The One I Love, To Be Takei

To Be Takei

The One I Love

In Charlie McDowell's "The One I Love," from an ingenious script by Justin Lader, not only do you not know what's going to happen from one moment to the next, you don't know what kind of movie you're watching.

Love is Strange, Are You Here

Love is Strange

Are You Here

Too much Chopin, not enough substance in the sleepy, white-people-problems movie "Love is Strange," starring John Lithgow and Alfred Molina as Ben and George, a Manhattan couple of forty years who finally tie the knot.

Abuse of Weakness, Jealousy, Frank, If I Stay, The Olivia Experiment

Abuse of Weakness

Jealousy



Frank

If I Stay

The Olivia Experiment




A great performance by a French legend highlights a poor week in film:

Rich Hill, Dinosaur 13, A Master Builder

Rich Hill

A Master Builder



Dinosaur 13

A few capsule reviews on worthwhile choices from the art house:

The Giver

"The Giver" is not the first - or even the seventh - bad movie Meryl Streep's appeared in, but it is bad, sententious YA sci-fi. In case you hadn't heard: conformity and eugenics, boo; freedom and self-definition, yay.

Let's Be Cops

There's no reason "Let's Be Cops" should be swimming face down at the depths (12% fresh) of the Rotten Tomatoes pool. It's not great, but it's got a fair share of big laughs.

The Trip to Italy

Director Michael Winterbottom made my top-ten list in 2011 with "The Trip," and with the hilarious and completely delightful "The Trip to Italy," he's sure to do so again.