In-depth film reviews of current theatrical releases, rated A through F, from someone who definitely thinks he knows more about movies than you.
As a sort of X-Men with prepubescents, 'Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children' is an often clunky, occasionally awesome slice of Tim Burton weirdness. With strong adult leads (Eva Green,…
'My Blind Brother' isn’t as out of sight as the talented trio at its center suggests but its marriage of standoffish sarcasm and heartfelt familial melodrama makes for a mostly…
Frat bros and Jonas bros populate Andrew Neel's taxing melodrama Goat, an impregnable profile of the imposing weight of masculinity and the mental bill of fraternal hazing.
There’s nothing on the screen to suggest that this remake of 'The Magnificent Seven' actually needed making but for what is is - a lightweight family-friendly adventure movie with a…
As a sequel to 'The Blair Witch Project', 'Blair Witch' expertly ramps up the ominous elements that made the original so nightmare-inducing but in emphasizing raised stakes over creative daring,…
Stodgy and listless, 'Snowden' represents a top-to-bottom failure to give meaningful material narrative purpose. Loaded with weakly motivated characters and a very cursory understanding of political tectonics, Oliver Stone's latest…
'Sully' makes a great platform for Tom Hanks' unwavering skill as a leading man while offering seat-gripping set pieces and a somewhat emotional hero’s story you’ll be glad to cheer…
Molly Shannon puts in her bid for awards recognition as a cancer stricken mother in the tragicomedy 'Other People' but for those sick to death of watching actors pretend to…
Greg Kwedar’s debut film ‘Transpecos’ is a potent border fiction that matches high tension thrills with significant characters, played to perfection by Johnny Simmons, Clifton Collins Jr. and Gabriel Luna.…
A waste of time and money (but maybe not talent), ‘Yoga Hosers’ is no horror movie though it is a horror to behold. Obnoxious, putrid and loathsome, this cinematic garbage…