Jordan Peele has tightened his grip in “Us,” a less satirical and more slaughterhouse horror parable than the writer-director’s astonishing debut, “Get Out,” that despit...
The cystic fibrosis romantic drama “Five Feet Apart” feels like a real evolution in the sick teen movie genre, because it’s actually a great movie that just happens to b...
There’s always that moment on roller coasters when the lap bar gets locked down and you slowly, agonizingly ride up to the first drop. You know the next few minutes are ...
The Marvel Cinematic Universe is nothing if not consistent. Since their films slot together like a jigsaw puzzle, it helps if everything looks and feels the same, if the...
Michael Winterbottom’s international thriller “The Wedding Guest” flips the script on British star Dev Patel’s nice guy star persona. We’re not used to seeing him with a...
It all starts with a purse. A beautiful, structured green leather handbag left on a New York subway seat. In these mean streets of “see something, say something,” the on...
Born in the 3-D land rush, “How to Train Your Dragon” has never quite shrugged off the bland corporate sheen attached to it from the start. But almost a decade since tak...
When everything's not awesome, but friends make it better
I loved “The Lego Movie,” and I liked “The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part.” That about covers it.
The first one e...
It’s not often that directors get a second crack at their own work. But Norwegian director Hans Petter Moland has undertaken the task of remaking his own 2014 revenge th...
The premise for “Arctic” is simple: Stranded man tries to survive. It’s also been done more than a few times, so it’s understandable if hearing that invokes a yawn. And ...
