May 2
‘To the Wonder’: Flawed but heavenly | 3 stars
“To the Wonder” isn’t the finest Terrence Malick film. But if it’s a failure, it’s the best kind.
May 2
‘Iron Man 3’: Robert Downey Jr. carries the day | 2½ stars
The third “Iron Man” movie is the jokiest and cutest of them all. It’s also far and away the most violent. But Robert Downey Jr. is as on the money as ever.
May 2
‘1st Night’: Hits and misses in this British farce | 2 stars
It’s to director Chris Menaul’s credit that his lack of big-screen experience isn’t evident, but the same can’t be said for his cast who are, by and large, too stiff to charm.
April 25
With 'Pain & Gain,' Michael Bay’s work ascends to merely disappointing | 2 stars
This true story starring Mark Wahlberg is filled with nonstop noise and violence, right down to the mandatory exploding car.
April 26
‘Mud’ is as authentically Southern as today’s cinema gets
Matthew McConaughey stars in an exotic stew that includes obsessive love, a woman unworthy of it, a criminal on the run and a coming-of-age tale.
April 25
Shia LeBeouf holds his own in ‘The Company You Keep’ | 2½ stars
Robert Redford delivers one last lecture on ’60s idealism and passes another baton to Shia LaBeouf in “The Company You Keep,” an engrossing thriller about the last anti-Vietnam War radicals still underground.
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