Music & Movies | The Corner News

Now

‘The Grey’ stays lost in the woods
Liam Neeson, that burly Irishman of such rock-'em, sock `em films as "Kinsey" and "Schindler's List," is back in his new genre of choice, looking quite at home punching a wolf.
Full Story

Carano Kicks Butt in ‘Haywire’ Film Debut

A straight-up action picture may sound unusual coming from Steven Soderbergh, but as he's repeatedly…

Comments (0) | Full Story

Wahlberg does one last job in ‘Contraband’

Mark Wahlberg is nestled deep within his comfort zone as a former master criminal who's lived…

Comments (0) | Full Story

`We Bought a Zoo’ not as hairy as it looks

The whole exercise could have been agonizingly mawkish, and/or filled with cheap, lazy animal-poop…

Comments (0) | Full Story

‘War Horse’ an uplifting family film

Clearly, Spielberg intended “War Horse’’ as a throwback, an homage to good,…

Comments (0) | Full Story

‘New Year’s Eve’ drops the ball

"New Year's Eve" is the second in a remarkably shallow series of holiday-themed, celebrity-stuffed…

Comments (0) | Full Story

Scorsese’s ‘Hugo’ dazzles in 3-D

Having been revered as a master for decades and functioning at the top of his game as he approaches…

Comments (0) | Full Story

Welcome back, Kermit: ‘Muppets’ delights

More than ever, we need a world where a pig can be romantically linked to a frog.

Comments (0) | Full Story

Beginning of the end in `Breaking Dawn’

The fourth movie in the freakishly popular girl-vamp-wolf love triangle series is so self-serious,…

Comments (1) | Full Story

Sandler’s proudly lowbrow ‘Jack and Jill’

Comedy moved on from the mid-1990s, and it's time Sandler did, too. "Jack and Jill" even gives…

Comments (0) | Full Story

‘Tower Heist’ is so fun, it’s criminal

"Tower Heist" has a strong cast, but Brett Ratner's blast of an action comedy truly brings…

Comments (0) | Full Story

‘In Time’ is slick but repetitive sci-fi

For a movie about the importance of maximizing every second, "In Time" ultimately grows repetitive…

Comments (0) | Full Story

‘Johnny English’ fires wildly at targets

You probably weren't clamoring for a sequel to the 2003 British spy parody "Johnny English,"…

Comments (0) | Full Story

‘The Big Year’ never truly takes flight

You'd have to really love birding as much as the guys here do to enjoy the strained buddy comedy…

Comments (0) | Full Story

Great cast leads smart, uneven `Ides’

If “The Ides of March’’ had just been about intense, powerful people and…

Comments (1) | Full Story

‘50/50’ is effortlessly affecting

"50/50" is consistently, uproariously funny, written with humanity and insight and directed…

Comments (0) | Full Story

‘Moneyball’ doesn’t quite knock it out of the park

“Moneyball" has enough unlikely pieces that work to make you want to stick around for…

Comments (0) | Full Story

Gosling oozes stoic cool in ‘Drive’

Like Clint Eastwood's Man With No Name, Ryan Gosling is simply known as the Driver in "Drive."

Comments (0) | Full Story

Calm, realism are weapons in ‘Contagion’

The calm is what's so startling in "Contagion" — the cool precision with which Steven…

Comments (0) | Full Story

‘The Debt’ a classy, well-made thriller

Classy, solid and well-acted, "The Debt" is a rare bit of meaty, intelligent filmmaking during…

Comments (0) | Full Story

‘Colombiana’ knows how silly, sexy it is

A brawny B-action picture with a gorgeous, graceful woman wreaking havoc at its center: Yup,…

Comments (0) | Full Story

Page 1 of 13 pages

1 2 3 > Last »