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Magatte Wade isn’t waiting for a handout.

The Senegalese CEO knows how to lift citizens out of crushing poverty. It’s work, hard work, not blaming the echoes of slavery or colonization.

“She...

There’s something about a motorcycle that transcends time.

The not-so-subtle hum of the engine. The wind in your hair. The way women turn as a bike roars past.

“The Bikeriders,” inspired by a...

It’s back to basics for Team Pixar.

The studio, which could do no wrong for years, is suddenly falling back on sequels to its more popular titles.

Hard. If “Inside Out 2” is any indication,...

Few phrases capture a sports fan’s agony like “Bucky F***ing Dent.”

The light-hitting Yankees shortstop made Red Sox fans miserable in 1978, turning his name into a Beantown slur. His stunning,...

Richard Linklater’s “Hit Man” is a delightful new comedy that he not only directed but also co-wrote and co-produced with his leading man, Glen Powell.

For Linklater, this is not in the same league...

Whatcha gonna do about a franchise that not only refuses to die but gets better with age?

“Bad Boys: Ride or Die” is silly, frantic and doesn’t apologize for any leaps in logic. It’s also impossible...

George Miller’s “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” and Wes Ball’s “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” are strikingly similar, not only in their ability to entertain but in their narrative structure...

Mark Dindal’s “The Garfield Movie” finds the title character on a journey of self-realization that includes meeting his deadbeat father and improving his friendships with lifelong pal, Odie and with...

“Sometimes dead is bett-ah” – Fred Gwynne, “Pet Sematary”

That classic line haunts the most unconventional zombie film in years. “Handling the Undead” ditches the shambling walks and brain-eating...

“In a Violent Nature” delivers a Whitman’s sampler of horror tropes.

Cabin the woods? Check. Attractive young woman in swimsuits? Check. Characters making the dumbest moves possible? Yup. A masked...

Screenwriters are finally addressing China’s “struggle sessions” of the 1960s.

The country’s cultural revolution, where government-backed youth violently attempted to erase the “Four Olds,”...

Renny Harlin’s “The Strangers: Chapter 1” is a remake of the 2008 original and the first of three new films scheduled to be released throughout the year.

Well, I think it’s a remake unless this...

There’s something surreal about a 70-something auteur like George Miller directing films like a Red Bull-addicted teen.

Miller proved it anew with “Mad Max: Fury Road,” an overrated but dizzying...

Why was it necessary to make “Irena’s Vow” in this day and age?

Must we have yet another drama about the Holocaust, especially another flirting with “Gentile Savior” cliches?

So much about...

“A Quiet Place” introduced a wrinkle to the dystopian genre.

The world as we know it ends courtesy of creatures who hunt the surviving humans. The “Bird Box” franchise spun from this premise,...

“Wicked Little Letters” might drag The Critical Drinker out of the multiplex and into the art house.

It’s what would happen if Ken Loach tried to direct a comedy from a script by John Oliver and...

“Idiocracy,” indeed.

Mike Judge’s 2006 classic predicted the dumbing down of society. If Hollywood has its way, we’ll get there sooner than later.

And we can partly blame “The Fall Guy.”

The...

Luca Guadagnino’s “Challengers” is a tawdry, repetitive, sports-driven relationship drama elevated and almost saved entirely by robust filmmaking.

Take it either as “Bull Durham” (1988) but...

The Smallbone family has a story tailor-made for the big screen. Scratch that. It’s almost too remarkable to fit on any screen.

The Australian clan came to America with little more than a dream to...

Alex Garland wasn’t kidding.

The writer/director of “Civil War” said his dystopian thriller didn’t take political sides. The film bears that out, focusing entirely on journalists scrambling to...