Steven Spielberg directed Tom Hanks in a critically acclaimed film that grossed only $15.3 million its opening weekend.
Think about that.
How is that even possible? We’re not in the middle...
Eternals, the latest from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, is a dreadful mix of Matrix Reloaded (2003) and Justice League (2017).
Because there are so many sequels and prequels and director cuts and...
When it comes to director Ridley Scott’s artistic and storytelling choices, there’s so much wrong with “Exodus: Gods and Kings,” it’s hard to care about the director’s...
For his directorial debut, Jeymes “The Bullitts” Samuel lifts The Harder They Fall’s pedestrian and over-plotted script (which he co-wrote) with an evident passion for the Western...
In a performance likely to win him a Best Actor Oscar, Will Smith plays Richard Williams, father of tennis legends Serena and Venus Williams.
By night, Richard works as a security guard. By day, he...
As famous as “The Man From U.N.C.L.E” is, and as prolific as my television viewership has been for going on 50 years now, until I received a review screener of the just-released DVD collection...
If you thought movies based on board games was a desperately bad idea, Hasbro’s “Ouija” will only make you long for the genius of “Battleship.”
Five cookie-cutter teenagers...
In order to be disappointed, you don’t have to compare director Sam Raimi’s “Oz: The Great and Powerful” to its predecessor, the 1939 masterpiece “The Wizard of Oz.”...
Netflix’s $200 million Red Notice is a welcome oasis of pure fun, big laughs, star chemistry, and adventure in a desert of Woke Oppression.
Watching a new release these days means having your...
There is nothing like the anticipation of a new James Bond film. For 53 years and 24 films, Eon Productions has offered the only consistent cultural touchstone that has lasted throughout my lifetime....
For mainstream American audiences, the late Stanley Kubrick wasn’t the most accessible director of his time. There is no question, though, that his influence is still everywhere in modern film. How...
This review is unforgivably late due to circumstances beyond my control.
Some actors have the goods to transcend the fact that in real life they are miserable cretins. Along with Marlon Brando and...
One of the great unheralded screen duos of Hollywood’s Golden Era was Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet, two character actors who made a total of nine films together between 1941 and 1946. The most...
Tiger King 2 just popped on Netflix with five new episodes, and it’s a rushed, morally illiterate cash-in that isn’t worth your time.
In March of last year, Tiger King was all the rage...
Director Michael Bay’s riveting, heartbreaking, and infuriating “13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi” opens with five simple words: “This Is a True Story.” What...
“12 Years a Slave” won 2013’s Best Picture Oscar but not much love at the American box office. Released last week on DVD, this true story that accurately depicts the savage brutality...
If you’re looking for a couple hours of escape and explosions mixed with moments of tension, you could do a lot worse. If you’re looking for something to live up to the hype and stick to the...
The problem is a heavy-handed and insanely predictable screenplay that lacks tension, intelligence, and nuance
Just before seeing “22 Jump Street” last night, I grabbed the opportunity to see 2012’s “21 Jump Street,” so I can say that the hype about the sequel being better than the...
Please don't ask me why I sat through all four episodes of Monsters Inside: The 24 Faces of Billy Milligan, the latest true crime debacle from Netflix
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