In-depth film reviews of current theatrical releases, rated A through F, from someone who definitely thinks he knows more about movies than you.
If you can ignore the fact that admittedly minor-note ‘Black Widow’ fits oh-so-awkwardly into the Marvel Cinematic Universe timeline, you’ll find one of the franchise’s more entertaining solo entries. At…
Janicza Bravo’s snappy and stylized ‘Zola’ is a bottle-rocket of artistic energy boasting four of the most-notable performances of the year from Taylour Paige, Riley Keough, Colman Domingo, and Nicholas…
Justin Lin returns to the Fast & Furious franchise to re-test the barriers of what cars and Torettos are capable of in the most bonkers entry to the car-action series…
Jon M. Chu’s tantalizing and splashy adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s seminal smash ‘In The Heights’ is a disruptive and colorful explosion of heart and lyricism. It may not win over…
This economical German fantasy-romance pales in the shadow of more successful genre combinations, relying on muggy romance and hazy mythology to charge an otherwise straight and narrow tale of love…
'The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It' is an underwhelming sequel that pales in comparison to its impressively haunting predecessors. It has its moments and tries out some new…
Emma Stone is simply incandescent in this Cruella De Vil origin story that exceeds the reach of its potentially lame premise. With a pair of head-turning performances from Stone and…
A detective reckons with his past to sort out a murder-suicide involving his childhood best friend in this salty, straight-faced Australian thriller. Eric Bana is solid if unremarkable.
Toni Collette leads this equestrian crowd-pleaser that doesn't meddle with a well-trot formula so much as jockey it to safe, green pastures. Though saddled with cliché, 'Dream Horse' succeeds in…
There’s more monsters and even more quiet - if less scares and emotional crescendos - in John Kransinski’s still-effective horror sequel ‘A Quiet Place Part II’, which moves the story…