Rudderless
Bar band film that gets knocked off course
Movies
American Sniper
Bradley Cooper’s performance is a personal best
The Fault in Our Stars
Earning tears, offering honesty and humor
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him/Her
A powerful cinematic experiment
Last Paradise
Documentary on the genesis of extreme sports
Foxcatcher
Gripping, chilling and deeply sad
KANO: 1931 Umi no Mukō no Kōshien
Over-sentimental, obvious and just too long
Begin Again
A charming film with good music and appealing characters
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
A sloppily-written waste of pixels lacking genuine fun
The Face of Love
An odd movie that makes a maudlin story work
20,000 Days on Earth
An innovative look at a fictitious “day in the life” of Nick Cave
Mortdecai
A Johnny Depp vanity action/mystery/caper flick