The MovieMaven

Cold. I watched "The Lovely Bones" a while ago and remember the feeling clearly. It's an emotionally tedious story for va...

"Gamer" is officially one of the most atrocious movies I've ever seen. Forget the gore-fest, crass acts and underground raves...

An anti-thesis of "2012," "The Road" is an intimate, harsh portrait of a post-apocalyptic survival. It zooms at a micro...

Incredibly intriguing premise; push the button of a box given as a 'gift,' one gets a million dollar... and a stranger that you don...

Smart, engaging, witty. Dialogue-intensive, it's sharply written with elements of compassion and empathy with a great dose of reality a...

A story of mystery, adventure and sorcery against the backdrop of cold damp London, Robert Downey Jr. certainly presents a different kind ...

Absolutely astounding fantasy extravaganza. I was entirely immersed in this lush vortex of lively colors filled with floating mountains, li...

Absolutely delivers on an epic scale! You know beforehand that you're going for the special effects. If you enjoyed world destruction...

'Citizen' is morbidly, sickly, gruesomely entertaining. It's rare in movies when you're rooting for the bad guy. In this ca...

"Coco avant Chanel" and "Amelia" are both mediocre. There are certain films that come with high expectations, such as ...

If you could be forever ageless and flawless, sharp and strong, living a perfectly safe life - wouldn't you want to be? Is it wrong to ...

SUNNY in food paradise!  Truly a feast for the eyes and treat for the tongue at every turn. Ingenious, bright, funny. No deep moral lessons...

It's not a typical, fluffy romantic comedy. I think the title is misleading. It's more of a story about the process of confronting ...

Has very cool photography of icescapes, tense thriller with claustrophobic feel, but riddled with illogical holes. DVD: http://tinyurl.com/...

Different. I'm so used to seeing "life-like," realistic animation that I was intrigued by this old-fashioned, hand-drawn cart...

A chaotic mess; bland characters, blurry actions (you can't tell which ones are which), all glitz and gizmos, over-the-top flash, overk...

A delightful concoction, well-balanced culinary journey with sparkling personalities.   DVD: http://tinyurl.com/2ebru5n Posted via email ...

Way UP awesome. Breathtaking colors, sad, funny, suspenseful, uplifting.  It's a story of adventure, fun, heartbreak and fond memories ...

"Wolverine" promises to tell a story of the origin of this magnetic mutant, feral creature with a heart of gold. Opening with bri...