Review

Adoration

'Adoration' is a tough call. Writer-director Atom Egoyan comes on board with an array of ideas he wants to explore, and they're not uninteresting, but the story feels fashioned to support them. Still, it has a quirky appeal and is never dull.

Summer Hours (L'heure d'été)

A beautifully done French film, "Summer Hours" is about family relations, feelings toward deceased parents, and one's inheritance—literal and metaphorical.

Easy Virtue

The style is 1920s screwball comedy, updated with a smarter script and deeper ethical issues, with timeless family situations and types.

The Fantasticks

Musical theater fans trying to remember the kind of September when this beloved Tom Jones–Harvey Schmidt tuner wasn't playing won't be able to think of many.

Offices

Even though it clocks in at a mere 75 minutes, Ethan Coen's latest collection of one-acts wears out its welcome long before it's over, mistaking as it does banality for hipness.

The Merchant of Venice

Shakespeare's plays have a little something for everyone: action, adventure, bawdy comedy, romance, philosophy.

Rudo y Cursi

Hoping there's yet more box office and creative magic in this combination, stars Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna and screenwriter Carlos Cuarón have followed their surprise 2001 international hit, 'Y Tu Mamá También', with 'Rudo y Cursi'.

Star Trek

Putting a much-loved but over-the-hill vehicle back in shape takes more than a new battery and a lick of paint. It demands a full-bore refit, and that's exactly what J.J. Abrams has given "Star Trek."

Julia

Unlike Gena Rowlands' Oscar-nominated turn as the ex–mob mistress who nabs the boy and flees the bad guys, this is not another shopworn remake or even an homage.