'Under the Skin' is handsome, in a dour way, but inert - a cunning experiment that died in the shooting or on… — Richard Corliss Editing Copy Share Image
Starring Russell Crowe as the Patron of the First Ark, 'Noah' had affronted some Christian literalists with its giant rock men, its… — Richard Corliss Dark Copy Share Image
In 'Serena,' stuff happens, then nastier stuff, without ever engaging the viewer's rooting interest or sick fear. Sometimes it's a question of… — Richard Corliss Editing Copy Share Image
A movie like 'Transcendence' may be pertinent in its political reverberations of all computer data held in a cloud and monitored by… — Richard Corliss Cloud Copy Share Image
So why am I an A's fan? Because, from 1901 to 1954, they were the Philadelphia Athletics. Philadelphia is my home town.… — Richard Corliss Bond Copy Share Image
Disney features, especially the early ones, were horror movies with cute critters: Greek tragedies with a hummable chorus. Forcing children to confront… — Richard Corliss Children Copy Share Image
A home movie of a fictional home life, an epic assembled from vignettes, 'Boyhood' shimmers with unforced reality. It shows how an… — Richard Corliss Extraordinary Copy Share Image
We all recall what is or was important to us and are astonished when it slips other people's minds. Perhaps we dismiss… — Richard Corliss Experience Copy Share Image
Fess up, 'Hunger Games' fans: Does anyone care about Peeta or find him attractive? He's the Ron Weasley of the series: he… — Richard Corliss Bad luck Copy Share Image
[Michael Hastings] has composed a dirge to incompatibility, which, because it raises expectations only to defeat them, leaves a taste of exhumed… — Richard Corliss Ashes Copy Share Image
Like 'God's Not Dead,' the fundamentalist Christian movie that has become a popular hit, 'Transcendence' is essentially a dramatized debate. And as… — Richard Corliss Cards Copy Share Image
If you were a kid in the 1950s, and you got nightmares from a story in a horror comic book, you have… — Richard Corliss 1950s Copy Share Image
The big gamble in 'Focus' - it's a Will Smith movie that dares to be small. — Richard Corliss Big Copy Share Image
Lesley Gore's part-time field was pop singer, and in her brief but urgent prime, she was the Queen of Teen Angst. She… — Richard Corliss Birthday Copy Share Image
The visual palette suggests the creepy pastel paintings of Guy Peellaert (Rock Dreams); the fantasy battles with monsters and samurais echo the… — Richard Corliss Arrested Copy Share Image
Obamacare notwithstanding, the current president's progressive instincts have been neutered by the rise of the Tea Party and Luddite conservatism. — Richard Corliss Current Copy Share Image
The movie truism is that stars play themselves, while actors play other people - troubled or toxic, and memorably strange. By that… — Richard Corliss Age Copy Share Image
It's a fallacy, long rebuffed by science, that humans use only about 10% of their brainpower. But it is true about most… — Richard Corliss Action Copy Share Image
It's nice that established and emerging stars agree to appear in ambitious low-budget films. Such pro-bono work gives the movie a higher… — Richard Corliss Ambitious Copy Share Image
I came of baseball age (isn't it always around first grade?) in the last sputtering years of the A's Philadelphia tenancy. I… — Richard Corliss Age Copy Share Image
Viewers who invest two hours in a superhero movie often leave feeling entertained but somehow dumber. — Richard Corliss Entertained Copy Share Image
Football has end zones and goal posts; basketball has the hoop, and hockey the goal cage. Baseball is the only game with… — Richard Corliss Baseball Copy Share Image
Although the Academy prefers their Best Pictures grounded in realism, not fantasy, Lee's 'Life of Pi' win proved that the voters understand… — Richard Corliss Adventure Copy Share Image
As the idealized mother, I might choose Irene Dunne as the mother in 'I Remember Mama' who strives and not just cooks… — Richard Corliss Children Copy Share Image
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