The home invasion thriller “Breaking In” seems designed for the “Payback is a Mother” billboards around Los Angeles in anticipation of Mother’s Day. The tale of young mo...
“Tully” is an uncommonly intelligent, amusing and honest portrait of motherhood, thorns and all. It is the third and best alternative universe created by director Jason ...
Garry Marshall’s 1987 comedy “Overboard” might not have gotten the best reviews when it came out, but it was a viewing staple in my childhood home.
Whether it was becaus...
A goofy sense of inconsequentiality is an underappreciated trait in comedies. There’s an abiding charm to movies so low in their stakes and so loose in their order that ...
If you’ve ever walked into a store and were embarrassed to tell the salesperson your real size, or entered the gym locker room and wanted to hide, you’re part of the tar...
Dwayne Johnson has become a genre unto himself. Outfit the hulking former WWE star in a pair of cargo pants and a snug henley tee, and throw him into any extreme situati...
“I’m not going to be president” are the first words uttered by U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy (Jason Clarke) when his friends Joe (Ed Helms) and Paul (Jim Gaffigan) find him sopp...
Actually, in space, someone can hear you scream.
And now they’re here.
They’re the alien invaders of “A Quiet Place,” giant insect predators that hunt by sound. Ferociou...
The ailing teen romance genre is a rite of passage for many young stars. Mandy Moore had “A Walk to Remember”; Shailene Woodley had “The Fault in Our Stars,” and never f...
There’s a current boom of family-friendly film fare inspired by beloved British literary characters, which makes this moment ripe for the animated “Sherlock Gnomes,” the...
