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Christopher Orr is a senior editor and principal film critic at The Atlantic. He has written on movies for The New Republic, LA Weekly, Salon, The New York Sun, and others, and has worked as an editor for numerous publications.
With a PG brain and an NC-17 body count, the Luc Besson-directed De Niro vehicle is a cinematic Frankenstein. More »
The French romantic comedy about typewriting offers an innocent antidote to Mad Men. More »
Brie Larson is stunning in the indie film about a facility for troubled teens. More »
The dim, childish Selena Gomez vehicle may be the summer's worst movie. More »
The final installment of Edgar Wright's Cornetto trilogy is a worthy successor to Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz. More »
The new film from District 9 director Neill Blomkamp boasts stunning visuals, but the plot leaves much to be desired. More »
Yes, this is the point in the summer when I outsource my critical judgment to my kids. Plus: bonus Smurfs coverage. More »
An intense, unsettling performance by Cate Blanchett is let down by Woody Allen's directorial carelessness. More »
Sam Rockwell shines in the witty, tender directorial debut of actor/screenwriters Nat Faxon and Jim Rash. More »
Can't Bruce Willis find a better use of his time than headlining old-guy action franchises? More »
As its title suggests, Guillermo del Toro's latest film is precision-engineered for the international market. More »
The would-be blockbuster by Gore Verbinski and Johnny Depp lays bare Hollywood's delusion that bigger is better. More »
Roland Emmerich's latest action movie is essentially a louder, sillier version of the Bruce Willis classic. More »
Monsters University ranks as one of the influential animation firm's worst-reviewed films—as did the two Pixar films that preceded it. More »
The actor is rightly celebrated for changing the way we watch television. But his big-screen contributions, from True Romance to Where the Wild Things Are, bear remembering, too. More »
The reboot, from director Zack Snyder and co-writer Christopher Nolan, is thoughtful, ambitious—and less fun than it might have been. More »
Seth Rogen's End Times comedy is crass, self-referential, and extremely funny. More »
The Avengers director discusses adapting Shakespeare's comedy to the present day, what it was like to film in his own house, and the future of Dr. Horrible 2. More »
On the upside, this may be the first terrible movie by M. Night Shyamalan that's not primarily his fault. More »
The 15 episodes of Season Four aren't really episodes—or a season. More »
