In-depth film reviews, rated A through F, from someone who definitely thinks he knows more about movies than you.
Brassy and bold in spirit but a hot mess in execution, ‘King Arthur: Legend of the Sword’ suffers middling special effects, a more-boring-than-it-should-be plot and mostly lame, forgettable characters but…
Steve Zissis and Mark Proksch achieve strong comedic effect as bumbling daywalkers haphazardly conjoined to expel evil forces from a family summer home, giving us an infrequently uproarious, mostly…
‘Ghost in the Shell’ is all shell, no soul. This vapid, mopey, effects-driven, entirely predictable action-thriller haunts audiences with dazzling special effects, hoping to cover up a substance-bereft narrative that leaves…
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…
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…
'Patriot’s Day' sees Peter Berg take on the Boston Marathon bombing in respective, engaging fashion. In many ways, the director's latest action-drama concludes Berg’s informal "America, Fuck Yeah!" trilogy but…
Martin Scorsese’s infatuation with his Christian faith makes for a visually suggestive and provocative piece of historical fiction however at 161 minutes, 'Silence' is epic only in its ability to…
Forgettable 'Office Christmas Party' is much funnier when its flat set of leads allow the secondary characters (i.e. Kate McKinnon) to take the spotlight, and though there's a shortage of…
Jeff Nichols’ shows an abundance of restraint translating the true story of Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple jailed for marrying. Though marked by great performances and admirable in…
More cute than classic, J.K. Rowling’s return to the wizarding world is filled with good charm, alluring visual sorcery and an enchanting new cast of characters but also serves as…