A soup spoon turns lethal in the unlikely hands of sweet and spacy stoner Mike (Jesse Eisenberg) in the violently paranoid action comedy “American Ultra.” Mike's a lot l...
It has been a good year for pop music on film, from the Brian Wilson biopic, “Love and Mercy,” to the celebration of retro hip-hop, “Dope.” The trend continues with the ...
The latest cinematic Rube Goldberg machine from Guy Ritchie, “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.,” sure is pretty to look at. That’s about all that this particular property rehaul ...
“Fantastic” is a strange name to claim for oneself. Pretty egomaniacal, really. It implies a certain level of pizzazz, of genius, of flash-bang razzle dazzle. And with c...
You wouldn't expect the latest kid-friendly release to offer up an opportunity to discuss cinematic traditions, but “Shaun the Sheep” from “Wallace and Gromit” and “Chic...
The great American family road trip seems, in the 32 years since we first met the Griswolds, as antiquated a concept as ever. Middle class families fly now — device enab...
There’s some interesting talk in the cleverly satisfying script of “Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation” about the element of luck. As in: How much is luck a factor in th...
Anyone who has ever seen a glimpse of a sports movie can figure out where the boxing drama “Southpaw” is headed well before the final bell.
Boy grabs brass ring, boy los...
The most believable element in “Pixels” is that alien video-game creatures could attack our planet.
The core concept is clever — space aliens misunderstand a recording o...
The latest entry into the ever growing world of comic book-inspired movies features one of the smallest heroes in the Marvel Universe. Paul Rudd plays an ex-con who is r...
