Ian McKellen and Helen Mirren Make a Sublime Pair in Twisty Thriller ‘The Good Liar’
Using the internet for trickery is not just a young person’s game, as we see in the “The Good Liar,” a thriller set in London that follows an…
‘The Report’ Interrogates Post-9/11 Ethics Like a 1970s Political Thriller
When Daniel J. Jones (Adam Driver) first walks into the computer lab provided by the United States Senate for him to conduct an investigation…
Busting Crime Is a Serious Game in Updated ‘Charlie’s Angels’
It’s been over 40 years since “Charlie’s Angels,” Aaron Spelling’s crime drama about a trio of attractive female crime fighters, hit the airwaves, and nearly 20 years since the first film…
‘Ford v Ferrari’ Is a High-Octane Sports Drama That Plays by Its Own Rules
The true story of how Ford’s push to appeal to younger car enthusiasts led to an epic showdown with Ferrari at 1966’s French sports car race 24 Hours of Le Mans is told…
Shia LeBeouf Works Through His Childhood Traumas With ‘Honey Boy’
Many young adults are left with wounds from childhoods that were less than ideal, and some turn to art as a form of therapy, but Shia…
Rambunctious Kids are No Match for Rugged Smokejumpers in ‘Playing with Fire’
Wrestler John Cena continues his quest to become a star of family friendly cinema with his latest feature, “Playing…
‘Doctor Sleep’: Ewan McGregor Picks Up the Axe from ‘The Shining’ in Suspenseful Sequel
The ongoing parade of sequels continues into the fall season with Stephen King’s “Doctor Sleep,” which is a…
Digital Effects Fight WWII More Than the Soldiers in ‘Midway’
“Midway” thinks it’s a war movie when it’s more of an extended videogame. Even for director Roland Emmerich…
Noah Baumbach Channels His Personal Life Into a Remarkable Work With ‘Marriage Story’
14 years after the release of his breakthrough film “The Squid and the Whale,” a semi-autobiographical dramedy about divorce through the eyes of a teenaged son (Jesse Eisenberg), filmmaker…
Ethan Hawke Reaches Moving Heights in ‘Adopt a Highway’
In “Adopt a Highway,” Ethan Hawke plays one of those quiet, low-tempered souls who become instantly likeable…
Cynthia Erivo Gives a Towering Performance in Harriet Tubman Biopic
The fact that no well-known film has yet been made about American icon Harriet Tubman has long been one of Hollywood’s biggest blindspots. One of the most heroic figures in the…
Edward Norton’s ‘Motherless Brooklyn’ Transplants the Contemporary Crime Novel to the 1950s With Mixed Results
“If I were a Dick Tracy villain, I’d have to be Mumbles,” gumshoe Lionel Essrog suggests in his rambling opening monologue from Jonathan Lethem’s best-selling crime novel, “Motherless Brooklyn.” In the…