Jeff Bridges

Writer-director Ross's true-believer American salesmanship—inspired by Frank Capra and honed in Dave and Pleasantville--suits this story of American entrepreneurship, optimism, and resilience.

Too lazy to perfect its own routine...[but] a surprisingly appealing vacation, from sense to sensibility.

When Jeliza-Rose announces in the first scene, 'Today, we're all going on a great trip!', know that it's to the center of an emotional black hole.

What's black and white and brings in the green?

Favreau fully respects the material, and brings to the table a highly developed sense of humor and—praise the heavens—taste.

Bridges ably does his own guitar playing and singing, another reason Crazy Heart is a gift to those who have long appreciated his talents.

Now with 30% more grit!

Seven important American films from the fabled period when unconventional, independent-minded filmmaking was regarded not only as art but as a marketable asset.

A touchstone in the development of CGI as a storytelling tool, and almost thirty years later...the basis for a surprising franchise revival, beginning with the big-budget theatrical sequel Tron: Legacy.

It's the whole proud, embarrassing sociopolitical, cultural heap of American history—and the American Century in particular—in two fleet, funny hours.

Provides plenty of moving case studies...[but] it's most useful for its prismatic look at the problem of American hunger, examining the problem's recent history, its root causes...and its inextricability from other national crises...

Too bad that this junior version of Fahrenheit 451 turned out drippy...It's odd to watch a film about the rediscovery of love, faith, passion, and color, and for the film to be so by-the-numbers colorless.

Old-school bank robbery meets the new economy—and the New West—in Hell or High Water, a lean tale of cops and robbers, cowboys and Indians, and customers and bankers.

An old-fashioned action-adventure story with star performances, given a sacred tinge by its real-life roots.