Down these mean streets a self-appointed reviewer must go, who is not himself mean, just a little tarnished, and unafraid. By the flicker of a bare bulb, he reads a comic, the kind with dames swooning into the arms of noble but cash-strapped detectives. Inky shadows, greasy mobsters, jet-black pools of blood. The works.

Ben Affleck's considerable directorial talents take another leap foward with this tense, compelling recreation of the weirdest episode in the Iranian hostage crisis. The result is one of Hollywood's best movies of the year.

Seven Psychopaths is an enjoyable movie, but not entirely a successful one. It attempts to have its violent cake and soulfully eat it, too. And the fact that the film is so bloody self-conscious and metatextual about it would seem to prove that it's an impossible task—or at least one beyond the filmmaker's reach.

Yes, Scientology is a crock of shit, but so is this movie. It's just not cynical. The Master has a powerful cast, a commanding director, but no reason for subjecting us to 2.5 hours of fictional biography. There's a difference between a good performance and a good movie.

The Inspector and Piper arrive on Second New Old Earth 7! Travis Richey brings his beloved Community character "Inspector Spacetime" to the web. NBC won't let him call it "Inspector Spacetime," because that would be a common-sense way to promote a valuable property and engender goodwill with their fans, and that's against corporate policy -- but we all know it's Inspector Spacetime, no matter what the suits make him call it.

SPACE GUYS IN SPACE follows the only survivors of the human race — two guys, Carl and Stew, stuck in a broken-down escape pod, with no engines and only basic life support, drifting listlessly through the galaxy.

The Campaign succeeds largely due to the dynamic built by the fiercely contrasting styles of the film’s stars, Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis, and is rounded out by a wonderful supporting cast.

Total Recall has a nice look, but too much monotonous violence and not enough brains or heart. This is a lovely film to look at, and the story isn't as unbelievably incoherent as The Dark Knight Rises, but it's definitely underbaked, the work of someone who knows about "plot" but not much else.

SPACE GUYS IN SPACE follows the only survivors of the human race — two guys, Carl and Stew, stuck in a broken-down escape pod, with no engines and only basic life support, drifting listlessly through the galaxy.

The Individual Mandate requires that everyone who can afford to, must purchase insurance for themselves, or face fines. The mandate is what keeps people honest and helps fund the entire system. But opposition to the idea of people being forced to buy health insurance has been widespread.

Steven Soderbergh doesn't disappoint. His latest film entertains, engages, and makes male sexuality as overblown and absurd as women's is usually portrayed. It's a familiar story with some new angles. In a summer of effects-driven blockbusters, it's a light bit of fresh air.

Turning one of our most revered and dignified presidents into an action hero in service of a schlocky horror concept sounds like sacrilege. It's startling how much admiration the filmmakers seem to have for the great man, even as they have him slashing armies of the undead with a silver-coated ax.