The Film Yap

This spare, tightly-wound thriller is less about a man who kills for a living than what that life has extracted from his soul.

“Going the Distance” is hipper, edgier and about 40 I.Q. points smarter than the average romantic comedy.

“The Italian Job,” now with 50% less Caucasian!

This special effects-free horror is matinee or rental fare, but gets points for trying.

Hey, it’s better than “Rumor Has It.”

You know exactly what you’re going to get with this movie: blood, breasts, and PIRANHAS!

An inexplicably enjoyable film that grows past the limits of its obtuse, underdeveloped characters and preposterous premise.

Issues of family and identity come together with dance, and it works. Almost.

Just when you think all kiddie movies have puny ambitions, Nanny McPhee returns to recapture a little magic.

Fifty years ago, Robert Duvall broke into movies playing recluse Boo Radley. “Get Low” brings him full circle.