The Oscars are like dividend statements from Bernie Madoff. You know they’re coming, you expect the worst, but you open the envelopes anyway, with your fingers crossed, hoping this year will be better. It never is, but despite rock-bottom ratings, and dwindling interest in too many nominees nobody...

Two Lovers Running time 108 minutes Written by Richard Menello and James Gray Directed by James Gray Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Gwyneth Paltrow, Vinessa Shaw, Moni Moshonov, Isabella Rossellini, Elias Koteas On Valentine’s Day, date movies usually proliferate. This year, with so many slasher flicks...

Donkey Punch Running time 99 minutes Written by David Bloom and Oliver Blackburn Directed by Oliver Blackburn Starring Julian Morris, Robert Boulter, Sian Breckin, Nichola Burley Donkey Punch, the newest footnote in the history of pretty-girls-in-peril pictures, is a British slaughterfest in the mor...

Taken." title="Spy Daddy: Liam Neeson in Taken." / Taken Running time 93 minutes Written by Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen Directed by Pierre Morel Starring Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen Liam Neeson was up for—but never got to play—James Bond, and now he’s getting even. In the vio...

He’s Just Not That Into You Running time 129 minutes Written by Abby Kohn and Marc Silverstein Directed by Ken Kwapis Starring Ben Affleck, Jennifer Aniston, Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Connelly, Kevin Connolly, Bradley Cooper, Ginnifer Goodwin, Scarlett Johansson, Justin Long Up to the eyeballs in d...

New in Town Running time 96 minutes Written by Kenneth Rance and C.Jay Cox Directed by Jonas Elmer Starring Renée Zellweger, Harry Connick Jr., J. K. Simmons, Siobhan Fallon Hogan Limping into the New Year, the romantic comedy New in Town stars Renée Zellweger as curvaceous Lucy Hill, a boiled, op...

Just Another Love Story Running time 100 minutesWritten and directed by Ole BornedalStarring Anders W. Berthelsen, Rebecka Hemse, Nikolaj Lie Kaas Despite all that Hans Christian Andersen stuff, there’s something rotten in Denmark. The real Danes are well known for dour grimaces, downbeat seriousn...

Yonkers Joe Running time 101 minutesWritten and directed by Robert CelestinoStarring Chazz Palminteri, Christine Lahti Music may be grooving along, but the new movie season is off to a crippling hobble. In a dull, well-acted and nicely photographed waste of time called Yonkers Joe, Chazz Palminteri ...

For many disturbing reasons—personal, financial and global—I unequivocally declare 2008 one of the most miserably catastrophic years within memory. With a new government promising a new strategy of reform and change, I join the rest of the world in a new thing called hope. But before we dust off...

Revolutionary Road Running time 119 minutes Written by Justin Haythe Directed by Sam Mendes Starring Kate Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kathy Bates, David Shannon   Revolutionary Road , under the detailed, sharp-eyed guidance of Sam Mendes, is a flawless, moment-to-moment autopsy of a marriage on...