Rick Groen

Lloyd can’t even conquer basic filmmaking

Hitchcock: Hopkins and Mirren rise above a lacklustre biopic

The triumph of Life of Pi

I Am Not a Rock Star: A fascinating musical journey, from intro to finale

Holy Motors: A French art film you won't want to miss

Citadel: Social allegory meets psychological horror, with mixed results

Lincoln: A wordy but riveting piece of political drama

Chasing Ice: A medium-cool take on a chilling subject

How to survive a plague: Fight like hell

Manborg: The plot is low, but the camp is high

Instead of soaring on an uninterrupted journey, Flight loses direction

The Paperboy: A serious film full of inadvertent comedy

The Imposter: Way stranger than fiction

Seven Psychopaths: Martin McDonagh’s latest is a bright hall of fun-house mirrors

Stories We Tell: In Sarah Polley’s doc, self-congratulation gets in the way

Taken 2: Don’t be taken in again

Winnie: So much for epic untold love stories

Confessions of a critic: The three main blind spots and biases in movie reviewing

Looper: A crazy mélange that’s just plain fun