Film: ‘Lawless’ (2012)

Film: ‘Lawless’ (2012)

At its core, the Prohibition moonshine-and-brass-knuckles saga “Lawless” is a movie about three entrepreneurs. Not quite an instructional how-to business flick, but the Saturnian themes of persistence, survival and ends justifying the means are as rampant and hardcore...
Film: ‘Premium Rush’ (2012)

Film: ‘Premium Rush’ (2012)

If you propelled Mercury, ancient messenger of the gods, into the 21st century, there’s a good chance he’d be a bicycle courier. Because he served the deities, he’d have to ride really fast. And he’d probably be a lot like Wilee, the speed-demon messenger...
Film: ‘ParaNorman’ (2012)

Film: ‘ParaNorman’ (2012)

Norman Babcock, the 11-year-old hero in the stop-motion 3D animated feature “ParaNorman,” sees dead people. In addition to communing with the spirits of those who have passed on – he’s severely bullied and marginalized at school for his preoccupation – Norman has...
Film: ‘Compliance’ (2012)

Film: ‘Compliance’ (2012)

Based on true events, Craig Zobel’s “Compliance” is a chilling exploration of fear, subservience to authority in the workplace and violations of personal boundary issues – three Saturnine themes that Zobel takes to a devastating conclusion. The setting is a Chickwich...
Film: ‘The Odd Life of Timothy Green’ (2012)

Film: ‘The Odd Life of Timothy Green’ (2012)

“The Odd Life of Timothy Green,” written and directed and written by Peter Hedges,  gives new meaning to the expression “fresh produce direct from the garden.” Jim and Cindy Green (Joel Edgerton and Jennifer Garner) have just learned they cannot have biological...