Metro Weekly

Film

  • Fast Track

    There's no such thing as an unpredictable sports movie. Once in a while, a surprising one might pop up, but the rhythms of the story...

  • Tropical Terror

    Micah Fink might be straight, but sometimes the ''ally'' badge alone is enough to cause anxiety. ''I think anybody who works with this community in...

  • August's Amazing Arrivals

    Edgar Wright has done the improbable with The World's End. His latest comedic homage is bigger, bolder and battier than Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz -- and at...

  • Whitaker and Winfrey Make Magic

    The Butler is modern American melodrama at its finest. A stirring fictionalization of the life of a White House butler, its inspiring tale masks a...

  • Orbiting Aristocrats

    If I never see another human body explode, it'll be too soon -- and it's all Neill Blomkamp's fault. The South African filmmaker made his...

  • ''To Do List'' Scores

    The To Do List isn't perfect. It moves in fits and starts, slipping in and out of rhythm in clumsy, amateurish ways. It's wildly enthusiastic,...

  • Station Master

    On the morning of Jan. 1, 2009, Oscar Grant was shot in the back by a police officer. He was neither armed nor dangerous. He...

  • Monster Mashup

    There is only one reason why anybody would want to endure Pacific Rim. That reason happens midway through the movie, when a giant robot faces...

  • A Satisfying Splash

    At first glance, The Way, Way Back seems to hit all the benchmarks of a pleasant indie comedy. It's got the sad-eyed teenage boy who's...

  • Shakespeare as Summer Sizzler

    This is not hyperbole: Much Ado About Nothing reflects Joss Whedon's skill as a director as much as it celebrates Shakespeare's timeless words. (Blasphemy, you...

  • Somber Superman

    Zack Snyder, visionary director. The title gets plastered across ads for every movie he makes, but lately, it's more the butt of a joke than...

  • Friendship in Black and White

    A single line by the funky British pop band Hot Chocolate sums up the pleasant worldview of Frances Ha: ''Everyone's a winner, baby, that's the...

  • Star Trek Returns

    What does it mean to make a Star Trek movie? Director J.J. Abrams skirted this question when he brought the U.S.S. Enterprise back to life...

  • Wretched Excess

    What kind of maniac tries to adapt The Great Gatsby? Few books are legitimate touchstones in American culture, and for better or for worse, F....

  • Texas Hold 'Em

    A decade ago, when Texas-based filmmaker Yen Tan regularly commuted between Dallas and Houston, he wondered if he was alone out there. ''I would stop...