Luke Y. Thompson

Much-hyped horror auteur Guillermo del Toro finally delivers.

Even with Schwartzman, Slackers swindles its audience.

Ridley Scott’s Black Hawk Down pays grim, gritty homage to real-life warriors.

Edward Burns’s Sidewalks does more talking than walking.

Jack keeps the Farrellys from drowning in the Shallow end.

Ernest Dickerson digs up an undead Snoop Dogg and every horror cliché he can find.

Redford and Lurie wave the flag, but fail to earn their stripes.

A Nigerian nerd chases his dream in the well-acted, uneven Jump Tomorrow.

Two Can Play That Game gives voice — and far too much of it — to female dating tactics.