Recent Reviews

It’s a testament to the Sparks Brothers that viewers can walk away from a 140-minute documentary about their career — spanning five decades — with one irresistible and vital message: stay hungry.

In the Heights features a rather flat story that’s elevated by a likable cast and spirited music.

Cruella is everything The Devil Wears Prada should’ve been — and then some.

Director Timur Bekmambetov effectively puts his Screenlife filmmaking process to work in this nerve-wracking tale of a journalist going undercover to expose an ISIS recruiting ring.

Guy Ritchie slims down the style in this straight-on action caper.

At its core, Wrath of Man is a revenge flick. Saying it’s a Jason Statham revenge flick sounds almost oxymoronic, but there’s a back story that drives his character’s actions — and he’s a character who’s not entirely what he presents himself to be. This isn’t “stretch” material for Statham, but he is good at his game.

Given it’s a story about people whose profession requires the planning of every painstaking detail, The Virtuoso is a strikingly sloppy production.

It’s the kind of movie where you go for the laughs (some intentional) and stay for the gratuitous bloodshed.

In the Titans Cinematic Universe, Godzilla vs. Kong is a knock-out.

Zack Snyder’s Justice League fixes the most egregious problems with the Joss Whedon cut, but it also introduces a fresh round of troubles.

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier take flight as the Marvel Cinematic Universe continues its expansion.

The Courier delivers an important, timely message: “this is how things change.”

If only somebody had smacked Cherry upside the head while he was growing up and making stupid decisions, the world could’ve been spared having to endure this movie.

What a mess.

Wow. Director Doug Liman’s career epitomizes the notion of peaks and valleys. It’s already been seven years since Liman paired Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt in a big-budget sophisticated sci-fi action flick, Edge of Tomorrow. That one was great and a sequel with the unwieldy title of Live Die Repeat and Repeat is in the works. The low-budget dramedy Swingers put Liman — along with his stars Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau — on the map back in 1997. Those movies are money, baby.

Some of the animation and visuals are so exquisite, Raya and the Last Dragon should be seen on the biggest screen possible.

Nomadland takes a seemingly very simple idea and turns it into something much more complex and rewarding.