A case of in utero homicide, Prevenge comes born of triple-threat Alice Lowe’s fertile but twisted mind. Taking duties as writer, director and star in this slop-rock ballad of killer prepartum impulses, Lowe weaves her story of a knocked up avenging angel in the strangest of circumstances. Pregnant at 37, art found itself mimicking reality...
'Kong' is king-sized entertainment, a riveting spectacle showcase that races from dizzying set piece to set piece, fastened by standout technical work across the board. A wowing blockbuster enlivened by…
A virtual clone of the 1991 animated feature, with a few added scenes and songs that strengthen rather than detract, 'Beauty and the Beast' is a resplendent display of stylish…
That ‘The Girl With All the Gifts’ feels like a spiritual sequel to Danny Boyle’s ’28 Days Later’ should be praise enough. Though it lacks in overalls scares, there are…
Adult-oriented 'Logan' mixes some rather heavy thematic elements in with its gory violence and hard language to create a uniquely introspective, genuinely mature but welcomely visceral superhero experience. Extremely dark…
Like a tower defense game brought to the big screen, the grating 'Great Wall' is a patience-testing embarrassment for all involved. With razor-thin characters, shamelessly cliched plotting and some dreadful…
Like any anthology, the female-directed horror short collection ‘XX’ embodies the problems native to the anthology format - shallow character development, thinly sketched narrative arcs, with short-term investment wielding sparse…
'John Wick: Chapter 2' is everything fans of the first film wanted and little else. There's more blood, more headshots, more campy Keanu Reeves stalking and killing his prey but…
Constructed to wallop the audience with rambunctious eye candy and faux-edgy licks of humor, 'The Lego Batman' is a step down from its inspired predecessor. Delivering infrequent - but often…
Gore Verbinski's 'A Cure for Wellness' is a deliciously nasty serving of horror-thriller whose oddities amplify as it stretches on. Long-winded but absorbing, it plays like a symphonic homage to…