Rick Groen

Aaron Sorkin’s ‘The Newsroom’: All the news that’s fit to preach

The world’s about to end. Want to grab a drink?

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World: When all hope is lost, tell a joke

That’s My Boy: This movie stars Adam Sandler

In The Woman in the Fifth, what you see is not what you get

Safety Not Guaranteed: Groceries, government goons and regret

Prometheus: When the gods come calling

Snow White: A bold reworking of a classic tale

Popular culture: any time but the present

What to do when war breaks out? Bring on the strippers

The underdog is the people's choice. Just ask the film-festival audience

Men in Black 3: A delightful jolt back in time

The Samaritan and Virginia: Two genre scripts that share similar shortcomings

Detachment: Hope doesn't enter the picture

The Avengers is both a marvel and not

The celebrity interview is dead. Long live the celebrity interview

Safe: Not even Jason Statham can save this film

Darling Companion: A boomer saga goes bust

The Lucky One: A soldier survives the war but not the schmaltz