Though later today will launch the first trailer for Neill Blomkamp's Elysium, yesterday a special event was held in select cities to show off the new trailer, and show a ten minute extended preview of the film, which stars Matt Damon, Jodie Foster and Sharlto Copley. We'll post the trailer as soon as it's available, but until then, here's our preview of that...

Though Hollywood horror remake frenzy has died down (since most of the classics have been redone), there was always a worry that someone would remake Sam Raimi's The Evil Dead. Raimi was protective of his first film, and if it was going to be updated, he wanted control. And so Fede Alvarez was brought on, Raimi produced it, and now there's Evil...

It is impossible to dispute the talents of Chaplin, especially when he was masterful at so many aspects of filmmaking - producing, writing, directing and acting.  So honored was this film that Chaplin was given a special award at the first Academy Awards ceremony in 1929.  But while The Circus is a fine film, it is hard to ignore that much of its appeal also stems...

Derek Cianfrance's follow-up to the bittersweet  Blue Valentine is the generational epic The Place Beyond The Pines. The film reunites him with Ryan Gosling, who delivers a riveting performance as a bad boy biker. This ambitious melodrama starts off as an intimate character study, but finishes as a triptych about fathers, sons and sins that...

Welcome to the gunshow. G.I. Joe Retaliation is where firepower, meets muscle and tanning oil. The sequel to 2009's Rise of Cobra is a livelier adaptation of the Hasbro property. That's not saying much considering the original film left much room for improvement. But director Jon M. Chu tries to right some of the wrongs plagued by its...

Are you going through 30 Rock withdrawal? There's no need to fear because Tina Fey's currently at a theater near you. The actress, producer and writer stars in the new film Admission. Directed by Paul Weitz, and based on the book of the same name, Admission is a humorous and heartwarming character-study.

There's nothing particularly awful about Antoine Fuqua's Olympus Has Fallen, mainly because it does what it's supposed to do. It's a very loud, action-packed thriller that never relieves you of the constant tension built in the narrative. But at the same time the wow factor leaves the film shortly after the half hour mark and leaves you antsy for more, which is never...

Moolaade provides a glimpse into a type of female repression that still takes place throughout the world.  The plot provides talking points for the challenges that Africa faces at large, and in this way, it represents the lifelong work of a director who dedicated himself to enlighten the world about African society.  Much like Treasure of the Sierra...

Initially released in only three theaters, and making less than modest gains at the box office by the end of its run, Tender Mercies eventually garnered five Oscar nominations.  It's been thirty years since the film made a noticeable splash at the Academy Awards., but it's an indie film just as the indie film scene was beginning to take shape.  With a great sense of...

Spring Breakers, despite all appearances, is mostly a fantasy film that remarks on the post pubescent generation and other serious topics like partying it up. But it's hard to cling onto anything noteworthy from this film. It's just there. It has a lot to say, and in some portions tells it brilliantly, but for the most part it doesn't work.

Sam Raimi steps outside his comfort zone for Oz: The Great and Powerful. The director alongside James Franco leads this colorful prequel to 1939's The Wizard of Oz. Based on L. Frank Baum's novels, the film is a funny, heartwarming and worthy entry into the Oz series.

Dead Man Down certainly is a cool little revenge thriller with a love story wrapped around it, but the intensity that the film slams on you within the first fifteen minutes flutters away. What's left is a decent love story with little sprinkles of action that feels a little too long for its run time.

The Spirit of the Beehive is a beautiful film that will live in my mind, but only as a result of its poetic imagery and atmosphere.  While the acting is convincing and the plot is not necessarily flawed, a significant part of the story leaves us with more questions than it is willing or able to answer.  Nevertheless, there is no denying its aesthetic value and that...

Sometimes the best thing about a film is also the worst thing about it.  The Long Goodbye is a memorable film experience, but much of its appreciation comes from the ability to understand how it goes against a genre, and your appreciation of other films by the same director.  If you're well versed in noir and Robert Altman films, you'll find this film interesting...

Park Chan-wook's Stoker is the sort of film that is nearly impossible to surmise. It's about serial killers and human nature, doused in Southern Gothic. It's a DNA experiment meant to combine Alfred Hitchcock and Tennessee Williams. And though maybe the story is a little less interesting when it's all summed up, Park directs the living hell out of it, making for one...

Dark Skies is a sci-fi horror film, but not much else. What writer/director Scott Stewart gives us is a weak mix of terror, lightly coated with themes about family and unity. Sure, it may seem fun to watch Keri Russell run away from strange beings, but it gets old after awhile.

In 1927, the same year that introduced sound films, F.W. Murnau showed the world the full potential of silent cinema.  Sunrise, with its innovative techniques and imaginative style, is visual storytelling at its most pure.  That Murnau would die in a car accident just three years later is one of the great tragedies of film history.

Floating Weeds must be studied to be fully appreciated.  Very little is handed to us by Yasujiro Ozu.  It is up to us to unravel for ourselves many of the implied meanings within the film, and it takes work on our part to understand who the characters are in relation to each other.  But although effort is required of us, what we get is an effective family drama...

There is absolutely no doubt in our minds that Warner Bros. produced Beautiful Creatures in order to feed the hungry teens who crave movies like Twilight. The two share a lot of the same elements, but the Richard LaGravenese-directed fantasy has something the original never had: a sense of humor about itself.

This week, Nikita's desperately trying to right her wrong. In "Brave New World" she goes on a secret mission in search of a mad scientist. If successful, he could be the key to restoring Michael's hand. But an international extraction isn't an easy feat.