The Secret World of Arrietty opened to very good reviews. • David Germain wrote for the Associated Press, "Slow, stately, gentle and meditative... a marvel of image and color, its old-fashioned pen-and-ink frames vividly bringing to life the world of children's author Mary Norton's 'The Borrowers'.... delightful..." • And Curt Holman wrote in Atlanta Creative Loafing, "...evokes the most idyllic of childhood summer days.... you'll leave feeling both stimulated and serene." 36 More Reviews...
The Woman in Black (2012) played to good reviews. • Dana Stevens wrote for Slate, "I'm well aware that 'The Woman in Black's' embrace of old-school creaky-floorboards scare tactics may leave hard-core horror aficionados scoffing. All I know is, when I had to walk down a dark hallway at home the night I came back from seeing it? Reader, I ran." 44 More Reviews...
The Grey played to good not great reviews. • Shawn Levy wrote in the Portland Oregonian, "...simple but not shallow, focused but not constricted, pointed but not single-minded.... a genuinely entertaining thriller that puts a chill through you in more ways than one." • And Emanuel Levy wrote for Cinema 24/7, "Neeson pulls you into the story, even if it's a familiar (and trashy) one." 46 More Reviews...
Red Tails opened to fair reviews. • Michael Phillips wrote in the Chicago Tribune, "...squanders a great subject, reducing the real-life struggles and fierce heroics of the Tuskegee Airmen to rickety cliche.... The actors do all they can. But Lucas and company did not get the script right with this one..." • And Tom Long wrote in the Detroit News, "Saying the movie was supposed to turn out like this doesn't make it any better." 39 More Reviews...
This Means War opened to weak reviews. Reviews were mixed. • Mary Pols wrote in Time, "...smarmy... What is the compulsively watchable star of 'Freeway,' 'Election,' 'Legally Blonde' and 'Walk the Line' doing in immature garbage like this?" • And Tom Long wrote in the Detroit News, "There's nothing serious going on here, folks. Don't bother to think too much about it. But if you want some nice light yuks..." 44 More Reviews...
Carol Channing: Larger Than Life played in key cities to good reviews that at the same time were mixed. • John Anderson wrote in Daily Variety, "A bonbon for buffs of all things Broadway... a celebration and a lament -- a celebration of Channing's seven decades as musical comedy star, and a lament that there's really no one like her anymore.... a class act -- the sound, music and present-day shooting all first rate." 13 More Reviews...
Perfect Sense (2012) played in limited release to mixed reviews. • Tirdad Derakhshani wrote in the Philadelphia Inquirer, "...a very conventional love story wrapped into a slightly more quirky, apocalyptic yarn and lightly dusted with a touch of true originality.... The sex scenes aren't original, but they are hot." • And Mark Holcomb called the film in the Village Voice and LA Weekly, "Satisfyingly ambiguous and starkly tactile..." 13 More Reviews...
Love Etc. (2011) played in limited release to fair reviews. Reviews were mixed. • Gerald Peary wrote in the Boston Phoenix, "...shoot a varied bunch of New Yorkers, young to aging, who are thinking hard about love or are involved in relationships, and see what happens to them over a few months." • And V.A. Musetto wrote in the New York Post, "Who needs clichéd Hollywood love stories when you can see the real thing?" 9 More Reviews...
Newlyweds (2012) played in Chicago to fair reviews. • Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times, "This is an honorable film, and Kerry Bishe's performance in particular is winning. But it plays more like a rehearsal than an opening night. As Gene Siskel once told a filmmaker who mentioned the low budget of his film: 'I wish you'd had more.' " More Reviews...
