The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Can the film really live up to such a buildup? Yes. Director Niels Arden Oplev has crafted a taut thriller that balances the details of a complex murder investigation with powerful character development. More »

Green Zone
Somehow the Iraq movie canon keeps growing. Now Paul Greengrass enters the fray with "Green Zone," a film that is part action flick, part political thriller, and all fail. More »

Alice in Wonderland
Not that there was any doubt that, when it came to restaging the 1865 Lewis Carroll classic for a 21st century sensibility, Tim Burton would be the man for the job. More »

Brooklyn's Finest
The stories of the three cops at the center of "Brooklyn's Finest" aren't so much interweaving narratives as they are bullets fired from different angles at the same target. More »

The Crazies
This spirited yet faithful George Romero remake has the makings of a certified hit More »

Cop Out
An homage to the '80s buddy-cop comedy, right down to the Harold Faltermeyer synth score, the extensively ad-libbed "Cop Out" doesn't cop out on talking the talk, but it falls down on the job whenever it comes to walking the walk. More »

The Yellow Handkerchief
Even with überhot Kristen Stewart ("Twilight") in a leading role and actors the caliber of William Hurt and Maria Bello, this provocative and lyrical road movie is not an easy sell. More »

A Prophet (Un prophète)
After winning the Grand Prix in Cannes, and the best foreign film prize at the BAFTAs, this Academy Award–nominated foreign language picture's global reputation precedes it. More »

The Good Guy
Credible 20-something movie romances are hard to come by, but "The Good Guy," uneven as it is, works as a perceptive look at contemporary relationships in the big city and that elusive search for true love. More »

Shutter Island
"Shutter Island" is, like any Martin Scorsese film, ambitious—perhaps even more so than the director's last feature, "The Departed," a solid picture that garnered an "It's your turn" Oscar for its maker. More »

Valentine's Day
If ever there was a more manufactured film than "Valentine's Day," it would take an expedition on the scale of Lewis and Clark's to find one. More »

The Wolfman
Joe Johnston, directing from a screenplay by Andrew Kevin Walker and David Self, is serious about gore. Sadly, that appears to be all he's serious about. More »

Temple Grandin
Temple Grandin was diagnosed with autism back when doctors offered such news with a cigarette and the name of a nearby institution. But Grandin's mother was not the institutionalizing type. More »

Ajami
"Ajami" is broken up into five nonlinear chapters, which forces the audience to pay close attention to get invested into the story. But the payoff is huge and, ultimately, quite moving. More »

Terribly Happy
Folks in Denmark liked "Terribly Happy" enough to make it their selection for the Academy Awards' best foreign language film category, and there's little reason to argue with the Danes over their choice. More »

Nation
The National Theatre of Great Britain's series of broadcasts to movie theaters continues with a sprawling fantasy that will enchant both adults and children. More »

Edge of Darkness
"Edge of Darkness," a stylishly made political suspense thriller, is the onscreen return of Mel Gibson, playing a Boston police detective out to avenge the death of his daughter. More »

North Face
Acting is tough enough. Acting on the side of a mountain in subzero temperatures can separate weak thespians from the strong. More »

Saint John of Las Vegas
Despite an engaging performance in the title role by Steve Buscemi, this insignificant indie is just too slight to drum up much interest. More »

Extraordinary Measures
The movie works on an unsubtle level; you'd have to be stonehearted not to respond to this tale of adorable tots in jeopardy. But it never rises above formula fare More »

Pirate for the Sea
This time the inconvenient truth is the international large-scale destruction of sea life by the fishing industry, and the stranger is Paul Watson. More »

The Deep End
There are hundreds -- well, perhaps dozens -- of reasons why anyone would want to become a lawyer, but after watching ABC's new drama "The Deep End," it's hard to think of one. More »

Creation
The story simply does not measure up to the magnitude of its subject. Darwin was, after all, a seminal figure whose iconic work became the foundation of evolutionary biology. More »

Fish Tank
There isn't a false note in Katie Jarvis' performance, which feels almost like a documentary in its effortless portrayal of teen angst and confusion in a dead-end life. More »

44-Inch Chest
It's very early in 2010, but it's hard to imagine any movie in the next 12 months that will sport a more promising and accomplished ensemble than this stark British drama. More »