Christopher Orr

"Uplifting" may be the most devalued word a critic can use--but sometimes a movie, like this singing-geezers documentary, earns the description More »

Ellen Page and Dennis Quaid's new dramedy isn't just dumb--it's dumb about the meaning of smartness More »

George Clooney is something of a Hollywood oddity. Though clearly a star of the highest megawattage (Time went so far as to recently proclaim him "The Last Movie Star"), he's also a bit of a box office flop. Only five of his movies have grossed over $100 million domestically (Mel Gibson has twice as many; Tom Cruise, three times), and, of those, four--Batman and Robin and the Ocean's trilogy--featured co-stars with more proven box-office appeal. If you're… More »

This time, our critic watched the movie, not just the trailer--and the only surprise was that it's much worse than he expected More »

Our critic is tired of movie trailers that give away the entire movie. So his review of '21' is based entirely on its preview. Tomorrow, he'll report on if the actual movie is any different than advertised. More »

A Holocaust fable, crime thriller, quasi-memoir, and moral inquiry that tries to be too many things at once More »

Director Michael Haneke is trying to comment on violent, exploitative cinema--but all he's made is an obscenity More »

Have you ever heard the name Anne Boleyn? Then you're already way ahead of this dreary period soap opera. More »

Hits! Flops! Iranian Transsexuals! A strange two days in Utah. More »

Paul Thomas Anderson's flawed, primordial masterpiece More »

Whether in the breezy Charlie Wilson or the desultory Savages, Philip Seymour Hoffman triumphs. More »

The wonderful 'Juno' isn't a woman's version of 'Knocked Up': It's an adult version of 'Knocked Up,' starring teenagers More »

Somebody get the director a map. More »

Slavish fealty to a great book doesn't make for a great movie More »

Madonna's husband Kabbalah-inflected gangster movie is even worse than it sounds More »

The Movie Review: 'Hitman' More »

The Movie Review: 'Enchanted' More »

Atrocities More »

The Movie Review: Lions For Lambs More »

Don't mess with the Coens' Texas More »