“American Hero” is the umpteenth superhero film in recent years, but within moments the movie carves out a space all its own.
How many heroes stumble from one pot-fueled rave to the...
The future sniper hunted with his father, played by Reed in the film, a generational baton passing which shapes Chris’ future.
Reed also spent part of his youth hunting with his dad, and he’s...
Something seriously sapped that super power in “X-Men: Apocalypse,” the weakest film in the series. It’s neither revolutionary or exhilarating. Instead, the movie offers up stale...
The genre lets her explore tricky themes in ways other categories can’t match.
“You can really go to the depths of an issue and deal with it … when you start working in a mythical...
It’s hard to watch any new Edgar Wright movie and not fear a “Scott Pilgrim 2.0.”
His 2010 dud may hold cultish sway over some. It’s still a prime example of style (in spades!)...
How much can one family endure?
The mother in “Bad Hurt
” cares not just for her “retarded” adult daughter – that’s what they called her years ago, and that’s...
Not this super-serious epic.
The moment reminds us the biggest piece in DC Comics’ movie puzzle lacks what even clunkers like “Green Lantern” possess.
A sense of humor. Adventure....
(Very) nice try, but it wasn’t enough.
“The Big Short,” based on Michael Lewis’ bestseller breaking down that fiscal calamity, doesn’t just leave out key details. It forgets...
Chuck Wepner coulda been a contendah. Instead, he was a bum.
That’s no criticism of his boxing career. The “Bayonne Bleeder” built an impressive resume, even if he couldn’t dethrone...
The gadfly openly mocks those who insist the world is:
reaching the tipping point imperiled thanks to rising CO2 levels already cruising toward catastrophe That makes his feature “Climate Hustle”...
That wasn’t good enough for “Concussion.” The movie doesn’t stick to the frightening facts behind head trauma in the NFL. It wields a broad, cartoonish brush to make this David...
Not “A Country Called Home.”
Imogen Poots stars as a city girl going home for her father’s funeral. “Home” means a tiny Texas town with little to offer. Yet she doesn’t...
He pulled off a near miracle back in 2006. He made the sixth film in his boxing franchise, “Rocky Balboa,” a full-throated apology for “Rocky V.”
Now, he’s shrewdly taken...
“The Creeping Terror” deserves a spot alongside “Troll 2” and “The Room” as one of the worst films … ever.
The 1964 film featured a glorified carpet terrorizing...
The thriller, in select theaters and VOD Nov. 20, traffics in the stylish mayhem Tarantino perfected in “True Romance” and “Reservoir Dogs.” What starts as Tarantino-lite trips...
That subtext gives “Dementia” an added coat of horror, but the thriller hardly needs it. Star Gene Jones remains one of Hollywood’s best kept secrets, and the film’s big reveal...
Clint Eastwood’s oaters are the stuff of film legend. Son Scott Eastwood? His canon needs some seasoning.
The younger Eastwood stars in “Diablo,” another meditation on violence soaked...
There’s a harrowing scene in “Drifter” where a character is forced to watch an unspeakable act.
We know how he feels.
The indie thriller is a 90-minute punishment. It’s pure...
So what? It’s endlessly charming, much like the real Eddie himself. It’s inspired by a story too wacky not to be true. And, when the filmmakers kept stacking the odds against our hero...
The horror yarn opens with an abduction so startling we barely have time to register shock. That’s only the appetizer. The main course is just as unnerving even if it leaves a bitter aftertaste.
What...
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