Artist: Woodkid. Album: Iron – EP.
Artist: Bright Eyes. Album: The People's Key.
Like its invading alien horde, Battle: Los Angeles is competent, efficient and relentless…ly pedestrian. Picture Starship Troopers without a trace of Verhoeven's self-awareness or irony. Grade: C+
George Nolfi's elegant metaphysical mind-bender doesn't just convince us the universe is rational—it makes us believe that love is its highest supernatural calling. And what Matt Damon and Emily Blunt sustain isn't merely chemistry—it's alchemy. Grade: B+