In-depth film reviews of current theatrical releases, rated A through F, from someone who definitely thinks he knows more about movies than you.
Over-the-top name aside, ‘The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot’ betrays the shlock of its title to deliver a middling meditative on the long-term outcome of violence that…
Jonas Åkerlund’s ‘Lords of Chaos’ uses the true story of the 80’s Norwegian black metal scene to spotlight a morally bankrupt subculture given to astonishing extremism and heinous crime. Though…
‘Alita: Battle Angel’ is a massive-scale sci-fi soap that reflects the technical perfection one can expect with James Cameron’s involvement that also smuggles in his taste for stilted dialogue and…
Even if you erase the messy gender politics and aggressively anti-feminist bent of 'Miss Bala', you’re still left with little more than a mildly watchable action movie defined by unremarkable…
Surreal ‘Piercing’ is a diabolically amusing exercise in misunderstood psychopaths trying to fill the proverbial void in their lives through violent means. Snappy, satirical, kinky, and with a killer ending…
Unexplainable ‘Serenity’ is a best-worst movie scenario, a beyond-trashy neo-noir concept thriller featuring award-winning performers going haywire as they labor to make sense of a psycho babble script and utterly…
‘The Kid Who Would Be King’ is a good-natured but ho-hum reimagining of the Legend of King Arthur, supplanting Good Life Lessons in lieu of innovative storytelling. Only kids and…
The long-in-the-tooth Unbreakable trilogy ends on a broken note with Glass, a pretty-much-awful comic book movie that conjoins lofty aspirations to nonsensical execution. An early contender for one of the…
“Mary Queen of Scots” boasts a tremendous performance from Saoirse Ronan and laudable costume, hair, and makeup but the regal drama comes up short connecting all the dots, failing to…
‘Ben is Back’ takes a different approach to an emotionally turbulent story of addiction and deception, figuring a suspense-driven framework that keeps the audience engaged and involved even as the…