Mother and Child
by Cinema Blend Movie Previews March 31st, 2010 | Movie Reviews
A drama centered around three women: A 50-year-old woman, the daughter she gave up for adoption 35 years ago, and an African American woman looking to adopt a child of her own.
Movie review: One-note actress in ‘Last Song’
by Mick LaSalle March 31st, 2010 | Movie Reviews
RATING: (SNOOZING VIEWER) The Last Song: Drama. Starring Miley Cyrus and Greg Kinnear. Directed by Julie Anne Robinson. (PG. 107 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) To watch "The Last Song" is to feel a little sorry for Nicholas Sparks. If he's like almost every...
Movie review: One-note actress in ‘Last Song’
by Mick LaSalle March 30th, 2010 | Movie Reviews
RATING: (SNOOZING VIEWER) The Last Song: Drama. Starring Miley Cyrus and Greg Kinnear. Directed by Julie Anne Robinson. (PG. 107 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) To watch "The Last Song" is to feel a little sorry for Nicholas Sparks. If he's like almost every...
The Square
by Cinema Blend Movie Reviews March 30th, 2010 | Movie Reviews
The symbolic power of the square gives the film a little bit of literary heft, but The Square really works because it's a tightly scripted thriller that pulls absolutely no punches. Between this film and Sundance's Animal Kingdom, directed by Edgerton's frequent collaborator David Michod, there seems to be some kind of crime drama revival happening down under at the moment
Kick-Ass
by Cinema Blend Movie Reviews March 27th, 2010 | Movie Reviews
The people most likely to read this review are comic book fans or people whoÂ’ve already read and loved Kick-Ass in print. TheyÂ’re a small, but vocal group and theyÂ’re going to love this movie. The problem is, I canÂ’t imagine it being loved by anyone else. Others may show up to see it, swayed by the movieÂ’s slick marketing campaign. But like it? Love it? I just donÂ’t see how. If youÂ’re not part of the group whoÂ’s already a fan of what Kick-Ass offers, or even if youÂ’re on the fringe of it,