Metro Weekly

All posts by Chris Heller

  • Unkind Cut

    As the summer winds down, Hollywood always unloads the slop at the bottom of its action-and-adventure barrel, serving up steaming piles of Expendables and Final...

  • Reality Check

    Ruben Fleischer's 30 Minutes or Less should be a perfectly serviceable buddy movie. Sure, it falls for some typical pitfalls -- a slacker trades bro-laced,...

  • Western Encounters

    Let's get something out of the way: Cowboys & Aliens is not an attempt to turn camp into cash. The movie's got plenty of the...

  • American Idol

    Captain America: The First Avenger is a tease. The latest in a string of superhero movies churned out by Marvel Studios, it's little more than...

  • Everybody Hurts

    When Harry Potter makes his curtain call, it's not just any end. It's The End. The end to a decade-long cinematic buffet that's made such...

  • Killer Jobs

    If Horrible Bosses is to be believed, times must be hard for middle-aged white men. They don't have many career options, they're stuck with jerk...