The Avengers (Joss Whedon, 2012)

Let's get a couple of things out of the way. The Avengers  opens on such a hollow note that its entire first act struggles to find any k...

Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol (Brad Bird, 2011)

The trait that links all four Mission: Impossible  movies, each helmed by a different director of wildly differing stylistic sensibilities, ...

The Town

After turning his career 180 degrees with his expertly economic take on Dennis Lehane with Gone Baby Gone , Ben Affleck appears to be on a m...

The Hurt Locker

Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker understands what makes a great war film. It is not apolitical, as many claim, but its politics are na...