Man on a Ledge, however, includes far too many logical leaps, and lacks any interesting elements, resulting in an asinine, poor excuse for entertainment.

It  has exciting ambition and the highest emotional stakes imaginable, but it also feels like a bit of an overshot...

Action films are often judged based on their third acts. We’ve come to expect blood, precision and grandiosity, and most are smart enough to deliver.

Haywire isn't quite the straightforward fun that the Ocean's movies were, and Soderbergh's commitment to gray, sometimes chilly realism may frustrate viewers who want to be constantly thrilled.

It’s not awful. It’s somewhere in the middle, which based on your own personal like of horror flicks, might be enough to buy a ticket. I’ll never see it again, but part of me doesn’t hate the fact that I saw it once.

The film gets back to the question of whether Nader's daughter will stay with him or go to America with her mother, and it's the most frustrating aspect of the film, not because you never get an answer...

So versatile, talented and effective is Meryl Streep, it's hard to imagine anyone, including the redoubtable Margaret Thatcher, wanting someone else to portray them in a movie.

The often-trying situations in which women find themselves has been a regular focal point for Rodrigo Garcia, from his first feature, Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her (1999), through to Mother and Child.

It is inspired by the true stories of the Tuskegee Airmen. If you're not familiar with them, go Google them. We'll be here when you get back.

Everybody has a view about Wallis Simpson, the American divorcee who caused the abdication of King Edward VIII. Americans, in particular, think of her as less culpable than the British.

The nominations for this year's Oscars are announced later, with George Clooney and Meryl Streep likely to lead the charge in the best actor and best actress categories...

Young Tommy is a class A idiot who tried to smuggle in several pounds of drugs for a local crime lord and failed, forcing Chris to take on his debt in order to save his life.

Not long after Lionsgate bought Summit Entertainment, the studio behind Twilight, Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer revealed that he doesn't think the vampire series is dead just yet...

Joyful Noise treads entirely expected territory, but often does so with wit and charm, and it ends on a big enough high note that it's easy to forget the bumpier moments that came before it.

Eva Katchatourian is a mother trying to come to terms with the behavioral problems of her son Kevin, which progressively get worse as he gets older, leading to a horrible incident that leaves her scarred for many years afterwards.