In his directorial debut, Scottish actor Ewan McGregor swings for the fences with an adaptation of Philip Roth’s 1997 tome, “American Pastoral.” The story, partially fil...
Jack Reacher (Tom Cruise) will use a gun if the situation calls for it, but he prefers to use his fists. His punches in “Jack Reacher: Never Go Back” don’t so much land ...
Mexican filmmaker Jonás Cuarón is known for his collaborations with his father, Alfonso Cuarón, most notably on “Gravity.” But the immigration thriller “Desierto” is roo...
Director Gavin O’Connor’s thriller “The Accountant” almost seems like an excuse for Ben Affleck to try his hand at playing a math whiz for once. But Affleck’s Christian ...
Paula Hawkins' debut novel “The Girl on the Train,” is a story told through multiple points of view that takes on the malleable, fallible nature of memory through the ta...
We all know how “Deepwater Horizon” ends. When the BP oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, 11 people died and millions of gallons of oil spewed into the water...
There’s a certain subset of the population that may find Zach Galifianakis in a ridiculous hairdo the height of comedy. If you are in that segment, welcome, join us. You...
Welcome to the very strange, and strangely moving, world of “Storks.” Writer-director Nicholas Stoller, known for his more adult comedies, such as “Forgetting Sarah Mars...
Seven warriors fight for the vulnerable, in a formula that bears revisiting in “The Magnificent Seven.” Akira Kurosawa’s 1954 masterpiece, “Seven Samurai,” begat the cla...
Renee Zellweger is charming as ever in “Bridget Jones's Baby,” a lively return to form for the unlikely trilogy about an ordinary woman and her professional and romantic...
