Young and old fans alike know the joy of dumping a set of Legos on the floor and chucking that instruction manual. After all, throwing a portion of a helicopter on an in...
“Labor Day” is a generic slab of escapist romantic Velveeta from, of all people, sharp-witted Jason Reitman.
This insipidly sentimental, hopelessly hokey entry sits unea...
“So” is how “That Awkward Moment” begins every “awkward moment.” As in “So, what are we doing here?” Or “So, where do you see this relationship going?”
That’s the dating...
NEW YORK — The comedy “Ride Along” continued to speed through a quiet box-office frame, while the monster thriller “I, Frankenstein” couldn’t be roused from the dead.
U...
If lofty intentions, determination and hard work were all it took to make a successful movie, then “Gimme Shelter,” a film about teen pregnancy starring former Disney st...
Aaron Eckhart bears a distressing resemblance to the not late/not great Christopher Lambert in “I, Frankenstein,” a graphic novel movie goof on the man-made monster. Gau...
“Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary At War” by Robert M. Gates; Alfred A. Knopf (640 pages, $35)
During 4½ years as secretary of Defense under presidents George W. Bush and Ob...
Tom Clancy's C.I.A. analyst-hero Jack Ryan returns to the screen in a workmanlike if unoriginal and uninspiring reboot — “Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit.”
Hardcore fans of es...
Joining the ranks of odd-couple police comedies, “Ride Along” delivers laughs over action, with loudmouthed funnyman Kevin Hart driving the hilarity.
Stepping into the ...
In “Lone Survivor,” director and writer Peter Berg takes on the same elements of the American Spirit that made his “Friday Night Lights” so powerful: loyalty, commitment...