Sleigh bells be damned. All we want for Christmas is movies! With cold weather driving us indoors and holidays meaning family time galore – which in turns means escape from family time galore – the movie theater becomes a quiet solace in which to bask in the creativity of other people. We’re cut through the...
Pixar's 'The Good Dinosaur' is a far cry from the superb wunderkind that was 'Inside Out' and though its journey is more derivative than most of Pixar's kind, it's still…
Marvel has enjoyed an uncharted rise in popularity since setting things off with Iron Man in 2008. Seven years and 12 films later and their success has changed the landscape of film franchises. World building is now a common phrase around Hollywood boardrooms with more and more properties attempting to hop on the bandwagon that...
James McAvoy saves Victor Frankenstein from being a complete waste of time although, him aside, the classic monster remake is mostly DOA. Without any note-worthy spectacle and a plot that…
Synopsis: “American businessman Jack Dwyer (Owen Wilson), wife Annie (Lake Bell) and their two young daughters arrive in Southeast Asia to begin a new life. As his company plans to improve the region’s water quality, the family quickly learns that they’re right in the middle of a political uprising. Armed rebels attack the hotel where...
'Creed' is vibrant, emotional and exciting as all hell. Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan reunite to deliver a spin-off unlike most; a film that’s both crowd-pleasing and objectively excellent.
'Trumbo' is a fine biopic, not lacking in depth so much as imagination. Bryan Cranston is in top form as the titular blacklisted screenwriter though he’s mostly let down by…
Unnaturally tender and totally good-natured, 'Brooklyn’ is an undeniably lovely film made with passion and acted to the nines. Anyone seeking a good date night flick need look no further.
A fitting end to an almost always satisfying franchise, 'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2' features some of the series' absolute best moments amidst an admittedly slow gallop to…
An ungainly blend of Seth Rogen/Evan Goldberg's manchild maturation comedies and Levitt/Levine's maudlin, introspective dramedies, 'The Night Before' is tonally inconsistent. Still, it's packed with laughs and includes more than…