Philip K. Dick's fans have learned to brace themselves at the
release of each new adaptation, always hoping for a Blade
Runner but always primed for the blasphemies of a
Paycheck. The
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Rich, popular and good-looking (read: smug, entitled asshole), Kyle
(Alex Pettyfer) acts positively beastly to his high school peers.
So Kendra (Mary-Kate Olsen), a witch in Stevie Nicks clothing,
transforms
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The lioness who embodies the titular lament of Dereck
Joubert’s latest documentary is surely courageous. When her
mate is killed by a pack of marauding lions, she must care for her
cubs, which means finding
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In its bare outlines, Lee Chang-dong’s story about an old
woman (Yun Jung-hee) whose working vocabulary is being eroded by
Alzheimer’s enrolling in a poetry class sounds like a
middlebrow feel-good special.
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Faced with a saloon full of suspicious townsfolk, the stranger
Rango (Johnny Depp) does what any chameleon would do: He fits in.
He slurps his gut-burning cactus juice, he makes up a story about
killing
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Nostalgia-inducing, party-heavy coming-of-agers (see Easy A,
Adventureland, Superbad and a slew of others) provide
an easy vehicle for filmmakers in their prime to recall — or
perhaps
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