http://www.citybeat.com/cincinnati/articles.sec-248-1-movie_previews.html What do we mean today when we refer to “all-American” ideals? What does it mean to be “all-American” in the new millennium? Auto racing has seemingly snuck into the ranks of heartland spor]]> On the surface, Erased is a run-of-the-mill thriller about a former CIA operative (Aaron Eckhart), living and working in Europe as a securities technician while raising a teenage daughter as a sin]]> It would have been so easy to get bogged down, focusing on the slightly shrill performance from Kate Hudson in The Reluctant Fundamentalist. She plays a spoiled American, a would-be artist with fami]]> Known for projects like Lost and Super 8, JJ Abrams enjoys the reputation of being a fan of the mythology behind the bright and brilliant surfaces that attract our attention. He lives to invest ]]>  F. Scott Fitzgerald’s great American novel — easily the best American novel, by my estimation — leaves such a lasting impression because it captures the underlying essence of the Ameri]]> Director Mikael Buch (who shared co-writing duties with Christophe Honoré) concocts a zany cross-cultural romantic comedy featuring Ruben (Nicolas Maury), a gay French Jewish man who lives in Fin]]> This documentary by Janet Tobias (a Frontline and MSNBC producer), follows the efforts of Chris Nicola, an explorer attempting to map out the largest cave system in the Ukraine, when he stumbles]]> Screenwriter Tina Gordon Chism (Drumline and ATL) steps behind the camera with Peeples — and gets a huge presentation stamp of approval from Tyler Perry — as she explores the story of a regula]]> The wired (and wireless) world allows for instant communication across a variety of social media platforms, but how much truly intimate connection takes place between individuals? That question is]]> Disney and Marvel enter the vaunted second phase of their multi-character comic book franchise with the Armored Avenger (Robert Downey, Jr.) leading the way. The third installment of ]]> Yet another holdout from last year’s Toronto International Film Festival, Arthur Newman, based on a script from screenwriting veteran Becky Johnston (The Prince of Tides, Seven Years in Tibet) and]]> Justin Zackman, writer-producer of The Bucket List, adds directing to his bag of tricks with The Big Wedding (which is an English language remake of Mon frère se marie), a seemingly on-the-nose rom]]> Robert Redford teams up with Steven Soderbergh’s screenwriting cohort Lem Dobbs (The Limey and Haywire) to adapt Neil Gordon’s novel about a former Weather Underground activist (Redford) who h]]> Every critic out there has been talking about the recent transformation of Matthew McConaughey. On the heels of Bernie, Killer Joe and Magic Mike, McConaughey steps out front and center of Mud, the la]]> Sir Nicholas Winton was a British stockbroker who, much like Oskar Schindler, secured the lives of close to 700 Czech and Slovak children before the onset of World War II, but Winton never spoke o]]> Bodybuilder Daniel Lugo (Mark Wahlberg) convinces his muscle-headed buddies Adrian (Anthony Mackie) and Paul (Dwayne Johnson) to join him in a scheme to kidnap and extort money from a shady busine]]> Genius is a word thrown around loosely in today’s society, a tag that’s nearly useless thanks to this ubiquity. But every once in awhile, a story comes along about a person who seems to epitom]]> Novels tend to use historic moments as the framing backdrop for intimate relationships, weaving factual strands with personal threads to remind us of the interconnectedness of experience. Ginger (]]> Rob Zombie dives back into the grizzly world of live-action feature films, following his two-run reboot stand of the Halloween franchise, with this tale about a radio DJ (Sheri Moon Zombie) who re]]> What happens if you let Joseph Kosinski (Tron: Legacy) mix and match elements of I Am Legend and Wall-E with The Matrix with Tom Cruise as the last man left to clean up the mess on Earth after an ]]>