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Movie ReviewHalle Berry is a mother who’ll stop at nothing to rescue her abducted son in ‘Kidnap’
The characters are mostly sketchily drawn, with bad guys who are little more than caricatures of rustic bumpkins. But Barry, who also co-produced the movie, carries "Kidnap" with a mix of determination and distress. Read on
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Movie Review‘Inconvenient Sequel’s’ timing is sadly right on target
Like its predecessor, "Inconvenient Sequel" throws a lot of facts at you, some hopeful — investment in wind and solar power have gone through the roof — and some, like the continued rise in the Earth's carbon dioxide levels, decidedly not. Read on
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Movie Review‘Dark Tower’ lacks depth
"The Dark Tower," while hinting at a horrific and fascinating story, has problems with scope, which results in problems with stakes, and emotional attachment. Read on
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Movie Review‘Detroit’ review: Anthony Mackie, John Boyega and more shine light on riot tragedy 50 years later
Bigelow's latest headline-based thriller, written by Mark Boal – following their "Zero Dark Thirty" and "The Hurt Locker" – is a borderline virtual-reality experience that uses sweaty close-ups and jittery camerawork to put us in with the victims in the Algiers Motel Read on
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Movie Review‘Atomic Blonde’ loses its punch in second half
Unfortunately, "Atomic Blonde" fumbles its own tale. After a brisk, efficient, über-cool first hour, all New Wave tunes and sexy neon lighting, the second hour drags into dullness. Read on
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Movie Review‘Emoji Movie’ could not be more meh
"The Emoji Movie" is an easy, cheap target for abuse. Read on
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Movie Review‘War for the Planet of the Apes’ is a rare breed of blockbuster
With emotionally resonant stories, thrilling heroics, and trenchant cultural observations, the "Apes" franchise is a rare breed of blockbuster, where filmmakers have been given the freedom to tell the stories they want, the way they want. Read on
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Movie ReviewSam Elliott excels at playing ‘Sam Elliott’ in ‘The Hero’
There are echoes here of "I'll See You in My Dreams," another movie by writer-director Brett Haley, that one about a distraught widow (Blythe Danner) whose offbeat friendship with a younger man (Martin Starr) helps her recommit to living. Read on
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Movie Review‘The Big Sick’ hits just the right notes
It's an exceedingly high degree of difficulty to hit the perfect chord of humor and heart, plucking the heartstrings just so, blending laughter and tears, and "The Big Sick" strums them just right. Read on
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Movie ReviewThis ‘Spider-Man’ is high school hero
What makes "Spider-Man: Homecoming" so fun isn't the stunts or the spectacle or the superheroics, but that it's a real high school movie, in the vein of a John Hughes classic. Read on
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