The Last Exorcism
"The Last Exorcism" serves up enough suspense and spine-tingling chills to be favorably compared with that other little movie that came out in 1973 with "Exorcist" in the title. More »

The Expendables
Sylvester Stallone and his cast of fellow action stars flex substantial ensemble muscle in this high-energy battle between good mercenaries and bad mercenaries. More »

Animal Kingdom
Writer and first-time feature director David Michôd delivers a superbly crafted metaphor in the Australian crime drama "Animal Kingdom." More »

One Thumb Out
Tom MacLachlan knows stagecraft and has imagination, but he hasn't organized them into a coherent theatrical statement. More »

Friends Like These
"I like you." "Why?" Not a deathless exchange, yet as rendered with multileveled subtext  in Gregory Crafts' "Friends Like These," it pierces and resonates. More »

For the Birds
Blue Wren Collective, founded by the authors of "For the Birds," aims to develop artistic collaboration between Irish and American artists. Unfortunately, their play's setting in the two countries feels completely random. More »

The Bedroom Window
A new musical paean to 20-something angst, "The Bedroom Window" is two and a half hours of formulaic romantic subplots, endless choral reprises, and numbers sounding so alike they might as well be reprises. More »

Eat the Runt
In its West Coast premiere, under the capable direction of Tom Beyer, this audacious satire of office politics is playful and amusing. Yet it might be more rewarding for actors than for audiences. More »

Speak of Me as I Am
The marvelously melodious bass voice of K.B. Solomon is the perfect instrument for this nearly operatic rendition of the life of the iconic Paul Robeson. More »