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Meet Me In Montenegro

by Craig J. Clark

Alex Holdridge and Linnea Saasen turn their personal experience into fodder for this slight but charming indie about a frustrated American filmmaker and a Norwegian dancer he loved and lost. 

  • Before his horror breakthrough The Descent, Neil Marshall made a terrific debut with this movie-crazy werewolf thriller, about military exercises gone terribly wrong in the Scottish wilderness. 

    Dog Soldiers

    by Craig J. Clark
  • Mel Rodriguez III’s ostensible romantic comedy concerns the on-again/off-again relationship between two intensely unlikeable people, but doesn’t seem to recognize what disagreeable company they make. 

    In Stereo

    by Mike D'Angelo
  • While the French New Wave gets all the attention from cinephiles, the popular films of the day get left out of the conversation. A new double feature of escapist Jean-Paul Belmondo vehicles offer a glimpse.

    That Man From Rio
    Up To His Ears

    by Craig J. Clark
  • While the French New Wave gets all the attention from cinephiles, the popular films of the day get left out of the conversation. A new double feature of escapist Jean-Paul Belmondo vehicles offer a glimpse.

    That Man From Rio
    Up To His Ears

    by Craig J. Clark
  • Seth MacFarlane’s signature mix of thoughtless provocation, lazy gag-writing, and sitcom technique combine for a hugely disappointing sequel to his surprise 2012 comedy hit. 

    Ted 2

    by Genevieve Koski
  • Argentinian director Matías Piñeiro (Viola) continues his weightless riffs on Shakespeare with this wispy tale of a lothario gathering a cast for a radio version of Love’s Labour’s Lost. 

    The Princess Of France

    by Mike D'Angelo
  • This Australian comedy strives to be a kinky Love Actually. Did the world need such a thing?

    The Little Death

    by Scott Tobias
  • While folding a story of redemption into a modern fable, Terry Gilliam re-created New York in his own image.

    The Fisher King

    by Noel Murray
  • The idea of a Joe Dante zombie romance sounds like cinephile heaven, but this horror-comedy about a bad girlfriend who hectors a dude from beyond the grave is unfunny, sexist, and out of character. 

    Burying The Ex

    by Keith Phipps
  • Though uneven and hampered by go-nowhere subplots, Rick Famuyiwa’s Sundance hit mostly lives up to its title, especially when it hangs within the margins of the margins alongside teenage geeks living in the L.A. suburb of Inglewood.

    Dope

    by Keith Phipps
  • The latest from Pixar takes an energetic but ultimately tender and sympathetic trip through the mind of a young girl experiencing traumatic life transitions.

    Inside Out

    by Tasha Robinson
  • Despite the unfortunate title, Andrew Disney’s ensemble comedy about intramural football isn’t a lowbrow, juvenile sports movie, but a smart, absurdist, self-referential parody of one. 

    Balls Out

    by Charles Bramesco
  • Writer-director Patrick Brice alternates outrageous comedy with keen insight and empathy in his tonally balanced film about a dinner party between two couples that turns into an all-night bacchanal. 

    The Overnight

    by Mike D'Angelo
  • Catching Mickey Rourke during his decade as a promising leading man, before his sojourn as a boxer changed his physique and his career, two films revealed his considerable star power while failing to aid his ascendancy. 

    The Pope Of Greenwich Village
    Desperate Hours

    by Craig J. Clark
  • Eddie Mullins’ inspired debut feature has many cinematic fathers, but his pre-apocalypse comedy about a couple of buddies who go squatting in Catskills vacation homes has its own uniquely funny, poignant flavor. 

    Doomsdays

    by Noel Murray
  • This year’s most-acclaimed Sundance film is a teen movie in more ways than one.

    Me And Earl And The Dying Girl

    by Scott Tobias
  • After collaborating on Bridesmaids and The Heat, Paul Feig and Melissa McCarthy come together for their funniest comedy to date, a sneakily progressive spy-movie parody about a meek, disrespected CIA analyst who’s called into action. 

    Spy

    by Genevieve Koski
  • Writer-director Craig Goodwill’s twisted, big-hearted comic fantasy delves into the dark, violent origins of Cabbage Patch Kids and the people who operate the sweatshops that produce them. 

    Patch Town

    by Charles Bramesco
  • The widely watched, widely reviled HBO series comes to the big screen bigger, but largely unchanged.

    Entourage

    by Scott Tobias
  • The widely watched, widely reviled HBO series comes to the big screen bigger, but largely unchanged.

    Entourage

    by Scott Tobias
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