Movies like “The Right Stuff” make people want to be astronauts. Movies like “Superman” make people want to be superheroes. Movies like “The Lost City of Z” make people want to be explorers. This is not to say, however, that James… Read More ›
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Movie Review: “The Fate of the Furious”
Suspension of disbelief. Some movies require it more than others. The entire “Fast and Furious” franchise asks that viewers have oodles upon oodles of it, and the eighth installment in the series, “The Fate of the Furious,” is certainly no… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer”
If you were to ask me how Norman Oppenheimer, Richard Gere’s character in “Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer,” makes money, I would admit to not having any sort of an idea. The movie… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Colossal” (2017)
If you have seen the trailer for “Colossal,” you know what to expect – Anne Hathaway’s character, who is living in the United States, is somehow also a giant monster attacking Seoul, South Korea. And, while that is true, it… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Your Name.”
Body-swapping movies are a genre all their own and this weekend in the U.S. we’re getting an animated body-swapping feature from Japan, “Your Name.” Directed by Makoto Shinkai, “Your Name.” is the story of two high schoolers, Mitsuha (Mone Kamishiraishi)… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Mine” (2017)
For a significant portion of the new movie “Mine,” a U.S. soldier stands in the desert with one foot on a landmine. The soldier, Mike (Armie Hammer), is forced to wait 52 hours with his foot on the mine, unable… Read More ›
Movie Review: “The Boss Baby”
Some moments in “The Boss Baby” are not just wise, they are brilliant. These moments, and they tend to be frontloaded, offer up a perfect look at just what it’s like to have a baby join a family, of the… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Power Rangers”
It is spoiling absolutely nothing to say that at the end of “Power Rangers,” the big screen update of the long-running television series, the group of five teens at the story’s center will indeed become Power Rangers. That is, after… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Prevenge”
What if you were pregnant and your unborn child could talk to you, not just in the sense of having a craving, but rather offering up ideas and concepts in fully formed sentences (telepathically)? The very concept is unnerving. Now,… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Deidra & Laney Rob a Train”
As the title of the movie, “Deidra & Laney Rob a Train,” indicates, two of the characters in this movie, Deidra and Laney specifically, rob a train. Actually, if you really want to get technical about it, teenage sisters Deidra… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Kong: Skull Island”
In an ideal world, a movie is satisfying on all levels – even big spectacle films like “Kong: Skull Island” ought to work across the board. We do not, however, live in an ideal world and therefore it is not… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Logan” (2017)
Hugh Jackman’s latest turn as mutant superhero Wolverine is, we have been told, also his last. If that is the case (skeptics, like yours truly, exist), the James Mangold directed “Logan” is a pretty solid exit. Certainly, it is better… Read More ›
Movie Review: "The Great Wall" (2017)
Matt Damon leads the cast in Zhang Yimou’s Chinese fantasy film, “The Great Wall,” which is opening in theaters this week. And, if it seems like an odd choice to have Damon lead a cast in a movie about monsters… Read More ›
Movie Review: "The LEGO Batman Movie"
There have been a lot of Batman movies and no one is more aware of this than the people behind “The LEGO Batman Movie.” Over and over again throughout this “LEGO Movie” spinoff, we are reminded of the plethora of… Read More ›
Movie Review: "John Wick: Chapter 2"
There is a certain greatness to films that know what they want to be and go out and execute that plan with panache. “John Wick: Chapter 2” is the sort of film that is going to turn off a lot… Read More ›
Movie Review: "The Comedian" (2017)
There are many out there who will tell you that people don’t change, that we are who we are and that’s it. Such seems to be the philosophy behind the new Robert De Niro comedy, “The Comedian.” Directed by Taylor… Read More ›
Movie Review: "xXx: The Return of Xander Cage"
The 1990s offered up a “Knight Rider” spinoff television series called “Team Knight Rider.” The opening of the show, essentially, explained that while in the past one man and one car could accomplish the job of saving the world (or… Read More ›
Movie Review: "Split" (2017)
Horror movies need a good villain. That is, after all, what they’re all about – some individual(s) who can scare the bejesus out of an audience. M. Night Shyamalan’s latest, “Split,” gets about halfway there. It offers a great idea… Read More ›
Movie Review: "A Monster Calls"
What does it take to bring the imagination of one child to life on the big screen? J.A. Bayona has the answer and offers it up in the utterly heartbreaking, completely devastating, totally brilliant “A Monster Calls.” Written by… Read More ›
Movie Review: "20th Century Women"
It feels like this year in general, and this time of year in particular, is the right moment to ask ourselves a question about what constitutes a family. I would argue—as I believe I have previously—that family isn’t simply something… Read More ›
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