Review: “Cinderella”
Nobody captures magic as well as Disney. For decades, they have delivered some of the most memorable and wonderful films time and again with...
Review: “Chappie”
Neill Blomkamp ("District 9," "Elysium") is the closest thing to a cyberpunk filmmaker working today, blending a fascination with emerging technology with a gritty...
Review: “Focus”
Writer/director pair Glenn Ficarra and John Requa's ("Bad Santa," "Crazy, Stupid Love") latest romantic heist flick or 'rom-con,' Focus, is entertaining manipulation. Nicky (Will...
Review: “Kingsman: The Secret Service”
A smarter spoof than "Austin Powers," and free of the over-seriousness of the Bond movies, "Kingsman: The Secret Service" is a much-needed fresh take...
Review: “Seventh Son”
Considering how hot high fantasy and young adult fiction are these days it comes as no surprise that a studio would attempt a hybrid...
Review: “Jupiter Ascending”
Once upon a time it was possible to at least excuse the cinematic overkill of the Wachowski siblings as a willingness to take chances...
Review: “Black Sea”
When you think about it, the ocean depths are an even more terrifying environment than the void of space. In the far reaches of the cosmos...
Review: “Blackhat”
Let's face it: Hollywood has yet to make an effective cyber-thriller. The black art of hacking works great on the page, but actually getting...
Review: “A Most Violent Year”
"A Most Violent Year" is a movie with a somewhat misleading title. Despite one that implies action or, at the very least, some graphic...
Review: “Into the Woods”
There's a certain joy that washes over me when I watch a good musical. Movies and music are wonderful mediums for artistic expression, as...
Review: “Big Eyes”
Its been a while since Tim Burton has offered up a movie that wasn't drenched in weirdness-as-affectation, smothered in heavy-handed effects, beaten into delirium...
Review: “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies”
The good news is that Peter Jackson's final installment of his unnecessarily long adaptation of The Hobbit shows improvement over its predecessors. The downside...
Review: “Exodus: Gods and Kings”
Visually sumptuous but otherwise hollow, Ridley Scott's take on the Biblical tale of Moses could use a little more wrath of God to perk...
Review: “Inherent Vice”
"Inherent Vice" is the first movie based on a novel by Thomas Pynchon. Whether or not there will be another any time soon is...
Review: “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1”
Wait what? So you scrolled to the bottom of this film review to check the score to see what gush or venom that you're...
Review: “Dumb and Dumber To”
Imagine for a moment that 2003's disastrous "Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd" never happened and that 1994's hilarious "Dumb and Dumber" was...
Review: “Rosewater”
A strong debut film by The Daily Show's Jon Stewart, there's still some room for improvement in the earnest and entirely nonthreatening "Rosewater". Some...
Review: “Interstellar”
Christopher Nolan is a filmmaker's filmmaker, a creatively restless soul who challenges both himself to push the boundaries of his skills and his chosen...
Review: “Big Hero 6”
When Disney acquired Marvel in 2009, one's imagination couldn't help but go wild. What stories in the existing Marvel Universe could be told with...
Review: “Nightcrawler”
A messy but intriguing and enjoyably warped slice of modern film noir as only Los Angeles can flavor it, Dan Gilroy's Nightcrawler isn't quite...
Review: “Birdman”
A bizarre hybrid of a midlife crisis comedy and a backstage drama, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's "Birdman" or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) is the...
Review: “Ouija”
At the risk of sounding condescending, I have a tendency to mock those that believe in silly things. When I was younger, I was...
Review: “John Wick”
How many revenge films have we seen where an ordinary man with a loving wife and beautiful children goes on a killing spree to...
Review: “Fury”
While it borrows liberally from Saving Private Ryan (aka the All Quiet On the Western Front of modern war movies) and doesn't exactly rise...
Review: “The Judge”
With all the recent hoopla surrounding "The Avengers" and the "Iron Man" franchise, it might be easy to forget that Robert Downey Jr. is...
Review: “Gone Girl”
Love is a many-splintered thing in "Gone Girl," a gleefully snarky satire disguised as a thriller directed by David Fincher and adapted by Gillian Flynn...
Review: “The Maze Runner”
It's tempting to dismiss director Wes Ball's adaptation of James Dashner's young adult novel as a Hunger Games knock-off, but to do so would be unfair. A breath...
Review: “Sin City: A Dame To Kill For”
It's been nearly a decade since Robert Rodriguez's stylish adaptation of Frank Miller's Sin City comic book series shook up the megaplexes with a...
Review: “The Expendables 3”
As with a number of third installments, the law of diminishing returns kicks in with The Expendables III - big time. The franchise has...
Review: “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”
I don't remember a world when the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles didn't exist. I had just turned one year old when the original cartoon...