' Review: Awful in Any Dimension "Silent Hill: Revelation 3D" is one of the worst movies of the year. The story, dialogue and acting is bad. Why Sean Bean ("Game of Thrones") or Malcolm McDowell ("A Clockwork Orange") would want to be involved in this disastrous "horror" film is beyond me. 26 Oct 2012 'Smashed' Review: Winstead Shines in Sobering Love Story The new drama "Smashed" follows newlyweds Kate (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) and Charlie Hannah (Aaron Paul) who share a love of music, partying and drinking, with an emphasis on the drinking. But what happens when one of the two decide to try sobriety on for size? 19 Oct 2012 'Frankenweenie' Review: Burton Brings Stagnant Career Back to Life Director Tim Burton returns to his roots with "Frankenweenie," a heartfelt stop motion feature about a boy who brings his dead dog back to life. 5 Oct 2012 'Hotel Transylvania' Review: Cute Family Fun in Time for Halloween The new animated feature "Hotel Transylvania" hasn't a ghost of a chance of competing with Pixar's best films. It's still a sweet story for the whole family, one with a tender father-daughter story at its core. 28 Sep 2012 Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Next
'Django Unchained' Review: Tarantino's Story is Wickedly Fantastic Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained is a complete masterpiece. The actors, screenplay, cinematography and direction are near perfection. Is the film violent? Yes. Is it controversial? Yes. Is it one of the year's best? Yes. 24 Dec 2012
'Rust and Bone' Review: Gritty French Drama Driven by Great Performances If you aren’t a fan of Katy Perry’s song “Firework,” you most likely will be after watching “Rust and Bone.” The song is given a whole new meaning paired with Marion Cotillard’s character, a woman struggling with the will to live again. 21 Dec 2012
'Playing For Keeps' Review: Dreadful Rom-Com Squanders Game Cast "Playing for Keeps" falls into the can’t-sit-through-them category of romantic comedies that somehow make their way into a movie house near you. 7 Dec 2012
'Hitchcock' Review: Iconic Director Gets Biopic He Richly Deserves “Hitchcock,” starring Anthony Hopkins, is an astonishing portrait of one great filmmaker and the secret weapon behind his legendary films: his wife, Alma Reville. 21 Nov 2012
'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part II' Review: Stewart Anchors Fan-Friendly Franchise Finale “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2,” the fifth and finale film in the popular franchise, is a perfect example of how an anti-climatic ending in the book can be tweaked for the better in the “movie world.” 16 Nov 2012
'Wreck-It Ralph' Review: No Quarters Needed for Animated Arcade Triumph Not since Pixar's "Toy Story" in 1995 has there been an animated film so clever, whimsical and original as "Wreck-It Ralph." 2 Nov 2012
'Silent Hill: Revelation 3D' Review: Awful in Any Dimension "Silent Hill: Revelation 3D" is one of the worst movies of the year. The story, dialogue and acting is bad. Why Sean Bean ("Game of Thrones") or Malcolm McDowell ("A Clockwork Orange") would want to be involved in this disastrous "horror" film is beyond me. 26 Oct 2012
'Smashed' Review: Winstead Shines in Sobering Love Story The new drama "Smashed" follows newlyweds Kate (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) and Charlie Hannah (Aaron Paul) who share a love of music, partying and drinking, with an emphasis on the drinking. But what happens when one of the two decide to try sobriety on for size? 19 Oct 2012
'Frankenweenie' Review: Burton Brings Stagnant Career Back to Life Director Tim Burton returns to his roots with "Frankenweenie," a heartfelt stop motion feature about a boy who brings his dead dog back to life. 5 Oct 2012
'Hotel Transylvania' Review: Cute Family Fun in Time for Halloween The new animated feature "Hotel Transylvania" hasn't a ghost of a chance of competing with Pixar's best films. It's still a sweet story for the whole family, one with a tender father-daughter story at its core. 28 Sep 2012