Twohy serves up a hard-to-swallow second-act twist and an unconvincing back story, but the slightly overlong A Perfect Getaway recovers with a pulse-pounding climax.

As Mark Twain didn't say, reports of the death of mumblecore are greatly exaggerated. As proof, I offer Andrew Bujalski's wise and wondrous Beeswax.

Giamatti tries very hard to put over Cold Souls -- some of his reaction shots are priceless -- but it's going to leave some people, well, cold.

Genre fans will definitely get off on I Sell the Dead, but outsiders might be less enthusiastic.

Turns out to be one of the most absorbing films of the year. Plus it has lots of wiener jokes.

Two fins up for The Cove, a documentary that whales on evil Japanese fishermen who kill dolphins for lunch meat.

As directed by Ole Christian Madsen, the thriller features well-choreographed shootouts and assassinations. But the script is too melodramatic and complicated for its own good.

A chipper documentary sure to please seniors.

The androgynous Dobroshi is in nearly every scene. She has an exceptional screen presence that brings authority to her portrayal of a woman seeking redemption. As for the Dardennes, they prove yet again that nobody does human frailty the way they do.

You might not want to watch all of "The ABC of Love and Sex Australian Style," "Turkey Shoot" or "The True Story of Eskimo Nell," but the clips on view in "Not Quite Hollywood" are a hoot.

The beautifully crafted Adam offers no pat or easy answers.

Andersson has a one-of-a-kind style that not all viewers will appreciate. His humor is not at all like Hollywood’s. His is leisurely and cerebral — two words never heard in La La Land.

This is the sort of comedy that requires you not only to suspend disbelief, but your sanity as well.

Thanks to an unexpected twist and a clever motivation lurking in the back story of the super-villain, G-Force has enough going on to more or less maintain grown-up interest, and there's plenty to please the kiddies.

The film mangles its twist and fails to deliver an interesting coup de grace or a sharp line of dialogue.

Brutally banal chitchat about life and love ensues.

In the Loop is certainly the smartest and funniest movie inspired by the Iraq war.

Starts promisingly, but Jonas Pate directs his fine cast straight into a swamp of schmaltz as every loose thread of plot gets patly resolved.

It's the oldest bittersweet story in the book, of course, but music-video director Marc Webb approaches his feature debut with great confidence, flair and a minimum of schmaltz.

A Woman in Berlin, which is based on an anonymously written memoir of the same name, serves also as a testimony to women who put men in their place.

There's something seriously wrong when you assemble actors this good -- and can't believe a single stilted word coming out of their mouths.

If we can agree on anything in this great divided land of ours, it's this: Mischa Barton can't act.

Clichéd stories, clichéd characters. All that's missing is Ed Burns.

"HP6" is suspenseful and artfully realized. It's a definite improvement over J.K. Rowling's dimly written and exposition-clogged book.

Like its star, the movie is too short and a little thin but just about perfect.

Isn't especially hilarious, but it has a warm sense of humor instead of a string of gross-out jokes. It'll be a cable mainstay.

Probably more gut-bustingly funny than anything else out there right now.

Not only isn't the new effort up to the standards of the anime, it's bloody awful by any standard.