NEW TODAY: “Smash” is “Glee” for grownups. It’s a behind-the-scenes look at the dreams and heartbreak of making a Broadway musical.  And before you say, ‘This is another misstep from the network that stands for Never Been Cool,” let me say very simply: You Are Wrong!!! Read entire review:

Everywhere you look, you find ads brimming over with critical praise for Spielberg’s “War Horse.”  I will not be adding to that cacophony.  As a result, I feel a little like the Grinch. Read entire review:

In “Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol,” Impossible Mission agent Ethan Hunt gets beat up, suffers a concussion in an explosion, drops about 100 feet straight down in a car and almost falls off one of the world’s tallest buildings.  Yet at film’s end, I was the one exhausted. Read on:

Don’t let the trailer for “Young Adult” fool you.  Yes, it’s from screenwriter Diablo Cody and director Jason Reitman, the same folks who brought you “Juno.”  But, if anything, “Young Adult” is the anti-“Juno.”  Entire review:

Wow! You won’t find a simpler -- or more accurate -- review of Martin Scorsese’s “Hugo.”  It is easily the best film of the year, a unique blend of technical expertise and passion, literally a holiday gift to anyone who ever dreamed.  Read review:

Going in, the thing you need to understand about The Descendants is that it’s an Alexander Payne film.  That means to properly enjoy it you’ll have to watch it sideways.  Read review:

J. Edgar is a film that sadly winds up less than the sum of its considerable parts.  Leonardo DiCaprio is brilliant in the title role.  Dustin Lance Black’s script is superb.  And Clint Eastwood’s direction is nearly flawless.  But, Hollywood’s love affair with Big Name Stars and artifice put a crimp in the viewing experience. Read review:

For about 40 minutes, “The Ides of March” promises to be the best film of the year.  IUltimately it becomes just another poorly thought out thriller that begs the question, “Et, tu, George?”  Read entire review:

While The Whale is generally impartial and doesn’t preach, it does leave the impression that whales and members of its species (including dolphins, porpoises, belugas, sperm whales, among others) are intelligent and we are not doing well by them.  Read entire review:

What makes Thunder Soul special -- and it is very special -- is that it is a no-frills documentary about how a teacher using the sheer force of his personality can imbue students with an overwhelming passion.  Read entire review:

“Moneyball?”  A movie?  About a guy who crunches numbers to field a baseball team?  Read entire review:

Warrior is not a first date movie.  Let me qualify that. It’s the perfect first date movie if either (and preferably both) of you are heavily tattooed or pierced.  Read entire review:

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“Marvel’s The Avengers” stars the Super Hero team of a lifetime -- Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow.  And they’re all in one movie. When an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins.  It comes out -- wait for it -- next summer.

In “The RAVEN,” Edgar Allan Poe joins forces with a young Baltimore detective to hunt down a mad serial killer who’s using Poe’s own works as the basis in a string of brutal murders. It opens March 9.

Inspired by the perennial New York Times bestseller of the same name, “What to Expect When you’re Expecting” is an hilarious and heartfelt comedy about five couples whose intertwined lives are turned upside down by the challenges of impending parenthood. Elizabeth Banks, Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lopez among the stars.