Rick Groen

Admission: This Tina Fey-Paul Rudd rom-com pushes conventions (or at least tries)

Yossi: A tender Israeli film about the burden of concealed truths

The Incredible Burt Wonderstone: An unfortunately misleading movie title

Caesar Must Die: The Bard behind bars? The cons, they are convincing

Leviathan: Brilliant sea tale well worth its salt

Cloudburst: Two old broads who can really act

Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation: Starts out energetic only to age into self-importance

Dead Man Down: A thriller whose intricate twists actually pay off

The Gatekeepers: Talking truth with Israel’s spymasters

Two slick flicks, too bad we don’t care about either (but if you must, go for the laughs)

Ang Lee: An outsider who found the perfect story for his gifts in Life of Pi

Who will win? Who should win? Globe film critics make their Oscar bets

Like The Rock, Snitch is solid and workmanlike

Charles Swan III: Such a sorry state of mind

Safe Haven: Why make a movie when making a Hallmark-card-with-dialogue is less risky?

A Good Day to Die Hard: More messy than hard, but not dead yet

Identity Thief: A shallow comedy but the acting goes way deep

All in Good Time: a case of performance anxiety

Middle of Nowhere is a taut study of a woman marooned

Krivina: A gem of a film that takes viewers from Toronto to Bosnia