Edelstein on Joe Wright's Anna Karenina: A Boldly Original Miscalculation
A tour de force in the wrong direction.
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Edelstein on Skyfall: The Bond Myth Is Mightier Than Ever
Sam Mendes sends 007 into a battle that’s not just Bondian — it’s Oedipal, it’s biblical. And it’s absolutely thrilling.
Edelstein: Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln Is Splendid, Masterful
Spielberg should make a prequel to this movie.
Edelstein on A Late Quartet: Walken, Hoffman, and Keener Play Beautiful Music Together
Soap operas featuring musicians are in a different league than all the rest.
Movie Review: There’s Method to This Must Be the Place’s Madness
It’s hard to take Sean Penn’s Kathy Griffin–does–Edward Scissorhands makeup job in seriously, but that’s kind of the point.
Movie Review: Watching Wreck-It Ralph Is Like Watching Someone Else Play a Cool Video Game
Enjoyable and likable, though you might find yourself twiddling your thumbs along the way.
Edelstein on Flight: Denzel Washington Is Titanic As a Drunk Hero Pilot
No actor is as brilliant, or as cunning, as Denzel Washington at portraying superhuman coolness and the scary prospect of its loss.
Chasing Mavericks: This Surfing Movie Is Point Blah
How could two Oscar-nominated filmmakers (Curtis Hanson and Michael Apted) have worked on this stiff surfing movie?
Movie Review: Fun Size = Superbad + Halloween + Girls - Raunch
This teen movie, directed by Gossip Girl's Josh Schwartz, has its moments.
Cloud Atlas Rumble: A Movie and Book Critic Square Off Over the Centuries-Spanning Film
David Edelstein vs. Kathryn Schulz ... GO!
Edelstein on Alex Cross: Coarse, Punishing, and Conscienceless
Where's Morgan Freeman when you actually need him?
Paranormal Activity 4 Makes a Strong Case for the 45-Minute-Long Feature Film
Seriously, just cut out the middle part.
Edelstein: The Sessions Rises Far Above Its Disability-of-the Week Conceit
A sexual coming-of-age movie. For a 38-year-old man in an iron lung.
Edelstein on Holy Motors: A Film of Unfettered Imagination
Director Léos Carax is incapable of an impersonal shot.
Edelstein on Sinister: Can a Single Movie Snuff Out One’s Love of Horror Films?
When a genre comes to consist principally of movies like this, then it’s time to find some other way of getting your jollies.
Here Comes the Boom: A ‘Laugh at the Chubby Guy’ Movie, Sans the Laughs
Despite not being particularly funny, this Kevin James film gets a lot of mileage out of its star’s inherent likability.
Edelstein on Affleck’s Argo: An Irresistible Blend of Cool Realism and Hollywood Hokum
Ben Affleck mashes up political thrills with movie-business satire in his new film.
Movie Review: The Paperboy Is the Year’s Most Alienating Movie
Nicole Kidman does her best impersonation of a diva from outer space.
Edelstein on Taken 2: Look Who’s Taken Now
Rated PG-13, this sequel could have done with a tad more splatter.
Movie Review: Butter Is One Thinly Spread Political Satire
The onslaught of quirk here is offset only by the onslaught of heavy-handed political allegory.
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