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 Krasinski’s still-effective horror sequel ‘A Quiet Place Part II’, which moves the story…
Chris Rock does his best to revive ‘Saw’ but his dynamic funnyman energy can’t save ‘Spiral’ from a weak script, bad acting, ugly cinematography, uninspired direction, and a wholly bungled…
An undercover journalist attempts to infiltrate the ISIS recruitment schematic before a charming recruiter infiltrates her heart in this unnerving screenlife thriller from Timur Bekmambetov. More beguiling than illuminating, 'Profile'…
A powerfully recalcitrant ode to romantic love lost and the broken families in that wake, ‘The Killing of Two Lovers’ is an intense human drama that showcases a powerful Clayne…