"Prisoners" Is a Dark, Tense Film That Marks a Career High for Jackman and Gyllenhaal

Keller Dover (Hugh Jackman) is a God-fearing family man from Small Town, U.S.A. who believes in hard work and preparing for disaster. His basement is full of canned goods and vaguely militaristic equipment that is the hallmark of the doomsday "preppers" who are all over the reality television landscape. ...

Family Relations With De Niro and Pfeiffer

Some movies offer an award-winning combination of plot, dialogue, and acting that raises the film from being simply another bit of entertainment fare to a piece of art. Others, though, have to rely heavily on one or two of those three elements to avoid losing the audience's attention. While "The Family" has plenty of plot and good, steady dialogue to keep things interesting, the acting sets it apart, especially the onscreen relationship between acting heavyweights Robert De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer. ...

Enough Said - Movie Review

Julia Louis-Dreyfus offers a sweet and vulnerable performance as a neurotic masseuse in Nicole Holofcener's new comedy "Enough Said." The late James Gandolfini plays her love interest, Albert, a huge lovable teddy bear-type with a sweet nature, but an assortment of minor imperfections. Their individual quirks play nicely off each other and soon the odd couple seems fairly well suited until the inevitable rom-com breakup. ...

"Insidious: Chapter 2" Is Just As Creepy and Otherworldly As the Original

The first "Insidious" was fairly inventive with its premise of an alternate plane called the Further where demons exist. These demons have the ability to cross over into the human realm, and a few humans also have the ability to cross over into the demon realm. Two of those humans are harried father Josh Lambert (Patrick Wilson) and his comatose son Dalton (Ty Simpkins). ...