Peter Travers
Peter Travers
Peter Travers is an American film critic and journalist, who has written for, in turn, People and Rolling Stone. Travers also hosts a celebrity interview show called Popcorn on ABC News Now and ABCNews.com...
exceptional
George Clooney is exceptional.
fearless prove
Farmiga proves as fearless a director as she is an actress. She lights up Higher Ground.
epic romance quitting
The Hunger Games has epic spectacle, yearning romance and suspense that won't quit!
psychological cunning
Force Majeure is a jolt. You won't know what hit you. Director Ostlund shifts gears from humor to psychological thriller with cunning skill.
acts attractive barely both chameleon characters create filled films indelible manages maybe oscar realize shines star true voters
She's on the fringes of both films but manages to create indelible impressions in characters the screenplays barely filled in. She's never the same from character to character. Maybe she's too attractive or too much of a chameleon for Oscar voters to realize that a true star - the kind that acts as well as shines - is in our midst.
blow brilliance
McAvoy's bonkers brilliance will blow you away.
paul plane sam snakes spark usual walker
If it were Paul Walker in Snakes on a Plane , no one is going. You know Sam will have his usual spark and sense of humor.
academy awards double likes
The Academy likes to double up when they give awards away.
eye giving acting
Kevin Kline gives a master class in acting. He finds every nuance of mirth and melancholy in this wonder of a role and rides it to glory. You can't take your eyes off him.
magic vivid pixar
Pixar has outdone itself in visual magic and vivid storytelling.
years shining romance
Before Midnight is one of the years best movies. Full to the brim with humor, heartbreak, and ravishing romance. Richard Linklater directs with ardor and artistry. Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy shine brilliantly. Heads up, Oscar. This ones a keeper.
revenge brain poison
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is beyond bad. It carves out its own category of godawfulness. And, please, you don't have to remind me that the original was a colossal hit ($700 million worldwide) and the sequel will probably do just as well. I know it's popular. So is junk food, and they both poison your insides and rot your brain.
suicide college two
So welcome 'Damsels in Distress,' an exhilarating gift of a comedy about college, the female intellect, the limitless male ego, inventing a new dance, and suicide prevention... This is the world as Stillman sees it, and to luxuriate for two hours in that retro bubble of sparkling wit is a pleasure not to be missed.
biting nails suspense
Thunderous action and nail-biting suspense