Friday, March 23, 2012 The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins' Trilogy Comes to the Screen By David Luhrssen Move over Twilight Saga. Suzanne Collins' young adult trilogy, The Hunger Games, has won a wide audience...
Tuesday, March 20, 2012 In Darkness Finding salvation in gritty Holocaust drama By David Luhrssen “Poldek” Socha is a meaty-faced, crude man who cusses like a sailor as he navigates the sewers...
Tuesday, March 13, 2012 Friends With Kids Westfeldt's predictable but amusing romantic comedy By David Luhrssen By now, the romantic comedy staffed with young professionals and set in Manhattan has...
Tuesday, March 6, 2012 Milwaukee Filmmaker Documents Jeffrey Dahmer's Impact By Daniel Gaitan Milwaukee filmmaker Chris James Thompson's documentary Jeff explores the unsettling effect that Jeffrey Dahmer had on those around him. The medical examiner and a detective involved in the case, as well as one of Dahmer's neighbors...
Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012 The Lorax Dr. Seuss' subversive fairy tale By David Luhrssen By now, several generations of children have been entertained and inspired by the whimsically subversive storybooks...
Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012 Predicting the 2012 Oscars Hollywood looks to the past By David Luhrssen The past played a big role in Hollywood last year, and if Oscar nominations are any measure of...
Friday, Feb. 10, 2012 Safe House Denzel's Cool in a Not-so-Hot Film By David Luhrssen Denzel Washington is the reason to watch Safe House, an otherwise-by-numbers...
Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012 Carnage A touchy-feely effort comes to blows By David Luhrssen Roman Polanski may never be able to film in America again, but that can't stop him from setting...
Monday, Dec. 5, 2011 Melancholia Kirsten Dunst gives award-worthy performance By David Luhrssen An unknown planet hidden behind the sun comes loose from its orbit and veers toward the Earth...