Even in this heyday of computer-animated movies, the greatest special effect is creating emotionally resonant characters.
The adventure fantasy “Kubo and the Two Strings...
Remaking a film that won 11 Academy Awards invites inevitable comparison, but the latest adaptation of “Ben-Hur” distinguishes itself from William Wyler's 1959 epic by r...
Sometimes, four heads are better than one. For the screening of “Pete’s Dragon,” I borrowed three visiting friends (ages 10-12), took out a bank loan for popcorn and can...
Let’s get these out of the way.
You will relish the raunchy humor of “Sausage Party.”
It’s a real weiner.
Hot dog! It’s fun.
Now that that’s behind us, here’s a more in-...
If awards were handed out for the loudest movie of the year, “Suicide Squad” would be “Schindler’s List.”
The DC comic-book series come to cinematic life, in which a gro...
It turns out you can teach an old dog new tricks. That’s if the dog is super-soldier former CIA agent Jason Bourne (Matt Damon), and the trainer is director Paul Greengr...
There’s a scene halfway through “Bad Moms,” wherein a PTA meeting full of suburban moms turns into a full-on frat house-style rager. Moms in sweater sets, khakis and sen...
“Things have started to feel a little episodic,” acknowledges the commander of the USS Enterprise in his famous captain’s log, three long years into a five-year 23rd cen...
Much of the conversation around the gender-swapped remake of “Ghostbusters” has been protests from (mostly) male fans of the original, who don’t want to see women in the...
Paul Feig’s new “Ghostbusters” movie has been one of the most scrutinized of the year, with a flood of pre-release debate over the need for an update. Then there’s that ...
