If the “Ocean’s 11” franchise were to have a southern redneck, NASCAR loving, trailer park cousin, you would have “Logan Lucky.” Steven Soderbergh, the director behind the glamorous George Clooney and Brad Pitt-fronted…
In “The Hitman’s Bodyguard,” the world’s top protection agent (Ryan Reynolds) is called upon to guard the life of his mortal enemy, one of the world’s most notorious hitmen (Samuel L. Jackson).
“Patti Cake$” is a fresh dramedy starring talented Australian actress Danielle Macdonald, who transforms herself to play Patti Dombrowski, a.k.a. Killa-P, a Jersey girl with big dreams of making it big in the…
Before he could skip into his Spider-Man gear, British actor Tom Holland went on a pilgrimage. In the aptly-titled Irish thriller “Pilgrimage,” Holland is a standout among an ensemble cast in this film…
Set several years before 2014’s “The Conjuring,” spinoff, “Annabelle: Creation” follows a group of orphan girls helmed by Sister Charlotte (Stephanie Sigman) as they move into a dollmaker’s (Anthony LaPaglia) isolated farmhouse.
In a time not too long ago, celebrities were beautiful, rich and famous unattainable images hanging on teenagers’ walls and adorning magazine covers by the check-out stand. Before these idols were, well, idols, they had…
When moviegoers hear a film is about psychic mediums and the media, their minds drift to horror films like “Poltergeist” or “The Conjuring.” They imagine malevolent ghosts and angry spirits from the past causing paranormal…
Stephen King appears to be in vogue again (but to be honest, when isn’t he?), and the latest screen adaptation is a loose one at that. Based off of the eight book series of the…
A dark chapter in American history that forever changed a major city and has repercussions to this day is depicted in “Detroit,” the latest from Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow. This riveting film shows…
When a renowned architecture scholar falls suddenly ill during a speaking tour, his son Jin (John Cho) finds himself stranded in Columbus, Ind. — a small Midwestern city celebrated for its many significant…
In ‘Some Freaks,’ charming romance develops between a boy with one eye (Thomas Mann) and Jill (Lily Mae Harrington), an overweight girl. When she loses her weight after going to college, their…
Mercury Theatre on the Air’s 1938 radio broadcast of “War of the Worlds” is legendary as one of the great hoaxes of the 20th Century. Adapted from H.G. Wells’ classic science fiction novel, the play…
Adventure is the order of the day in kid-friendly “Swallows and Amazons,” a tale of British children discovering pirates, spies, and what it takes to grow up a little. Set in the summer of 1935,…
While James Bond has largely dominated the spy-thriller genre for the better part of five decades, a few female counterparts have scattered onto the scene. Angelina Jolie in “Wanted” and “Salt” immediately comes to mind,…
A decade ago, Al Gore premiered his film debut, “An Inconvenient Truth.” It was seven years after the former vice president lost the race to the White House in a squeaker election against…
“Whimsical” and “imaginative” may not be words one would expect to describe a film about a kidnapping victim, but hardly anything is what one expects in the world of “Brigsby Bear.” The dramedy follows…
“From the Land of the Moon” is meant to be a romantic melodrama about obsession and love, but becomes a slog, offering never ending ennui for viewers. We meet Gabrielle (Marion Cotillard) driving to her…
In “Person to Person,” a record collector hustles for a big score while his heartbroken roommate tries to erase a terrible mistake, a teenager bears witness to her best friend’s new relationship, and a…
Somewhere in Quebec, an alien encounter is shrouded under the cover of a Bigfoot controversy. Injuries went unreported; Power outages were unconfirmed; no one talked, wrote or broadcast about it. But Mathieu Ratthe’s found…
Based on a French comic series, the old-school space adventure “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets” takes place in the 28th century, focusing on the titular Valerian (Dane DeHaan) and his partner…
Every week a new action movie hits the multiplexes. It’s usually a sequel, reboot or comic book retread. That’s not to say they’re always bad, see “Aliens” under sequel, “Mad Max: Fury Road” under reboot…
“Girls Trip” is sure to be compared to “Bridesmaids,” or even this summer’s other wild girls’ night out movie “Rough Night,” but it’s a film all its own that is a hilarious, fun reminder of the…
Two very different women find themselves drawn together in “The Midwife,” a French drama not so much about midwifery as it is about women entering different phases of their lives. Catherine Frot stars…
Netflix paid a hefty $8 million to exclusively stream “To the Bone” after a successful premiere at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival – and it’s clear why. The comedy/drama hybrid tells the story of…
As “War for the Planet of the Apes” closes the rebooted “Apes” trilogy on a high note, Caesar’s (Andy Serkis) dark instincts begin to show as they become necessary to defend his own…
Life wasn’t easy for Victorian women, as they had little control over their own lives, and this was especially true for those from the upper class, who were often treated as commodities by the men.
Spider-Man has returned for his third reboot of the millennium. “Spider-Man: Homecoming” is the sixth installment, and second reboot but the exciting story doesn’t feel too tired. After his brief introduction in “Captain America: Civil…
Economic thrillers like “The Big Short” (2015) and “Money Monster” (2016) are on the rise in America as financial uncertainties become life and death struggles. European director Roberto Andò adds a metaphysical…
Just months after his Oscar win for “Manchester by the Sea,” Casey Affleck stars in another film that deals with grief, but this time from the other side. In “A Ghost Story,” Affleck…
ISIS and Syrian refugees are hot topics in the news, but few people in the Western world know the extent of the devastation the militant group has caused in that part of the world. In…