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Movies: Country Strong

by Raj Ranade Any adult drama that needs to use small children or adorable animals to elicit sympathy should be immediately regarded with suspicion, since there are few cheaper ways to get audiences aww-ing and heartstrings twanging. It’s a bad …

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Movies: The King’s Speech

by Raj RanadeDoes "Oscar bait" really mean what it used to? Plenty of critics have already slapped that label on The King's Speech, a film that practically wallows

Movies: True Grit

Click here to purchase Lexington Movie Tickets. by Raj RanadeCharles Portis’ great 1968 western novel True Grit was a book that was largely about death – naturally,

Movies: Black Swan

Click here to purchase Lexington Movie Tickets. by Raj RanadeThere’s a tendency in many art-house movie-goers towards devout reverence to any film not explicitly labeled as a comedy.

Movies: Love and Other Drugs

Love and Other Drugs isn't this year's worst movie -- it hovers around number 3 (after The American and Dinner for Schmucks). It is comparable, in that all

Movies: 127 Hours

by Raj RanadeDanny Boyle is not a thinking man's director. This is not to say that Boyle hasn't made great films, nor that his films aren't thought-provoking -

DVD: The Kids are All Right, Antichrist, The Night of the Hunter

by Raj Ranade An onslaught of Oscar-grubbing prestige pictures will be hitting theatres soon, but now is a good time to catch up on some of the best

Movies: Inside Job

Click here for movie times and to purchase movie tickets.Click here to purchase Harry Potter ticketsBY RAJ RANADE Given the recent obsession of documentaries with hyper-partisan rhetoric, egregious

Now Watching: The Art of the Steal. Recommended DVD.

"A city that has any sense of its own identity doesn't talk about becoming a world class city. It is what it is. This is the world class

Movies: Conviction

by Raj RanadeClick here for Movie Times and to purchase tickets.When in doubt, go meta. You've already heard the conventional critical analysis of the new film Conviction because



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