‘Desert Dancer’ Review: Step Up 2 Politics
The continued endurance of dance movies is deeply bizarre to me. Even if a year passes without another lovingly ludicrous ‘Step Up’ sequel, we’ll get at least one ‘Step Up’ substitute to ensure that a...
The continued endurance of dance movies is deeply bizarre to me. Even if a year passes without another lovingly ludicrous ‘Step Up’ sequel, we’ll get at least one ‘Step Up’ substitute to ensure that a...
Nicholas Sparks didn’t stand a chance against the ‘Fast and Furious’ franchise, the latest entry of which is now racing toward a spot in the Top 5 highest-grossing movies of all time.
A few very promising new movies are finally hitting the big screen this weekend. Unfortunately, they’re opening opposite a cinematic atrocity that just so happens to be the solitary wide release.
‘Clouds of Sils Maria’ debuted to acclaim at the Cannes Film Festival last spring before touring the rest of the 2014 film festival circuit to suck up the few remaining critical accolades left. Yet the international re...
‘Man Show’ motormouth Adam Carolla made a shockingly sincere movie debut with ‘The Hammer’ a few years ago, which sadly ended up underseen. It seemed unlikely that he’d ever make another movie until K...
I’ll say this about ‘The Longest Ride’: Not only does the latest bucket of Nicholas Sparks swill feature two intertwining love stories, but with a butt-numbing running time of 139 minutes, the experience feels li...
‘Cut Bank’ is a superficially kind-of good movie. The central hook is clever, the supporting cast of character actors is fantastic, and the rustic-eccentric aesthetic is loaded with atmosphere. If you were to see the m...
The Oscar nominated documentary ‘The Salt of the Earth’ chronicles the extraordinary life, career and work of photographer Sabastião Salgado. In most documentarians’ hands, that might suggest a simple run through...
For years, we’ve suffered the indignity of watching Robert De Niro attempt to redefine his career by committing to comedy rather than that “acting” thing he helped revolutionize. His forever linked contemporary A...
Back in 2001, who could’ve guessed that the ‘Point Break’ rip-off ‘The Fast and the Furious’ would kick off a major blockbuster franchise, much less a franchise that would be more successful than ever...
No other movie dares race this weekend’s biggest new release down the track.
Noah Baumbach has been a master of caustic comedy since his debut ‘Kicking and Screaming’. (No, not the one with Will Ferrell. The other one.) He’s a man for whom laughter always comes with a bitter sting of trut...