Closed Circuit is a competent, yet bland political thriller that feels more like a BBC television drama than a theatrical film. Despite some fine acting from leads Eric Bana and Rebecca Hall, the film lacks the compelling chara...

Another week brings another new trailer to dissect and analyze. In this week’s column, I turn my cold, bespectacled gaze onto the second trailer for the upcoming sci-fi/drama epic Cloud Atlas. Premise: An epic story of hu...