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 ...
If you’ve ever watched TV’s hugely entertaining “Jane the Virgin,” you’ll know that its star, Gina Rodriguez, is one of the most engaging, charismatic and relatable actr...
The Arthurian legend gets a modern and more youthful spin in “The Kid Who Would Be King ,” a surprisingly delightful film full of action, heart, a crazy-haired Patrick S...
Every film should tell you what it’s about within the first couple of minutes, and Steven Knight’s “Serenity,” a curious saltwater-sanded puzzle of a film, does just tha...
Samuel L. Jackson’s Elijah Price, or Mr. Glass as he prefers to be called, was the most compelling part of M. Night Shyamalan’s former slow-burn comic book send-up “Unbr...
Director Peter Jackson is upfront about what audiences should not expect from his unconventional World War I documentary, “They Shall Not Grow Old.” This is a film made ...
