Ashvegas movie review: Much Ado About Nothing
Shakespeare and Whedon collide in this charming modern adaptation.
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Ashvegas movie review: Man of Steel
Numbing, repetitive action dulls an otherwise brave new approach to the Superman story.
Ashvegas movie review: This Is The End
Playing versions of themselves trying to survive the apocalypse, Team Apatow turn in their funniest work in years.
Ashvegas movie review: Before Midnight
Older, busier Jesse and Celine make for the most complex, mature, and ultimately focused chapter of Richard Linklater’s “Before” trilogy.
Ashvegas movie review: The Internship
Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson recapture their “Wedding Crashers” chemistry in their best broad comedy since, well, “Wedding Crashers.”
Ashvegas movie review: The Purge
A film this gruesome can only be so enjoyable, but for relaying a message through sheer terror, The Purge is an immense success.
Ashvegas movie review: The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Ambitious, ambiguous storytelling and a docudrama feel help distance Mira Nair’s film from the average political thriller.
Ashvegas movie review: The Sapphires
Full of joyful soul numbers and smart comedy, The Sapphires is that rare film with something for nearly everyone.
Ashvegas movie review: What Maisie Knew
Henry James’ divorce saga gets a modern makeover in this challenging yet rewarding film.
Ashvegas movie review: Frances Ha
Noah Baumbach’s gorgeous b&w film is a successful cultural critique, but not all that pleasant of a view.
Ashvegas movie review: After Earth
The Family Smith delivers an awkward, near joyless sci-fi adventure that thinks its more exhilarating, heartwarming, and humorous than it actually is.
Ashvegas movie review: Fast & Furious 6
The latest chapter in the improbably resilient cars and criminals saga is an absolute mess.
Ashvegas movie review: Epic
Not even comic relief mollusks can rescue this animated tale from its snoozefest destiny.
Ashvegas movie review: The Hangover Part III
The third time around finds The Wolfpack uninspired by the material, themselves, or even the city where all the madness began.
Ashvegas movie review: Star Trek Into Darkness
J.J. Abrams’ return to the Enterprise is big time, big money entertainment at its best…until it treads some very familiar territory.
Ashvegas movie review: Gimme The Loot
Adam Leon’s graffiti tale is a fast and fresh experience too rarely seen in modern cinema.
Ashvegas movie review: The Great Gatsby
Baz Luhrmann glitzes up 1920s New York “Moulin Rouge!” style, but can’t fully overcome the classic novel’s cinematic flaws.
Ashvegas movie review: Peeples
Not even Bernie Focker would give this sad and confused film a participation award.
Ashvegas movie review: Renoir
The famous painter and his filmmaker-to-be son are surrounded by beauty, yet stuck in a mostly plodding narrative.
Ashvegas movie review: Iron Man 3
Annoying characters; undefined motivations; willy-nilly action. Sure you want to see Iron Man 3?
Ashvegas movie review: Beyond the Hills
Cristian Mungiu’s bleak Romanian drama proves just how far good writing, acting, and directing can carry a film.
Ashvegas movie review: Room 237
The doc of “Shining” analyses isn’t the game-changer for which many had hoped, but it’s nonetheless entertaining and insightful.
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