Sporting his remarkably convincing English accent for the first time since his Oscar nominated role in Chaplin, Robert Downey, Jr. takes on the lead role in director Guy Ritchie’s (Snatch) Sherlock Holmes. Equal parts buddy film and adventure, the detective
The dramatic directing debut of British documentarian Morgan Matthews, A Brilliant Young Mind is another addition to the growing list of empathic tales concerning people on the autistic spectrum. For British teenager Nathan Ellis (Asa Butterfield), who struggles to communicate,
After directing several episodes of Mad Men, John Slattery makes his film directing debut with God’s Pocket, one of Philip Seymour Hoffman’s final roles. Adapted by Slattery and Alex Metcalf from Pete Dexter’s first novel, the film takes its name
The World’s End, the latest effort from director Edgar Wright and his crazy buddies Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, is the final film in the self-titled Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy that includes Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz. Loosely
Another in a growing number of films that seek to offer alternate versions of popular fairy tales, Bryan Singer’s Jack the Giant Slayer reworks Jack the Giant Killer. As is often the case with these films, our hero has a
When Guy Ritchie signed on to direct 2009’s Sherlock Holmes, he said he sought to “make a very contemporary film as far as the tone and texture”, because it has been “a relatively long time since there’s been a film
Based on the children’s novel and stage adaptation of the same name, War Horse tells the story of the special relationship between a young man and his horse. While the story of this relationship does have moments of charm, it’s